Yves Chaland

During the 1980s, together with Luc Cornillon, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he launched the Atomic style, a stylish remake of the Marcinelle School in Franco-Belgian comics.

During his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne, he created his own fanzine, L'Unité de Valeur, in 1976, with Luc Cornillon.

[2] In 1978, they met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet who hired them for his comics magazines Métal Hurlant and Ah Nana.

Done in a retro 50s style similar to his influences Jijé and André Franquin, both former artists on the Spirou feature.

A Magazine contribute to the knowledge of Chaland's artwork, The Journal of Freddy's friends is also available in English.