{{Short description|French comics artist and screenwriter}} {{Infobox comics creator|image=File:2025-11-07_CMB_Vernissage_Blain_024.jpg|signature=Signature_blutch.png|name=Christian Hincker|alias=Blutch|birth_date=27 December 1967|birth_place=[[Strasbourg]]|awards=[[Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême|grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême]]|notable works=Vitesse Moderne}}

'''Blutch''', pen name of '''Christian Hincker''' (born 27 December 1967 in [[Strasbourg]]) is a French comic book author. He is considered one of the main authors of French comics since the early 1990s.

== Biography ==

After studying at the [[Haute école des arts du Rhin|École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg]], Blutch was discovered through a competition organized by the monthly magazine ''[[Fluide Glacial]]''. He got his nickname from a classmate for his physical resemblance to Corporal Blutch, one of the characters of the comic series ''[[Les Tuniques Bleues]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2009-02-02|title=Blutch, grand prix de la BD d'Angoulême|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2009/02/02/blutch-grand-prix-de-la-bd-d-angouleme_1149627_3260.html|access-date=2021-01-16}}</ref>

His first strips appeared in Fluide Glacial between 1988 and 1993 (Pecos Jim, Waldo's Bar, Mademoiselle Sunnymoon).&nbsp; From 1993 he was part of the circle of cartoonists working for the independent comic book publisher [[L’Association]].&nbsp; In 1996 he joined [[A Suivre]] magazine, where he designed the historical ''Péplum'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-06|title=Peplum by Blutch review – a work of scratchy genius|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/06/blutch-peplum-graphic-novel-review-scratchy-genius|access-date=2021-01-16|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>&nbsp; ''Rancho Bravo'' (with Jean-Louis Capron) and ''Blotch'' (two issues), a satirical portrait of Fluide Glacial magazine and its illustrators, appeared in the late 1990s.&nbsp; He underlined his versatility with the two-volume autobiography about his childhood in ''Le petit Christian'' (1998/2008) or with the comic novels ''Vitesse Moderne'' (2002) and ''La Volupté'' (2006).

In 2002, Blutch received the [[Prix international de la Ville de Genève pour la bande dessinée]] for Vitesse Moderne, and in 2009 the Grand Prix de la Ville d’Angoulême: that made Blutch president of the Angoulême comic festival in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-01-28|title=Blutch fait swinguer les classiques|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2010/01/28/festival-d-angouleme-blutch-fait-swinguer-les-classiques_1297824_3260.html|access-date=2021-01-16}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* 2000 : Alph-Art humour at the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival|festival d'Angoulême]] for ''Blotch''. * 2000 : Prix Jacques-Lob . * 2002 : Prix Töpffer international for ''Vitesse Moderne''.<ref name="Töpffer">{{Cite web|date=|title=Prix Rodolphe Töpffer de la bande dessinée|url=http://www.ville-geneve.ch/?id=3767|access-date=13 December 2018|website=ville-geneve.ch|language=fr}}.</ref> * 2009 : [[Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême|grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême]].<ref name="inrocks">{{Cite journal|last=Service Actu|date=1 February 2009|title=Blutch Grand Prix du festival d'Angoulême 2009|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2009/02/01/actualite/blutch-grand-prix-du-festival-dangouleme-2009-1144793/|journal=Les Inrocks}}</ref> * 2009 : [[Former prizes of the Angoulême International Comics Festival|« Essentiel » d'Angoulême]] forn ''Le Petit Christian'' tome&nbsp;2. * 2017 : prix Wolinksi de la BD du Point for ''Variations''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Romain Brethes|date=16 December 2017|title=Blutch, Prix Wolinski de la BD du ''Point'' 2017|journal=Le Point}}.</ref> * 2019 : [[Freedom of the City|Keys to the City of]] [[Strasbourg]].

== Selected publications == *1996-1999- ''Mitchum'' *1997 - ''Peplum'' (first serialized in ''A Suivre'' magazine) *2000 - ''Blotch'' (first serialized in Fluide Glacial) *2002 - ''Vitesse Moderne'' (Modern Speed) *2004 - ''Total Jazz'' *2006 - ''La Volupté''

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==External links== *[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blutch.htm Blutch profile on Lambiek Comiclopedia] *[http://www.europecomics.com/author/blutch/ Blutch profile] on [[Europe Comics]] *[http://paulgravett.com/articles/article/blutch Blutch interviewed] by [[Paul Gravett]], April 2016 *[https://boingboing.net/2013/04/19/craig-thompson-interviews-fren.html Blutch interviewed] by [[Craig Thompson]] interviews Blutch. ''[[Boing Boing]]'', 19 April 2013

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