Steve Requin

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Steve Requin
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BornStéphane Johnson
(1968-07-21) July 21, 1968 (age 53)
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Editor, Publisher, Letterer, Colorist
Notable works
The Eight
Artiztech College
Safarir
MensuHell

Steve Requin (born Stéphane Johnson, July 21, 1968) is a Canadian cartoonist from Beloeil, Quebec, Canada.

Biography[]

Steve Requin started publishing comics in 1988 for a French Canadian pop music magazine called , comics that he signed under the pseudonym Jon-Son.

In December 1994 he adopted the name Steve Requin and founded for which he created and published many underground magazines such as and . In 1999, he founded MensuHell, Québec's longest monthly underground comics magazine. MensuHell's ownership has been passed to in 2002, who kept publishing it until issue No. 109, dated December 2008. Steve closed down Les Publications Requin Roll in January 2003.

From November 2001 to November 2008, Steve has been a writer and artist for Safarir, Québec's answer to the American magazine Mad. He mostly wrote and/or drew parodies of TV shows and movies, but he is also known for comics series such as Malice (drawn by Serge Boisvert DeNevers) and Konar.

In , at the , he received the award for his comic project, La Clique Vidéo.

Bibliography[]

Periodical publications[]

Magazines

  • , pop music magazine, 1988–1989
  • , 100% comics, 1998–2004
  • Safarir, Québec's illustrated humour magazine, 2001–2008

Fanzines

  • MensuHell, Montréal underground comics 1999–2002
  • , Montréal underground comics 1994–1999
  • , Montréal underground comics 1997–1999

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography and sources[]

  • BDQ, Répertoire des publications de bandes dessinées au Québec des origines à nos jours, 1999, , éditions Mille-Îles, Laval
  • Histoire de la bande dessinée au Québec, 2008, Mira Falardeau, VLB éditeur, Études québécoises collection, Montréal

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