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Emmanuel Guibert

{{Short description|French comic artist and writer (born 1964)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|04|21}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

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| nationality = French

| notable works = The Photographer
Alan's War
Ariol
Sardine de l'espace

| awards = Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2013)
Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême (2020)
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Emmanuel Guibert (born April 21, 1964,{{cite web|title=Emmanuel Guibert: (b. 1964, France)|work=Comiclopedia|publisher=Lambiek|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/guibert_emman.htm}} in Paris) is a French comics artist and writer. For his work, he has been awarded the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême.

Biography

After a short period in art school, Guibert found work as an illustrator and storyboarder. He began Brune, an album retracing the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s. Brune was published in 1992, after seven years of work.

In 1999, he began the series Ariol, written by Marc Boutavant, which originated in the children's magazine J'aime lire. Ariol has been collected into seventeen volumes, eleven of which have been translated into English by Papercutz.{{cite web |work=Boing Boing |url=http://boingboing.net/2014/06/27/poesy-guest-reviews-the-new-ar.html |title=Poesy guest-reviews the new Ariol book |date=27 June 2014 |quote=The latest volume of Ariol, a French kids' comic that Papercutz is bringing out in English.}} A French-Canadian series of animated shorts of the same title were also produced.

Guibert became associated with the magazine Lapin and L'Association{{cite web | title=A House Divided: The Crisis at L'Association (Part 1 of 2) | website=The Comics Journal | date=3 November 2011 | url=https://www.tcj.com/a-house-divided-the-crisis-at-lassociation-part-1-of-2/ | access-date=17 June 2022}} (alongside Frédéric Boilet, Émile Bravo, Fabrice Tarrin, Christophe Blain, and Joann Sfar), which marked an evolution of his work to the service of real-life stories.

The first example was La Guerre d'Alan ("Alan's War"), which was serialized in Lapin in 2000; it recounts the memories of Alan Ingram Cope, an American soldier from World War II living in France. This was followed by Le Photographe ("The Photographer"), the story of Didier Lefèvre, a French photojournalist who accompanied a Médecins Sans Frontières mission during the height of the Soviet–Afghan War in 1986.{{cite web|title=Illustrator Fills in Photographer's Tale of War|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105670851|publisher=National Public Radio|accessdate=16 September 2010}} The Photographer sold 250,000 copies in France and won the Essentials of Angoulême award in 2007. It has been translated from the original French into 11 languages; the American edition won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2010.

During this same period, he created several series, including Sardine de l'espace, Les Olives noirs, and La Fille du professeur ("The Professor's Daughter") (with Joann Sfar).

In 2013,Guibert was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres{{cite web|department=TOUR DE FRANCE|title=LA MINISTRE DE LA CULTURE N'A PAS BULLÉ|first=Maurice |last=Bontinck|date=1 Feb 2013|language=fr|work=Charente Libre|url=https://www.charentelibre.fr/sport/cyclisme/tour-de-france/la-ministre-de-la-culture-n-a-pas-bulle-6279612.php}} in recognition of his significant contributions to the arts.

In January 2018, the Angoulême International Comics Festival dedicated an exhibition to Guibert's work.{{cite web|title=Angoulême Festival 2018: zoom on Emmanuel Guibert|work=Tout en BD|date=September 12, 2017|url=http://www.toutenbd.com/actualites/article/festival-d-angouleme-2018-zoom-sur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065701/http://www.toutenbd.com/actualites/article/festival-d-angouleme-2018-zoom-sur|archive-date=Nov 23, 2018|language=fr}}

After being a finalist for the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 2019, he was finally elected by the authors during the festival the following year.{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2020/01/29/bande-dessinee-emmanuel-guibert-grand-prix-2020-d-angouleme_6027704_3246.html|department= Bande dessinée |title=Emmanuel Guibert, Grand prix 2020 d'Angoulême |work=Le Monde |date=29 Jan 2019|language=fr}} The Grand Prix is considered the most prestigious award in Franco-Belgian comics.

In 2020, he became the first comic book author to whom the Académie des Beaux-Arts dedicated an exhibition.{{cite press release|url=https://www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr/sites/default/files/inline-files/dossier-de-presse-exposition-emmanuel-guibert-biographies-dessinees-academie-des-beaux-arts_1.pdf|title=Exposition "Emmanuel Guibert. Biographies dessinées"|lang=fr|work=Académie des Beaux-Arts|date=Mar 7, 2020}}

In January 2023, Gubert was elected member of the engraving and drawing section of the Academy of Fine Arts. He occupies the chair of Pierre-Yves Trémois, who died in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.actuabd.com/Emmanuel-Guibert-elu-membre-de-la-section-de-gravure-et-de-dessin-de-l-Academie|department=Actualité|title=Emmanuel Guibert élu membre de la section de gravure et de dessin de l'Académie des beaux-arts |first=Didier |last=Pasamonik |agency=L’Agence BD |date=13 Jan 2023|work=ActuaBD.com|language=Fr}}

Awards

Bibliography

  • Brune (Éditions Albin Michel, 1992) {{ISBN|2-226-05998-9}}
  • La Fille du professeur (art), with Joann Sfar (story), Dupuis, coll. « Humour libre », 1997. {{ISBN|2-8001-2481-4}}
  • A story in Hommage à M. Pinpon (L'Association, 1997)
  • "Light 2000," a story in Comix 2000 (L'Association, 1999)
  • Contributor to Lapins (L'Association, 2000)
  • Va et Vient (L'Association, 2005)
  • Sardine de l'espace (writing, artwork as of vol. 9), with Joann Sfar (artwork until vol. 8) (Bayard Presse):
  1. Le doigt dans l'œil, 2000
  2. Le bar des ennemis, 2000
  3. La machine à laver la cervelle, 2001
  4. Les voleurs de yaourts, 2001
  5. Le championnat de boxe, 2002
  6. Le capitaine Tout Rouge, 2002
  7. La Grande Sardine, 2003
  8. Les tatouages carnivores, 2003
  9. Montagne électorale, 2004
  • Sardine de l'espace, 2nd series (writing, artwork vols. 5–7), with Joann Sfar (artwork until vol. 4), with Mathieu Sapin (from vol. 8), Dargaud:
  1. Platine Laser, 2007
  2. Zacar et les Zacariens, 2007
  3. Il faut éliminer Toxine, 2008
  4. Le Remonte-Kiki, 2008
  5. Mon œil !, 2008
  6. La Cousine Manga, 2007
  7. Pizza Tomik, 2008
  8. Les Secrets de l'Univers, 2009
  9. Le Loto des nombrils, 2010
  10. La reine de l'Afripe, 2011
  11. L'archipel des Hommes-sandwichs, 2012
  12. Môssieur Susupe et Môssieur Krokro, 2013
  13. Le mange-manga, 2014
  • La Guerre d'Alan (L'Association):
  1. Vol. 1, 2000 {{ISBN|2-84414-036-X}}
  2. Vol. 2, 2002 {{ISBN|2-84414-078-5}}
  3. Vol. 3, 2008 {{ISBN|978-2-84414-261-0}} — Official sélection of the Angoulême Festival, 2009
  • Monovolume grand format (L'Association, 2009) {{ISBN|978-2-84414-314-3}}
  • Monovolume (L'Association, 2010)
  • L'Enfance d'Alan (L'Association, 2012) {{ISBN|978-2-84414-455-3}}
  • Martha & Alan{{cite news|last=Frédéric|first=Potet|title=BD. Comme les deux doigts de la main|work=Le Monde|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2016/09/29/bd-comme-les-deux-doigts-de-la-main_5005275_3260.html |date=Sep 29, 2016|language=fr}} (L'Association, 2016) {{ISBN|978-2-84414-593-2}} — Official sélection of the Angoulême Festival, 2017
  • Le Capitaine écarlate (art), with David B. (story) (Dupuis, 2000) {{ISBN|2-8001-2971-9}}{{cite news|work=BoDoï |number=30 |date=May 2000 |first=Olivier |last=Maltret |title=Fracassant |page=12|language=fr}}
  • Les Olives noires (art), with Joann Sfar (story) (Dupuis, Marcinelle):
  1. Pourquoi cette nuit est-elle différente des autres nuits ?, 2001 {{ISBN|2-8001-3149-7}}
  2. Adam Harishon, 2002 {{ISBN|2-8001-3220-5}}
  3. Tu ne mangeras pas le chevreau dans le lait de sa mère, 2003. {{ISBN|2-8001-3378-3}}
  1. Debout !, 2002
  2. Jeux idiots, 2002
  3. Bête comme un âne, sale comme un cochon..., 2003
  4. Le vaccin à réaction, 2003
  5. Karaté, 2004
  6. Oh, la mer !, 2006
  1. Un petit âne comme vous, 2011 (reprinting the stories Debout, Bête comme un âne, sale comme un cochon, et Jeux idiots);
  2. Le chevalier cheval, 2011
  3. Copain comme cochon, 2011
  4. Une jolie vache, 2011
  5. Bisbille fait mouche, 2011
  6. Chat méchant, 2011
  7. Le maître-chien, 2012
  8. Les trois baudets, 2013
  9. Les dents du lapin, 2014
  10. Les petits rats de l'Opéra, 2016
  11. La fête à la grenouille, 2017
  12. Le coq sportif, 2017
  13. Le canard calé, 2017
  14. Ce nigaud d'agneau, 2018
  15. Touche pas à mon veau, 2019
  16. Naphtaline nous dit toutou, 2020
  17. La chouette classe verte , 2021
  18. Vieux sac à puces ! , 2022
  1. Vol. 1, 2003 {{ISBN|2-8001-3372-4}}
  2. Vol. 2, 2004 {{ISBN|2-8001-3540-9}}
  3. Vol. 3, 2006 {{ISBN|2-8001-3544-1}}

= English translations =

  • (with Joann Sfar) Sardine in Outer Space (First Second Books, 2006–2008)
  • (with Joann Sfar) The Professor's Daughter (First Second Books, 2007)
  • Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope (First Second Books, 2008){{cite news|title='Alan's War': A Graphic Novel Revisits WWII|date=May 24, 200|department=WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY|work=NPR|first= Eleanor |last=Beardsley|url=https://www.npr.org/2009/05/24/104436362/alans-war-a-graphic-novel-revisits-wwii}}
  • (with photojournalist Didier Lefèvre and colorist Frédéric Lemercier) The Photographer (First Second Books, 2009){{cite news|last=Wolk |first=Douglas|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052901211.html |department=Book Review |title='The Photographer' By Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=31 May 2009}}
  • Ariol (Papercutz):
  1. Just a Donkey Like You and Me{{ISBN|978-1597073998}}, 19 February 2013
  2. BThunder Horse{{ISBN|978-1597074124}}, 4 June 2013
  3. Happy as a Pig...{{ISBN|978-1597074872}}, 10 December 2013
  4. A Beautiful Cow{{ISBN|978-1597075138}}, 6 May 2014
  5. Bizzbilla Hits the Bullseye{{ISBN|978-1597077354}}, 12 August 2014
  6. A Nasty Cat {{ISBN|978-1629911571}}, 10 February 2015
  7. Top Dog {{ISBN|978-1629912806}}, 5 January 2016
  8. The Three Donkeys {{ISBN|978-1629914398}}, 26 April 2016
  9. The Teeth of the Rabbit {{ISBN|978-1629916026}}, 29 November 2016
  10. The Little Rats of the Opera {{ISBN|978-1629917368}}, 27 June 2017
  • Where's Petula? {{ISBN|978-1629911861}}, 26 May 2015

Further reading

  • {{cite news|title=The Emmanuel Guibert Interview|work=The Comics Journal |number=297|date=Apr 2009|url=https://www.tcj.com/tcj-archive/the-comics-journal-297-apr-2009/|interviewer =Matthias Wivel}}

References

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Category:1964 births

Category:Eisner Award winners

Category:Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners

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