Hermann Huppen


Hermann Huppen is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.

Biography

Hermann was born in 1938 in Bévercé in Liège Province. After studying to become a furniture maker and working as interior architect, Hermann made his debut as comic book artist in 1964 in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou with a four-page story. Greg noticed his talent and offered him to work for his studio. In 1966, he began illustrating the Bernard Prince series written by Greg, published in Tintin magazine. In 1969, also in collaboration with Greg, he began the western series Comanche. This appeared at the same time as other western series such as Blueberry.
Hermann began writing his own stories in 1977, starting the post-apocalyptic Jeremiah series, which is still produced today. In the same period, he also made three albums of Nick, inspired by Little Nemo in Slumberland, for Spirou. In 1983 he began a new series, Les Tours de Bois-Maury, which is set in the Middle Ages and is less focused on action than his other works.
Hermann has also created many non-series graphic novels sometimes together with his son Yves H. One of them, Lune de Guerre, with a story by Jean Van Hamme, was later filmed as The Wedding Party by Dominique Deruddere.
Hermann is characterized by a realistic style and stories that are both somber and angry, with a sense of disillusion with regards to the human character in general, and current society more specifically.

Awards

All of these comics have been published in French, Dutch and German: other translations are noted in the "remarks" column.
SeriesYearsVolumesWritten byEditorRemarks
Bernard Prince1969–198014GregLe Lombard and DargaudTranslated into German; Translated into Danish; Translated into Serbian; Translated into Swedish; Translated into Tamil by Lion Comics; Translated into Polish.
Comanche1972–198310GregLe Lombard and DargaudContinued by Rouge for four more stories; Translated into Serbian; Translated into Tamil by Lion Comics
Jugurtha1975–19772VernalRTP, Le Lombard and Dargaud
Jeremiah1979-36HermannFleurus, Edi-3, Novedi, Hachette, and DupuisTranslated into Serbian; volumes 1 & 4 translated into English and published by Fantagraphics in 1983 under the titles The Survivors: Talons of Blood and The Survivors: The Eyes That Burned; Jeremiah 13: Strike published by Catalan Communications in 1990. Jeremiah: Gun in the Water and Jeremiah: Mercenaries published by Strip Art Features in 2002 and 2003. A new series began in March 2012, collecting 3 of the original French language tomes in each hardcover edition; the series is being simultaneously published in English, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Alerte aux pirates19801Yves Duval and StepBédéscope
Les Dalton19801Yves DuvalBédéscope
Hey, Nick! Are you dreaming1981–19833MorphéeDupuisTranslated into English by SAF Comics 2003
Les Tours de Bois-Maury 1984–200614HermannGlénatVolume 12 written by his son Yves H.: translated into Danish, published in English by Titan Books
Volume 13 also written by Yves H.

Volumes 1 published in English by Titan Books 1984; Volumes 1 & 2 published in English by Titan Books 1989; Volumes 1-3 translated into English by Catalan Communications 1990 and Volumes 1 and 2 republished by SAF Comics in 2002

Volumes 1 to 14 translated into Serbocroatian
Abominations19881HermannGlénatPublished in English in 1990 by Catalan Communications
Missié Vandisandi19911HermannDupuis
Sarajevo Tango19951HermannDupuisThe first book Hermann made in direct color.
Le secret des hommes-chiens19951Yves HuppenDupuisFirst collaboration with his son Yves
Caatinga19971HermannLe Lombard
Wild bill is Dead19991HermannDupuisTranslated into English by SAF Comics 2003
Liens de sang20001Yves H.Le LombardPublished in English by Dark Horse Comics
Lune de guerre20001Jean Van HammeDupuis
Manhattan Beach 195720021Yves H.Le LombardTranslated into English by SAF Comics 2003
Zhong Guo20031Yves H.Dupuis
The girl from Ipanema20051Yves H.Le LombardTranslated to Danish
Sur les traces de Dracula : Vlad l'empaleur20061Yves H.CastermanTranslated to Danish; Translated into Serbian
La vie exagérée de l'Homme Nylon20071Hans-Michael KirsteinLe Lombard
Afrika20071HermannLe LombardDanish translation by Faraos Cigarer
Le diable des sept mers2008–20092Yves H.Dupuis
Une nuit de pleine lune20111Yves H.Glénat-