Catel Muller
{{Short description|French comic book artist and illustrator}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Catel
|image = Catel 00.jpg
|birth_name = Catel Muller
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|08|27}}
|birth_place = Strasbourg, France
|occupation = Comics artist and illustrator
}}
Catel Muller (born August 27, 1964), who publishes under the name Catel, is a French comics artists and illustrator.{{cite web |url=http://bibliodanse.ca/Record.htm?Record=10183236157929014189&idlist=59 |title=Catel, 1964- |publisher=Bibliothèque de la danse Vincent-Warren |language=fr}}
Life
Muller was born in Strasbourg and received a diploma from the {{ill|École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg|fr}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.casterman.com/Bande-dessinee/Auteurs/catel |title=Catel |date=11 August 2022 |publisher=Casterman |language=fr}}
In 2014, she received the {{ill|Prix Artémisia|fr}} for her graphic novel Ainsi soit Benoîte Groult.{{cite news |url=http://www.actuabd.com/Catel-recoit-le-Prix-Artemisia |title=Catel reçoit le Prix Artemisia 2014 de la bande dessinée féminine |work=ActuaBD |date=January 11, 2014 |language=fr}}
In 2015, she published a graphic novel based on the life of actor Mylène Demongeot, Adieu Kharkov.{{cite web |url=http://www.clairebouilhac.com/?page_id=2058 |title=Adieu Kharkov |date=18 February 2011 |publisher=Claire Bouilhac |language=fr}}
In 2023, she and Claire Bouilhac adapted George Sand's Indiana into a graphic novel published by Europe Comics.{{Cite web|last1=Sand|first1=George|last2=Bouilhac|first2=Claire|last3=Muller|first3=Catel|date=December 27, 2023|title=Indiana|publisher=Europe Comics |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPFR9XJD}}
Selected work
- Lucie s'en soucie, graphic novel (2000), with Véronique Grisseaux. {{ISBN|2-7316-1410-2}}
- Le Sang des Valentines, graphic novel (2004), with Christian De Metter, received an Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize{{cite web |url=http://www.casterman.com/Bande-dessinee/Catalogue/albums/le-sang-des-valentines |title=Le Sang des Valentines |publisher=Casterman |language=fr}}
- Kiki de Montparnasse, graphic novel (2007), with {{ill|José-Louis Bocquet|fr}}, received the Grand Prix RTL{{cite news |url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/576663/%3C%3C_Kiki_de_Montparnasse_%3E%3E%2CGrand_Prix_RTL_de_la_bande_dessinee_2007_.html |title=« Kiki de Montparnasse », Grand Prix RTL de la bande dessinée 2007 |work=L'Orient Le Jour |language=fr}}
- Olympe de Gouges, graphic novel (2012), with José-Louis Bocquet, received the Grand Prix littéraire de l'Héroïne Madame Figaro{{cite web |url=http://www.casterman.com/Bande-dessinee/Catalogue/ecritures/olympe-de-gouges1 |title=Olympe de Gouges |publisher=Casterman |language=fr}}