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| Marcel Allain (1885-1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874-1914) are best remembered as the creators of Fantômas. Souvestre was a disinguished journalist and novelist when he and his secretary / writing partner, Allain, created Fantômas in 1910, being contracted by publisher Fayard to write a novel a month for two years. Souvestre died on Febr. 16, 1914 from pneumonia. After WWI, Allain wrote 11 new adventures of Fantômas alone, as well as other, less known series: Fatala, Tigris, Ferocias, Miss Teria, etc. He passed away on Aug. 25, 1969. In 1913, filmmaker Louis Feuillade made several, justifiably famous Fantômas serials for Gaumont. |
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novel: The Daughter of Fantômas (2006), The Death of Fantômas (forthcoming 2011)
source material: Fantômas in America (2007), Nick Carter vs. Fantômas (2007), Sherlock Holmes vs Fantômas (2009)
more on Allain & Souvestre in: Shadowmen 1: Heroes and Villains of French Pulp Fiction (2003)