Anouk Ricard (born 28 December 1970) is a French

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writer and illustrator.

Life

Ricard was born in

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, studied two years at the and received a diploma in illustration from the . She then settled in

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where she produced animated films, worked for youth publishers and produced her first books. She returned to

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, where she began working on

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s. Her series ''Anna et Froga'' which she began in 2004 for ''Capsule Comique''. Her work was selected three times for awards at the

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; in 2025 she won the Grand Prix. She also produced ''Commissaire Toumi'', aimed at an older market. In 2009, she began a series of strips ''Galaxie chérie'' with for the magazine '' Spirou''. This was followed by ''Patti et les fourmis'' in 2010 and ''Coucous Bouzon'' in 2011; these were both official selections of the International Comics Festival. In 2014, she was named by '' GQ France'' magazine as one of the 25 most humorous women in France. She currently lives in

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. Ricard also produces paintings for comics festivals and sings and plays music under the pseudonym Frouky.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ricard, Anouk 1970 births Living people French comics artists French children's book illustrators French children's writers French women children's writers French women children's book illustrators 21st-century French painters People from Istres 21st-century French women painters Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners