Vera Brosgol
{{short description|Canadian cartoonist}}
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| pseudonym = Verabee
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| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, {{nowrap|Soviet Union}}
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| occupation = Cartoonist, storyboard artist, comics writer
| education = Sheridan College
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| period = 2010–present
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Vera Brosgol, also known as the Verabee (born August 2, 1984, in Moscow), is a cartoonist and storyboard artist.
Life and career
Brosgol was born in the Soviet Union but grew up in the United States and Canada. She is a graduate in Classical Animation of Sheridan College in Canada. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon. She worked for Laika Entertainment, where she did storyboards and concept art for their animation productions. Brosgol collaborated with Shaenon Garrity on L'il Mell and Sergio for Girlamatic and has drawn several guest comics for John Allison's Scary Go Round.{{cite magazine|title=Wordstock Interview: Vera Brosgol |url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/10/wordstock-interview-vera-brosgol/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=11 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326040042/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/10/wordstock-interview-vera-brosgol/ |archive-date=March 26, 2013 |last1=Liu |first1=Jonathan H. }}
Awards
- 2005 Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent for her work on Flight and Hopeless Savages B-Sides {{cite web | url = http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/lulu.php | title = Lulu Award | publisher = Comic Book Awards Almanac | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130126234514/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/lulu.php | archivedate = January 26, 2013 | url-status = live}}
- 2006 Best Animated Film by a NW Filmmaker for Snow-Bo (Film Society of Portland){{cite web
|url=http://farfromhollywood.org/FFH_Awards.html
|title=Far From Hollywood Film Society Awards
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- 2007 Darkly Award for Snow-Bo (Channel Frederator Podcast){{cite web
|url=http://www.channelfrederator.com/episode/freddies5
|title=Channel Frederator Awards
}}
- 2012 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Young Adults (ages 12–17) for Anya's Ghost{{cite web
|url=http://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present
|title=Eisner Award Recipients 2010-Present
|date=2 December 2012
}}
- 2012 Harvey Award for Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers for Anya's Ghost{{cite web
|url = http://www.harveyawards.org/2012/09/09/congratulations-to-the-harvey-award-recipients/
|title = Congratulations to the Harvey Award Recipients!
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160315054928/http://www.harveyawards.org/2012/09/09/congratulations-to-the-harvey-award-recipients/
|archive-date = 2016-03-15
}}
Bibliography
- 2002: "Babeland" (part of Mostly Acquisitions)
- 2003: Wary Tales Anthology
- 2002–2004: Return to Sender (discontinued)
- 2004: "I Wish..." (part of Flight Volume One)Raiteri, Steve (January 15, 2005). "Flight: Vol. 1". Library Journal Reviews, Pg. 88
- 2005: "Salmoning" (part of Flight Volume Two)
- 2005: Hopeless Savages: B-sides: The Origin of the Dusted Bunnies (as co-illustrator)
- 2007: "Little Trouble at the Big Top" (part of Flight Volume Four)
- 2011: Anya's Ghost
- 2015: "Olive's Story" (part of Gotham Academy: Endgame special)
- 2016: Leave Me Alone!
- 2018: Be Prepared
- 2019: The Little Guys
- 2021: Memory Jars
- 2022: A Spoonful of Frogs
- 2024: Plain Jane and the Mermaid
Filmography
- 2005: Snow-Bo (animation)
- 2005: Someone Is Going to Die (animation)
- 2009: Coraline (storyboard artist)
- 2012: ParaNorman (story artist)
- 2014: The Boxtrolls (additional writing)
- 2015: We Bare Bears (writer/storyboard artist: "Pet Shop")
- 2016: Bee and PuppyCat (storyboard artist)
- 2022: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (head of story)
References
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External links
- {{official website}} Verabee, with extensive gallery
- {{IMDb name |2280596}}
- [http://rts.lunistice.com/ Return to Sender] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050601084430/http://rts.lunistice.com/ |date=2005-06-01 }}
- {{LCAuth|n2010066297|Vera Brosgol|1|}}
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Category:Canadian comics writers
Category:Canadian female comics artists
Category:Russian female comics artists
Category:Canadian webcomic creators
Category:Sheridan College animation program alumni
Category:Canadian women animators
Category:Russian women animators
Category:Canadian female comics writers
Category:21st-century Canadian women artists
Category:Canadian storyboard artists
Category:Russian storyboard artists
Category:Caldecott Honor winners
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