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Born | Bernard Cosendai 1950 Lausanne, Switzerland |
Nationality | Swiss |
Notable works | Jonathan |
Awards | Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême |
Bernard Cosendai (born 1950), known by the pen name Cosey, is a Swiss cartoonist.
Cosey is born in 1950 at Lausanne. [1] In 1966, he began working for advertisement. In 1970 he met Derib, who was at this time the only cartoonist in Romandy, and he became his apprentice. [2] Since 1972, he created comics series Paul Aroïd, Clarence and Séraphin Ledoux for Swiss newspaper 24 heures . [2]
In 1975, he began his serie Jonathan in the comics magazine Tintin . [2] This serie is his major work, and became "a cult serie" ("une série devenue culte"). [3] Completed in 2021, including 17 albums, [4] it tells the story of a young man with amnesia who travels in Asia, especially in Tibet. [3]
Cosey is also the author of graphic novels, such as À la recherche de Peter Pan, published as a diptych in 1983 and 1984. [2]
In 2017, Cosey is awarded the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême. [3]