Bad Max, Les Humanoïdes associés, 1983
Max isn’t a pseudonym, but his real name, which he inherited from
his Catalan grand-father. He was born in 1957 and grew up with the stories
of Grimm, Perrault or Andersen. These tales influenced him as much as
the EC comics or the fantasy and gore literature did.
He started making comics during the punk period, the golden age of graphic
terrorists such as Bazooka or Elles Sont De Sortie… All sorts of
extremes were possible at the time…
Panzer panik, Les Humanoïdes associés, 1985
In 1980, he met by luck Benito and Pierre Ouin, who had been editing the
graphzine Le Krapô Baveux since 1977. He published his first comics
in the ninth issue, with Mezzo, Ben Radis, Imagex or Liberatore (unknown
at the time).
Spoty et La Lune alphane, Les Humanoïdes associés, 1987
Each
Wednesday, the three pals showed their pages to the editorial staff of
Métal Hurlant (comprised of Manœuvre, Chaland and Janic Dionnet)
who wasn’t very receptive. But their perseverance finally bore fruit
and On demande P’tit Louis by Max was published in issue #61. Two
pages by Pierre Ouin followed, then two more by Benito / Max, and so on
until the magazine’s fall.
Fuck, fly and bomb, Futuropolis, 1986
Les Humanoïdes Associés published three books by Max. The first one was Bad Max. This book collected all the stories that had been refused by Manœuvre for Métal Hurlant (between 1981 and 1983), but that were accepted by Dionnet in 83 to make a book ! Next, Panzer Panic was published. It is about the second world war and gathers ten short stories written by José-Louis Bocquet from the inside of a tank, well that looks like it. Spoty et la lune Alphane, Max’s favourite book, was published in 1987. Unfortunately, it didn't get any sequel.
Suck, Korea, suck, Futuropolis, 1988
Monstrueux monstres, Albin Michel, 1991
In 1991, Max drew Monstrueux Monstres, his first children book (Albin Michel). The second one, Récit du récif, was published in 1996 by Le Seuil Jeunesse.
Max was also published in magazines such as : Viper, Charlie, Rigolo, Zoulou, Lapin, Picsou magazine, L’Écho des Savanes, Le Lynx, Pif, Strips, Frank Margerin Présente, À Suivre, Hara Kiri, Flag…
Douceur infernale vol.1, éditions du Plateau
Douceur Infernale, even though serialized in Métal Hurlant, was
never published as a book by Les Humanoïdes Associés. After
many years, in 1995, Les Éditions du Poteau eventually published
it. In 2003, Les Éditions Humeurs released the whole book, including
the old story and another one that had not been published before.
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