Trois-Rivières
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, Quebec) is a Canadian
comics artist
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, writer, illustrator and blogger living in
Montreal
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, Quebec, Canada.
Biography
Éric Thériault began as a teenager publishing comics in a
fanzine
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called '' Météor'' in 1982, created with the help of Stéphane Sicard. This fanzine specialized in science fiction and superheroes.
Among his works include his
self-published
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comic book ''
Veena
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'', published intermittently since 1991, initially as a
minicomic
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webcomic
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. He also created ''John Star'', published in the ''Veena'' comic book and in '' Mensuhell''. He published various short stories in many
anthologies
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Duplex Planet
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'' (both at
Fantagraphics Books
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History
Founding
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Alternative Comics
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).
He also worked in mainstream and alternative comics on titles such as ''
Captain Canuck
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'', ''
Terra Obscura
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'', ''
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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'' and on a ''
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L'Univers Rockefeller
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References
External links
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Veena et les Spectres du Temps
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Zeppelin
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'', Quebec city comics magazine, 1992–1993 ;
* '' Solaris'', Quebec's science fiction and fantasy magazine, 1993 ;
* ''
Zine Zag
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Empire
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'', science fiction comics, 1984 ;
* ''
Krypton
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XL5
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'', science fiction comics, 1989–1990 ;
* '' Veena and the Time Machine'', science fiction comics, 1991–1993 ;
* '' MensuHell'', Montreal underground comics, 2000–2009.
Exhibitions
Group exhibitions
* 1985 : ''Festival de la caricature et de la bande dessinée'', CEGEP de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières ;
* 1991 : ''Écran D'arrêt'', CEGEP du Vieux-Montreal, 6th Festival international de bande dessinée de Montréal, Montreal ;
* 1992 : ''Rêves'', CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal, 7th Festival international de bande dessinée de Montréal, Montreal ;
* 1992 : ''Cadres, BD actuelle au Québec'',
Les Foufounes Électriques
Les Foufounes Électriques is a club and concert venue located at 87 Saint Catherine Street East in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada in a neighbourhood known as the Quartier Latin (Latin Quarter).Prix Solaris comics section, second prize for the comic short story ''Balmoral'' published in the magazine '' Solaris'' (issue number 106, August 1993).
Bibliography and sources
* ''Le Phylactère maudit'', interview by Michel Pleau, in ''Zine Zag'', issue number 2, May 1999, éditions Publika, Saint-Martin
*Bernard Dubois, ''Bande dessinée québécoise : répertoire bibliographique à suivre'', éditions D.B.K., 1996
*Michel Viau, ''BDQ, Répertoire des publications de bandes dessinées au Québec des origines à nos jours'', éditions Mille-Îles, 1999
* Mira Falardeau, ''Histoire de la bande dessinée au Québec'', VLB éditeur, 2008
See also
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Bande dessinée
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Canadian comics
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