Christophe Pelinq (1963-08-14) 14 August 1963 (age 60) Aix-en-Provence, France
Pen name
Scotch Arleston
Nationality
French
Christophe Arleston (born Christophe Pelinq, 14 August 1963) is a French
comics writer and editor. He has also worked as Scotch Arleston.[1]
Biography
In his early childhood, Christophe Arleston lived in Madagascar, Macon and Paris before returning to Aix-en-Provence. He studied journalism at Marseille. He started his career by working as a journalist and later in communications. He started writing radio drama for France Inter.
In 1992 he started writing comic books for
Soleil Productions. In 1994 he published
Lanfeust of Troy. In 1998 he created
Lanfeust Mag, a monthly comic strip. Since 2021, he is the head of Drakoo Editions, a fantasy comics publishing house.
In 2010, he was the bestselling comics author in France, with 1.5 million albums sold that year. Between 1980 and 2023, he was estimated to have sold 15 million albums.[2] To this day, he has written over 250 books.
Awards
Prix Humour at festival de Solliès-Ville 1993 for Léo Loden T.3 : Adieu ma joliette
Prix Jeunesse at festival d’Illzach 1993 and prix Microfolie’s at festival de Maisons-Laffitte for Léo Loden T.4 : Grillade provençale
Prix du meilleur scénario at festival de Chambéry 1998 for Trolls de Troy T.2 : Le Scalp du vénérable
^Thierry Groensteen et collectif (2003). Primé à Angoulême : 30 ans de bande dessinée à travers le palmarès du festival (in French). Angoulême: Éditions de l'An 2. p. 103.
ISBN2-84856-003-7.