'Jonathan Cartland'.
After an artistic education in Applied Arts, Michel Blanc-Dumont worked with his father for three years, restoring paintings and art objects. It is during this period that he developed a passion for the "wild west" and the Native Americans. He began doing some comics work on the side in 1973. He started out publishing in Phénix, but eventually joined Jeunes Années, where he illustrated several Indian legends as well as posters.
Cover illustrations for Pilote.
His actual comics career took off in 1974, when he began the western series 'Jonathan Cartland' with scenarist Laurence Harlé in Lucky Luke Magazine. The series, that ranks as one of the best in the genre, was later continued in Pilote and Charlie Mensuel, and was collected in book format by Dargaud until 2006.
'Jonathan Cartland'.
In addition to 'Jonathan Cartland', Blanc-Dumont made several illustrations for advertisements and book covers, and cooperated with magazines published by Bayard Presse, such as Hi Kids! and Je Bouquine. His illustration work was collected in the album 'L'Univers de Blanc-Dumont' in 1984, while his short comic stories were collected in 'Courts-Métrages' a year later (both published by Dargaud). Blanc-Dumont started a second series, 'Colby', with Michel Greg for Dargaud between 1991 and 1997. In 2000, he took over the artwork of the series 'La Jeunesse de Blueberry' of Colin Wilson, which he has continued with scriptwriter François Corteggiani since.
He was one of the artists making a graphic contribution for 'Pepperland' (1980), a collective comic book celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Pepperland comic book store.
Michel Blanc-Dumont was a strong graphic influence on Watson Portela.
'La Jeunesse de Blueberry' - 'Gettysburg'.