Claire Bouilhac
{{Short description|French cartoonist}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Claire Bouilhac
| image = Paris - Salon du livre 2012 - Claire Bouilhac - 001.jpg
| caption = (2012)
| birth_date = 1970
| nationality = French
| notable_works = Francis Blaireau Farceur
| awards = Prix Schlingo (2022)
| website = www.clairebouilhac.com
}}
Claire Bouilhac (born 1970) is a French bande dessinée illustrator, scriptwriter, and colorist,{{cite web |title=Claire Bouilhac |url=https://www.europecomics.com/author/claire-bouilhac/ |website=Europe Comics |access-date=19 March 2023}} working in particular for Spirou and Fluide Glacial. She mainly draws the series Maude Mutante, {{ill|Francis (bande dessinée)|lt=Francis Blaireau Farceur|fr}}, and Melody Bondage. She is a 2022 laureate of the {{ill|Prix Schlingo|fr}}.
Biography
Claire Bouilhac was born in 1970.{{cite web |title=Claire Bouilhac - Bio, Artworks, Exhibitions and more - Artland |url=https://www.artland.com/artists/claire-bouilhac |website=www.artland.com |access-date=19 March 2023 |language=en}} From 1994, she teamed up with scriptwriter {{ill|Jake Raynal|fr}} for the series Francis Blaireau Farceur, which has seven volumes and a special issue.Quentin Girard, "BD / Francis, mon père ce blaireau", Libération, 14 October 2017 {{in lang|fr}}
In 2016, adapting the Francis series, the Victor B. company organized the show {{lang|fr|Francis sauve le monde}} (Francis saves the world) at the {{ill|Théâtre de Namur|fr}}, featuring 30 of the 240 short stories.La rédaction, "L’homme est un blaireau pour l’homme", Le Soir, 20 January 2016 {{in lang|fr}}
Bouilhac has collaborated with Catel Muller on several occasions; the two met on the sidelines of the Angoulême International Comics Festival and found affinities, particularly in terms of feminism.M. D., Catel and Claire Bouilhac, "Catel, une figure de la BD", {{ill|Paris-Normandie|fr}}, 27 July 2018 {{in lang|fr}}
They collaborated on the Top Linotte series and on two biographies: Rose Valland, captain Beaux-Arts (2009){{cite news |last1=Perroud |first1=A. |title=Rose Valland, capitaine Beaux-Arts |url=https://www.bdgest.com/chronique-3863-BD-Rose-Valland-capitaine-Beaux-Arts-Rose-Valland-capitaine-Beaux-Arts.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=www.bdgest.com |date=17 December 2009 |language=fr}} and another on Mylène Demongeot, Adieu Kharkov (2015),{{cite news |last1=Perroud |first1=A. |title=Adieu Kharkov |url=https://www.bdgest.com/chronique-6836-BD-Adieu-Kharkov-Adieu-Kharkov.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=www.bdgest.com |date=24 September 2015 |language=fr |publisher={{ill|BD Gest'|fr}}}} with preface by Pierre Richard.Estebe, "La vie de Mylène Demongeot couchée sur BD", Tribune de Genève, 19 September 2015 The two authors begin their work with Les lilas de Kharkov but, after lengthy interviews with the actress, they retraced her life and that of her mother, Claudia. The realization of the album took three years, from period photos. In the wake of this work, an exhibition on this graphic novel was held at Château-Gontier.La rédaction, "Mylène Demongeot : une BD et une expo", Ouest-France, 11 September 2015 {{in lang|fr}}
In 2019, she collaborated with Catel Muller on a comic book adaptation of La Princesse de Clèves.{{cite news |last1=Martine |first1=Tristan |title="La Princesse de Clèves", la BD que Nicolas Sarkozy devrait (...) |url=https://www.actuabd.com/La-Princesse-de-Cleves-la-BD-que-Nicolas-Sarkozy-devrait-lire |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=ActuaBD |date=7 May 2019 |language=fr}}{{cite news |last1=Salin |first1=S. |title=La princesse de Clèves La Princesse de Clèves |url=https://www.bdgest.com/chronique-9216-BD-La-princesse-de-Cleves-La-Princesse-de-Cleves.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=www.bdgest.com |date=13 May 2019 |language=fr}}
Then in 2023, Bouilhac and Muller 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}}
Awards and honours
Selected works
= Series =
==''Francis Blaireau Farceur''==
- No. 1 Francis blaireau farceur, scriptwriter, Jake Raynal, designer, Claire Bouilhac, coloring, B&W, 1994, {{ill|Cornélius (maison d'édition)|lt=Cornélius|fr}} "Delphine" {{ISBN|2-909990-06-0}}
- No. 2 Francis veut mourir (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; coloring), B&W, 1996, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" {{ISBN|2-909990-10-9}}
- No. 3 Francis cherche l'amour (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 1997, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" {{ISBN|2-909990-39-7}}
- No. 4 Francis sauve le mond (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 2005, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" {{ISBN|2-915492-04-2}}
- No. 5 Francis rate sa vie (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 2009, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" {{ISBN|978-2-915492-68-2}}
- No. 6 Francis est malade (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; coloring, B&W), 2013, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" {{ISBN|978-2-360-81065-9}}
- No. 7 Francis est papa (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 2017, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" {{ISBN|978-2-360-81134-2}}
- Special edition, Francis (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 2013, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" {{ISBN|978-2-360-81069-7}}
==''Top Linotte''==
- No. 2 Trop Pimpon (scriptwriter, Catel and Claire Bouilhac; designer, Catel; colorist, Nathalie Plee), 2012, Dupuis {{ISBN|978-2-8001-4963-9}}
- No. 3 Trop classe (scriptwriters and designers, Catel and Claire Bouilhac; colorist, Claire Bouilhac and Nathalie Plee) 2013, Dupuis {{ISBN|978-2-8001-5991-1}}
=[[One-shot (comics)|One-shots]]=
- Melody Bondage : My name is bondage (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer and colorist, Claire Bouilhac), 2003, Audie {{ISBN|2-85815-377-9}}
- Rose Valland, capitaine Beaux-Arts (scriptwriters, Claire Bouilhac and Emmanuelle Polack; designer, Catel; colorist, Claire Champeval, 2009, Dupuis {{ISBN|978-2-8001-4552-5}}
- Adieu Kharkov (scriptwriters, Mylène Demongeot and Claire Bouilhac; designers, Catel and Claire Bouilhac; colorist, Claire Bouilhac, Marie-Anne Didierjean, and Meephe Versaevel, 2015, Dupuis Coll. "Aire Libre" {{ISBN|978-2-8001-5375-9}}
= Collectives =
- Cornélius ou l'art de la mouscaille et du pinaillage, Cornélius, coll. "Gilbet", 2007 {{ISBN|978-2-915492-38-5}}
- {{ill|En chemin elle rencontre...|fr}} 2. Les artistes se mobilisent pour le respect des droits des femmes, {{ill|Des Ronds Dans L'O|fr}} / Amnesty International, 2011 {{ISBN|978-2-917237-15-1}}
- Hommage à Bécassine, Gautier-Languereau, 2016 {{ISBN|978-2-01-460171-8}}
- Raymond Devos, Jungle ! / Plon, 2017 {{ISBN|978-2-8222-2165-8}}
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{cite magazine |ref=none|first=Myriam |last=Hassoun|magazine=Charente Libre |date= 5 September 2015|title=BD. La mère à l'horizon|language=fr}}
- {{cite magazine |ref=none|first=Daniel |last=Couvreur|magazine=Le Soir|date=22 August 2015|title=Le visage ukrainien de Mylène Demongeot|language=fr}}
- {{cite magazine |ref=none|first=Céline |last=Musseau|magazine=Sud Ouest |date=16 September 2017|title=La fête pour Francis et ses amis|language=fr}}
- {{cite magazine |ref=none|author=La rédaction|magazine=La Meuse |date=22 February 2018|title=Francis sauve le monde. Faussement naïf. Férocement drôle|language=fr}}
- {{cite magazine |ref=none|first=Olivier |last=Van Vaerenbergh|magazine=Le Vif/L'Express |date=1 September 2017|title=Un vrai blaireau|language=fr}}
- {{cite magazine |ref=none|first1=Ronan |last1=Lancelot|first2=Claire |last2=Bouilhac|title=Claire Bouilhac, Coups au cœur|magazine={{ill|DBD (périodique)|lt=DBD|fr}}|number=131|date=March 2019|pages=74–75|language=fr}}
External links
- {{official website|www.clairebouilhac.com}}
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Category:French women illustrators
Category:French comics artists
Category:French comics writers