Graham Roumieu
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Graham Roumieu is a Canadian illustrator based in Toronto, Ontario. He is perhaps best known for his Bigfoot-themed books (In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot, Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir and Bigfoot: I Not Dead), but his work has also appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Harper's, and the Wall Street Journal.
Bibliography
- Roumieu, Graham, In me own words: the autobiography of bigfoot, Manic D Press, 2003, {{ISBN|0-916397-84-X}}
- Roumieu, Graham (illustrator), & Taylor, Graham, A really super book about squirrels, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003, {{ISBN|978-0-7407-3177-8}} / {{ISBN|0-7407-3177-7}}
- Roumieu, Graham, Me write book: it bigfoot memoir, Plume, 2005, {{ISBN|0-452-28685-9}}
- Roumieu, Graham, Bigfoot: I Not Dead, Plume, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-452-28956-7}}
- Roumieu, Graham, Cat & Gnome, Blue Q, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-60167-216-2}}
- Roumieu, Graham, 101 Ways To Kill Your Boss, Headline Publishing Group (UK), 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-7553-1688-5}}
- Roumieu, Graham (illustrator), & Coupland, Douglas, Highly inappropriate tales for young people, William Heinemann, 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-434-02159-8}}
Reception of works
- Bigfoot books - "The trilogy is actually the work of Toronto-based illustrator Graham Roumieu, whose version of the fabled creature is alternately vulnerable and vicious."{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/thinking-big-thoughts-1.771425 |website=cbc.ca |title=Thinking Big thoughts: Toronto author releases satirical third memoir of Bigfoot |author=Hannah Sung |date=23 May 2008 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=3 October 2015 }}
- A really super book about squirrels - "Either author Graham Taylor and illustrator Graham Roumieu are crackpots with plenty of free time, or they are comedic geniuses with the ability to amuse both young and old." and "On the surface, this book is an inventive, wildly funny story heightened by Roumieu's drawings."{{cite news |author=Ryan Currell |title='Super Book About Squirrels' is a humorous stab at seclusion |url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/article_e0f135f4-508c-5593-985f-484e6dea3bbc.html |access-date=3 October 2015 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=29 May 2003 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People - "this collection of cruel fables will undoubtedly charm" and "Roumieu's colour illustrations, which in magazines often get to tell a story all on their own, in this book compete with Coupland's verbal wit, which itself usually gets to draw its own absurd images in language.",{{cite news |author=Sonnet L'abbe |title=Tales of twisted miscreants |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/highly-inappropriate-tales-for-young-people-by-douglas-coupland/article4200115/ |access-date=3 October 2015 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=28 October 2011}} "Graham Roumieu's illustrations are equally as inventive, loose and surprising, and the result is a charming and also unsettling reading experience."{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2011/10/29/highly_inappropriate_tales_for_young_people_by_douglas_coupland_and_graham_roumieu.html |website=thestar.com |title=Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People by Douglas Coupland and Graham Roumieu |author=Micel Basilieres |date=29 October 2011 |publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. |access-date=3 October 2015 }}
Awards
National Magazine Awards (Canada)
:2006 Spot illustration silver award{{Cite journal|author=b bates | title=29th Annual National Magazine Awards | journal=Retail Newsletter | volume=2 | issue=3 (Fall) | date=2006 |page=3 |publisher=Magazines Canada |url=http://www.magazinescanada.ca/uploads/File/files/Circulation/RetailerNewsletterFall2006.pdf |access-date=3 October 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.roumieu.com}}
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Category:Canadian illustrators
Category:Bigfoot in popular culture
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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