Steve Requin
Encyclopedia
Steve Requin is a Canadian
comics artist
and writer
from Montréal
in Québec
, Canada.
pop music magazine called Wow !, comics that he signed under the pseudonym
Jon-Son.
In December 1994 he adopted the name Steve Requin and founded Les Publications Requin Roll for which he created and published many underground
magazines such as Requin Roll and Les Plagiats de la BD. In 1999, he founded MensuHell
, Québec's longest monthly underground comics magazine. MensuHells ownership has been passed to Francis Hervieux in 2002, who kept publishing it until issue #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.
On the Internet, Steve is better known for a list he wrote about funny combined popular French Canadian last names, and for his former webcomic
s, Artiztech College and The Eight.
Fanzines
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
comics artist
Comics artist
A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
from Montréal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in Québec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada.
Biography
Steve Requin started publishing comics in 1988 for a French CanadianFrench Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
pop music magazine called Wow !, comics that he signed under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Jon-Son.
In December 1994 he adopted the name Steve Requin and founded Les Publications Requin Roll for which he created and published many underground
Underground comix
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books which are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality and violence...
magazines such as Requin Roll and Les Plagiats de la BD. In 1999, he founded MensuHell
MensuHell
MensuHell is a Canadian comics fanzine published in Montréal in Québec from December 1999 to December 2008.With 109 issues, MensuHell is probably the Québec comics fanzine which has the longest run....
, Québec's longest monthly underground comics magazine. MensuHells ownership has been passed to Francis Hervieux in 2002, who kept publishing it until issue #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
Mad (magazine)
Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. Launched as a comic book before it became a magazine, it was widely imitated and influential, impacting not only satirical media but the entire cultural landscape of the 20th century.The last...
. 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.
On the Internet, Steve is better known for a list he wrote about funny combined popular French Canadian last names, and for his former webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
s, Artiztech College and The Eight.
Periodical publications
Magazines- Wow !, pop music magazine, 1988–1989 ;
- Zine Zag, 100 % comics, 1998–2004 ;
- Safarir, Québec's illustrated humour magazine, 2001-2008.
Fanzines
- MensuHellMensuHellMensuHell is a Canadian comics fanzine published in Montréal in Québec from December 1999 to December 2008.With 109 issues, MensuHell is probably the Québec comics fanzine which has the longest run....
, Montréal underground comics 1999-2002 ; - Requin Roll, Montréal underground comics 1994-1999 ;
- Les Plagiats de la BD, Montréal underground comics 1997-1999.