{{Short description|Comic creator (1946–2018)}} {{Infobox comics creator | image = Roquebrune sur Argens - F'murr - P1200790 (cropped).jpg | caption = F'Murr in 2009 | birth_name = Richard Peyzaret | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|3|31}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|4|10|1946|3|31}} | death_place = Paris, France | nationality = French | area = Artist, writer | alias = F'Murr | notable works = ''Le Génie des alpages''<br/>''Jehanne d'Arc''<br/>''Tartine de clous ''<br/>''Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre'' | awards = Full list }} '''Richard Peyzaret''' (March 31, 1946 – April 10, 2018),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/04/11/mort-du-dessinateur-f-murr-l-auteur-de-la-bd-genie-des-alpages_5283743_3382.html|title = Mort du dessinateur F'murr, l'auteur de la BD « Génie des alpages |newspaper = Le Monde.fr|date = 11 April 2018}}</ref> better known by his pen name '''F'Murrr''' or '''F'Murr''', was a French cartoonist and comic book writer. He was most famous for the long-running series ''Le Génie des alpages'' (''The Genius of the Mountain Pastures'').
==Biography== left|180px|Cartoon by F'Murr Peyzaret grew up as an admirer of Hergé and André Franquin, but studied Applied Arts for six years in Paris before meeting the BD industry, by arriving at the workshop of Raymond Poïvet.<ref name="BDparadisio F'murrr bio">{{cite web |last=BDparadisio.com |title=F'murrr |url=http://www.bdparadisio.com/scripts/detail.cfm?Id=993 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705111140/http://www.bdparadisio.com/scripts/detail.cfm?Id=993 |archive-date=2007-07-05 }}</ref> This led to an introduction to René Goscinny and starting work for ''Pilote'' magazine in 1971, making his debut with the gags series ''Contes à Rebours''. The unused boards of this strip later formed the basis of his first album, ''Au loup!''.<ref name="BDparadisio F'murrr bio"/>
While at ''Pilote'', he began his most famous work, ''Le Génie des alpages'' in 1973. This series features an old and a young shepherd, their talking shepherd's dog, a flock of mad sheep and other abnormal characters behaving unpredictably in alpine surroundings. When ''Pilote'' ceased publication, the series were issued directly into albums.
He also held a long associations with several of the other francophone serial magazines of this period. ''Naphtalène'' was also published in ''Pilote'', ''Porfirio et Gabriel'' in ''Le Canard Sauvage'' and ''Circus'', ''Jehanne d'Arc'' in ''Métal Hurlant'', ''Robin des Boîtes'' in ''Fluide Glacial'', and ''Les Mirrois de Marguerite'' and ''Ala et Lolli'' were created for the ''Spirou'' magazine supplement ''Le Trombone Illustré''.<ref name="Lambiek F'murr">{{cite web | last =Lambiek Comiclopedia | title =F'murr | url =http://lambiek.net/artists/f/fmurr.htm}}</ref>
In 1985 he began the strip ''Histoires Déplacées'' in ''(À SUIVRE)'' satirizing the ongoing Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. These were collected in the 1987 album named ''Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre'' (''The State's Tank Slips on the Path of War'').<ref name="Lambiek F'murr"/>
A few instances of F'Murrr translated into the English language were printed in ''Heavy Metal'' and ''National Lampoon'' magazine in the late 70s.<ref name="Michigan State Library index F">{{cite web |last=Michigan State University Libraries |title=index F |url=http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/frri/flying_c.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220150645/http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/frri/flying_c.htm |archive-date=2007-02-20 }}</ref>
Eight albums of ''Le Genie des Alpages'' were published in Norway in the 1980s by A/S Hjemmet-Serieforlaget under the name of ''Ullkorn'', which is a pun on ''"gullkorn"'', a Norwegian word for aphorism - i.e. corn being found as gold (''gull''), or in this instance, wool (''ull'').
The first four albums of "Le Genie des Alpages" were published in Denmark in the 1980s by Serieforlaget under the name of "Fårfængelighedens marked", which is a pun on "får", the name for sheep, and "Forfængelighedens marked" (Vanity Fair).
==Awards== *1978: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Best Comic Book for ''Barre-toi de mon herbe'' <ref name="Angoulême 1978">{{Cite web|last=ToutEnBD|title=Le palmarès 1978|url=http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=846|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043156/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=846|archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref> *1991: Angoulême International Comics Festival, Humour Award for ''Le pauvre chevalier'' <ref name="Angoulême 1991">{{Cite web |last=ToutEnBD |title=Le palmarès 1991 |url=http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=835 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625041639/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=835 |archive-date=2007-06-25 }}</ref>
==Bibliography== *''Au loup!'' (1974, Minoustchine/Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-04263-7}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages'', (1976, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-00881-1}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #2, Comme des bêtes'', (1976, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-00892-7}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #3, Barre-toi de mon herbe'', (1977, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-01155-3}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #4, Un grand silence frisé'', (1978, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-01238-X}}</small>) *''Vingt dieux c'est le synode'' (1979, Artefact, <small>{{ISBN|2-86697-004-7}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #5, Les Intondables'', (1980, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-01596-6}}</small>) *''Jehanne d'Arc #1, Jehanne au pied du mur'', (1980, Casterman, <small>{{ISBN|2-203-33404-5}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #6, Hi-Yo c'est l'écho'', (1981, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-01922-8}}</small>) *''Porfirio et Gabriel'' (1980, Futuropolis, <small>{{ISBN|2-7376-5374-6}}</small>) *''Tartine de clous'' (1981, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-02343-8}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #7, Tonnerre... et mille sabots!'', (1983, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-02490-6}}</small>) *''Jehanne d'Arc #2, Tim Galère'', (1985, Casterman, <small>{{ISBN|2-203-33424-X}}</small>) *''Robin des boites'' (1985, Futuropolis, <small>{{ISBN|2-7376-5450-5}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #8, Dans les nuages'', (1987, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-02764-6}}</small>) *''Le char de l'état dérape sur le sentier de la guerre'' (1987, Casterman, <small>{{ISBN|2-203-33434-7}}</small>) *''Spirella mangeuse d'écureuils'' (1988, Khani éditions, <small>{{ISBN|2-907159-01-1}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #9, Après nous... le déluge?'', (1989, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-03618-1}}</small>) *''Le pauvre chevalier'' (1990, Casterman, <small>{{ISBN|2-203-34804-6}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #10, Monter, descendre, ça glisse pareil'', (1992, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-03919-9}}</small>) *''Les aveugles'' (1992, Casterman, <small>{{ISBN|2-203-34807-0}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #11, Sabotage et paturage'', (1995, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-04253-X}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #12, Bouge tranquille!'', (1998, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-04591-1}}</small>) *''Éloge de la pentitude'' (2002, Glénat, <small>{{ISBN|2-7234-3725-6}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #13, Cheptel Maudit'', (2004, Dargaud, <small>{{ISBN|2-205-04887-2}}</small>) *''Le Génie des alpages #14, ... Courent dans la montagne'', (2007, Dargaud, <small>ISBN</small>)
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==References== {{Refbegin}} * [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs2/fmurrr.htm F'murr publications in ''Pilote''], [http://bdoubliees.com/fluideglacial/auteurs2/fmurrr.htm ''Fluide Glacial''] and [http://bdoubliees.com/asuivre/auteurs2/f_murrr.htm ''(A SUIVRE)''] BDoubliées {{in lang|fr}} * [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-1288-BD-F-Murrr.html F'Murr albums] Bedetheque {{in lang|fr}} {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Richard Peyzaret|F'Murr}} *[http://lambiek.net/artists/f/fmurr.htm F'Murrr biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213812/http://dargaud.fr/front/auteurs/auteur.aspx?id=1015 F'Murrr biography] on Dargaud {{in lang|fr}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061126164458/http://perso.orange.fr/jjblain/cbfiches/a40fmurr/artfmurr.htm L'art de F'Murrr] Interview {{in lang|fr}}
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