Christophe Arleston

Christophe Arleston (born Christophe Pelinq, 14 August 1963) is a French comics writer and editor. He has also worked as Scotch Arleston.

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. 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
 * Won the Alph-Art Jeunesse 9–12 ans at Angoulême International Comics Festival
 * 1998 for Trolls de Troy T.1 : Histoires trolles
 * 2000 for Lanfeust de Troy T.7 : Les pétaures se cachent pour mourir
 * 2002 for Trolls de Troy T.5 : Les Maléfices de la Thaumaturge
 * Prix jeunesse at la Foire du livre de Saint-Louis in 2011 for Lord of Burger
 * Prix Livrentête 2011, for Lord of Burger

Interviews

 * Interview Croisee de Christophe Arleston et DIidier Tarquin, Evene.fr, December 2006
 * Interview de Christophe Arleston, ActuSF