Alain Auderset is a Swiss Christian author of

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( Franco-Belgian comics) and is best known for his

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s ''Willy Grunch'', ''Marcel'', and ''ROBI.''

Biography

Born on 27 October 1968 in

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, Auderset was converted to Christianity after reading the French comic magazine ''Tournesol'' as a child. Later, passionate for drawing, he studied graphic arts and began to draw comic strips. In 2001 he released his first book, ''Conventional Wisdom'', which has been translated into six additional languages (German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Danish) since it was originally published in French. His books ''ROBI'' (2005) and ''Willy Grunch'' (2008) have both won the International Prize for French Language Christian Comics at the

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. Currently Auderset is self-publishing and claims he has sold approximately 110,000 copies of all his books. Auderset is also a performance artist as well as a guitarist for the band ''Saahsal'' in which his wife Eliane is the lead singer. Since 2010 Auderset has been doing a stand-up comedy routine entitled "The Non-practicing Atheist," touring both in Europe and the Canadian province of

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. During his last Québec tour in 2013 he was interviewed during a service at a church in

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, QC, which was broadcast live through their website. He was also interviewed on CKZW radio in

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. In 2012 Moondog Animation Studio in

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, raised US$117,534.00 through a

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campaign on

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to produce five pilot episodes o
''The life and trials of Willy Grunch,''
based on Auderset's stories and art. The five pilots were completed and released in early 2013, and further episodes are slated to begin production in late 2016 as part of an additional Kickstarter project. Currently Auderset lives in

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with his wife and their four children.

Bibliography

* Alain Auderset, ''Idées reçues'' (''Conventional Wisdom''), Atelier Auderset, 2001 * Alain Auderset, ''Marcel'' Book 1, Atelier Auderset, 2004 * Alain Auderset, ''ROBI'', Atelier Auderset, 2005 * Alain Auderset, ''Idées reçues II'' (''Conventional Wisdom'' 2), Atelier Auderset, 2006 * Alain Auderset, ''Willy Grunch'', Atelier Auderset, 2008 * Alain Auderset, ''Les vacances de Marcel'' (''Marcel’s vacations'' – ''Marcel'' Book 2), Atelier Auderset, 2010 * Alain Auderset, ''Idées reçues III'' (''Conventional Wisdom'' 3), Atelier Auderset, 2012 * Alain Auderset, ''Marcel'' Book 3, Atelier Auderset, 2014

Prizes

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2006: Special jury distinction for ''Idées reçues'' *

2007: International Prize for French Language Christian Comics for ''ROBI pour les intimes'' * Albuquerque 2007 : ICCC2 People's Choice Awards – 1st, 3rd and 4th places *

2009: International Prize for French Language Christian Comics for ''Willy Grunch''''Bande dessinée. Le jury de la bande dessinée chrétienne a remis son prix''
''La Croix'', 15/12/2009

References

External links

Alain Auderset's website

Migros Magazine (Switzerland) ''Alain Auderset: la foi qui déplace les bulles''

L'Est Républicain (France) ''La foi et l’optimisme''
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