Fabien Vehlmann
{{Short description|French comics writer}}
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Fabien Vehlmann (born 30 January 1972) is a French comics writer best known for Green Manor and Seuls. Yvan Delportecalled him "[t]he René Goscinny of the third millennium".{{cite web |url=http://www.actuabd.com/spip.php?article3497 |title=Vehlmann & Meyer |accessdate=2008-09-25 |last=Anspach |first=Nicolas |date=2006-03-25 |work=ActuaBD |language=French}}
Biography
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Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in Mont-de-Marsan,{{cite web |url=http://www.auracan.com/Interviews/Vehlmann/Vehlmann1.html |title=Interview: entretien avec Fabien Vehlmann |accessdate=2008-09-25 |author=Illies Dzanouni |date=January 2002 |work=Auracan |language=French}} grew up in the Landes and the Savoie. He studied in Nantes. He started writing comics in 1996, but only got to work for Spirou magazine the next year, where he provided very short stories for the weekly summary of the magazine. Soon, some stories of a few pages followed, with artwork by a number of different artists, including Eric Maltaite and René Follet. His first recurring series was Green Manor with Denis Bodart. With Bruno Gazzotti he created Seuls.
In January 2009, it was announced in Spirou magazine #3694 that Jean-David Morvan and José-Luis Munuera would be succeeded as the creative team behind the series Spirou et Fantasio by Yoann and Vehlmann, who had together created the first volume of Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par.... Their first album in the regular series is announced for October 2009.[http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=2791 ToutenBD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213175234/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=2791 |date=2012-02-13 }} reports the new authors for Spirou (24 January 2009)
Bibliography
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!Series !Years !Volumes !Artist !Editor |
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|2001–2005 |3 |Dupuis (English publisher: Cinebook Ltd) |
| Des lendemains sans nuage
|2001 |1 |
| Samedi et Dimanche
|2001 - |4 |Gwen |
| Le Marquis d'Anaon
|2002 - |5 |Dargaud |
| La nuit de l'Inca
|2003–2004 |2 |Dargaud |
| Ian
|2003 - |4 |Ralph Meyer |Dargaud |
| Wondertown
|2005 - |2 |Dupuis |
| Les cinq conteurs de Bagdad
|2006 |1 |Frantz Duchazeau |Dargaud |
| Seuls
|2006 - |11 |Bruno Gazzotti |Dupuis |
| Une Aventure de... Spirou et Fantasio
|2006 |1 |Dupuis |
| Sept psychopathes
|2007 |1 |
| Dieu qui pue, dieu qui pête
|2008 |1 |Frantz Duchazeau |
| Jolies Ténèbres (Beautiful Darkness)
|2009 |1 |Drawn and Quarterly |
| Spirou et Fantasio
|2010-2021 |5 |Dupuis |
| L'Île aux cent mille Morts
|2011 |1 |
Awards
- 2002: Iris award at the Prix Saint-Michel for Le Marquis d'Anaon[http://cfbelgium.free.fr/festival2002.php#vainqueurs Official site 2002] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627155932/http://cfbelgium.free.fr/festival2002.php#vainqueurs |date=June 27, 2008 }}
- 2002: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Scenario for Green Manor
- 2002: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for First Comic Book for Samedi et Dimanche
- 2005: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Scenario for Le Marquis d'Anaon
- 2006: nominated for Best comic (French language) at the Prix Saint-Michel for Seuls[http://cfbelgium.free.fr/festival_2006/prixstmichel/SAINT%20MICHEL%20nomine.pdf Official site 2006 nominations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121182037/http://cfbelgium.free.fr/festival_2006/prixstmichel/SAINT%20MICHEL%20nomine.pdf |date=2006-11-21 }}
- 2007: Prix des libraires BD, awarded by Canal BD, for Les cinq conteurs de Bagdad{{cite web |url=http://www.canalbd.net/index.php?s=prix |title=Prix des libraires BD |accessdate=2008-09-25 |work=CanalBD |language=French}}
- 2008: nominated for Best Youth Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel for Seuls 3{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsfestivalbelgium.com/festival-bd-bruxelles/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=11&Itemid=99 |title=De genomineerden 2008 |access-date=2008-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222222957/http://www.comicsfestivalbelgium.com/festival-bd-bruxelles/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=11&Itemid=99 |archive-date=2008-12-22 }}
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.dupuis.com/servlet/jpecat?pgm=VIEW_AUTHOR&lang=FR&AUTEUR_ID=147 Biography] at Dupuis
- [http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/fabien-vehlmann-17196.php Biographie] at Evene.fr
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Category:People from Mont-de-Marsan