Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme

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Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme
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Bastien Lecouffe Deharme, self-portrait (2013)
Born (1982-01-10) 10 January 1982 (age 41)
Vannes, France
Pen nameB.
OccupationIllustrator, visual artist, photographer, writer
NationalityFrench
Genre Science fiction
Retrofuturism
Cyberpunk
Dark fantasy
Website
www.roman-noir.com

Bastien Lecouffe Deharme (pseudonym: B.) is a French visual artist, illustrator, digital painter and novelist, whose work is mainly in the science-fiction, cyberpunk and dark fantasy genre. He currently lives in Portsmouth, Ohio, US.

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Bastien Lecouffe Deharme was born in Vannes in 1982.

In the early 1980s, his family moved from Paris to Auray in Brittany, where he would spend his childhood and teenage years. In 2000, B. passed a baccalauréat in literature and art, and joined the Université de Haute Bretagne in Rennes (Brittany), where he studied art. In 2006, he passed his Master of Fine Arts with honors; it is also around that time that he began to work as an illustrator, mainly creating book covers.

In 2007 he moved to Paris, where he worked as artistic director for the art gallery Le Cabinet des Curieux. There he organized the shows Eros and Thanatos, Venus Robotica and Phantasms, as a trilogy. He also worked on "Chroniques des Ombres" (Shadows Chronicles), an online animated graphic novel written by Pierre Bordage, as an artistic director and Lead Artist.

Currently living in the United States, he continues working as a freelance artist. He creates book covers for author such as Philip K. Dick, Clive Barker, Chuck Palahniuk, H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Herbert and many more. He has worked for French publishers such as Gallimard (Folio-SF), Pocket, Fleuve Noir and Mnemos among others.

In April 2011, Bastien Lecouffe Deharme wrote and illustrated his first graphic-novel, Memories of Retrocity published by "Editions du Riez". The novel also features some texts written by Alain Damasio and Gilles Osvald, and digital paintings created by Johann Bodin and Anders Lazaret. Memories of Retrocity is acclaimed by the French critiques and is nominated for notorious awards, such as "Le Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire". [1]

Today Bastien Lecouffe Deharme works with international clients (Tor Books, Random House, HarperCollins, Applibot, ...). His work is represented by the agency Shannon Associates (NYC).

Cover Art

Memories of Retrocity : William Drum's Diary

B.'s first graphic novel, Memories of Retrocity : Le Journal de William Drum, was released in April 2011, edited by les Editions du Riez. [1] This 120-page book comes in the form of the diary of William Drum, a former Chicago policeman who has been exiled in a strange metropolis named Retrocity. That city has not appeared on any map since it was infected by the "Retro-processus Virus", in the fifties, leading the authorities to quarantine it. William Drum will attempt to unveil the Retro-processus's secret and to survive his stay in this bio-mechanical, morbid city. B. illustrated and wrote the text himself.

On the eve of the winter of 2004, William Drum, former inspector in Chicago's police is exiled by his superiors into Retrocity.
A secluded, fallen City, that was hidden from everyone's sight over half a century ago
With the typewriter he found in his apartment as his only companion, William begins writing his diary, and plunges into the City.
A timeless City, whose citizens have long since deserted.
A sick City, plagued by a strange virus.
A City where mechanical parts replace human organs.
A City from which there is no coming back.

— B., (Back cover's text translation.) "Original text in French here"

The book features some texts by Gilles Osvald, and its "afterword, as a final burst [which] provides an insight into Retrocity's future", [4] was written by Alain Damasio. The book is also accompanied by a CD containing an original soundtrack of twenty tunes that create an Industrial Music atmosphere reminiscent of the film Blade Runner and was composed by the musicians Don Quishoote, Neptunian8 and Subskan (from Ambivalence Recordz). Some pieces contain readings by Jean-Paul Dermont.

Overall, the book received excellent critiques. [5] An English translation of the book is being written, as well as a sequel.

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References

  1. 1 2 Editions du Riez's webpage for Memories of Retrocity Archived March 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine .
  2. ↑ Page of the Hellraiser novel on Gallimard's website
  3. ↑ Page of "Le Dernier des Maitres" on Gallimard's website
  4. ↑ Credits, at the end of the book and on the author's website, here [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Book Review by Sci-Fi Universe, in French Book Review by Mythologica.net, in French [ permanent dead link ] Book Review by Bit-Lit.com, in French Archived 2011-09-10 at the Wayback Machine -comics.com/fr/2011/04/13/memories-of-retrocity-en-reviendrez-vous Book Review by Media-Comics.com, in French
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