Kerascoët

{{short description|French comics artists couple}}

Kerascoët is the joint pen name of the French illustrators, comics and animation artists Marie Pommepuy (born 1978) and Sébastien Cosset (born 1975).{{cite news|last1=McDonnell|first1=Chris|title=Artist of the Day: Kerascoët|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/promote-article/kerascoet-83747.html|accessdate=7 December 2015|work=Cartoon Brew|date=17 March 2013}}

A married couple, they met while attending the Olivier de Serres art school. They chose their pen name in 2000 after the hamlet of Kerascoët in Névez, Brittany where Pommepuy grew up.

Kerascoët have worked on numerous bandes dessinées as well as the animated television series Petit vampire and in advertisement. Several of their comics have been published in English by NBM Publishing, to critical acclaim.{{cite news|last1=Akhtar|first1=Zainab|title=Panel Mania: Hubert and Kerascoët explore the depths of 'Beauty'|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/63869-panel-mania-hubert-and-kerasco-t-explore-the-depths-of-beauty.html|accessdate=7 December 2015|work=Publishers Weekly|date=3 September 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Akhtar |first1=Zainab |title=Deconstructing The Horrific And The Humane In Kerascoet & Fabien Vehlmann's 'Beautiful Darkness' |url=http://comicsalliance.com/deconstructing-the-horrific-and-the-humane-in-kerascoet-fabien-vehlmanns-beautiful-darkness/ |accessdate=7 December 2015 |work=ComicsAlliance |date=2 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112408/http://comicsalliance.com/deconstructing-the-horrific-and-the-humane-in-kerascoet-fabien-vehlmanns-beautiful-darkness/ |archivedate=22 December 2015 }}{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Hillary|title=Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët Review|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/03/beautiful-darkness-by-fabien-vehlmann-and-kerascoe.html|accessdate=7 December 2015|work=Paste|date=5 March 2014}} They were nominated for an Eisner Award for their comic Beautiful Darkness,{{cite news|last1=Alverson|first1=Brigid|title=NBM's spring slate of graphic novels builds on its strengths|url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/10/nbms-spring-slate-of-graphic-novels-builds-on-its-strengths/|accessdate=7 December 2015|work=Comic Book Resources|date=27 October 2015}} and for the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel for Beauty.{{cite news|last1=Wheeler |first1=Andrew |title=Women Triumph at Ignatz Awards with Wins for Foster-Dimino, Goldstein, Carroll, Carre, and J. Tamaki |url=http://comicsalliance.com/ignatz-award-winners-2015/ |accessdate=7 December 2015 |work=comicsalliance.com |date=21 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025185347/http://comicsalliance.com/ignatz-award-winners-2015/ |archivedate=25 October 2015 }}