Claire Bouilhac (born 1970) is a French

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, and

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, working in particular for '' Spirou'' and ''

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''. She mainly draws the series ''Maude Mutante'', ', and ''Melody Bondage''. She is a 2022 laureate of the .

Biography

Claire Bouilhac was born in 1970. From 1994, she teamed up with scriptwriter for the series ''Francis Blaireau Farceur'', which has seven volumes and a special issue.Quentin Girard, "BD / Francis, mon père ce blaireau", ''

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'', 14 October 2017 In 2016, adapting the ''Francis'' series, the Victor B. company organized the show (Francis saves the world) at the , featuring 30 of the 240 short stories.La rédaction, "L’homme est un blaireau pour l’homme", ''Le Soir'', 20 January 2016 Bouilhac has collaborated with

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on several occasions; the two met on the sidelines of the

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and found affinities, particularly in terms of

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.M. D., Catel and Claire Bouilhac, "Catel, une figure de la BD", ', 27 July 2018 They collaborated on the ''Top Linotte'' series and on two biographies: ''

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, captain Beaux-Arts'' (2009) and another on

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, ''Adieu Kharkov'' (2015), with

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.Estebe, "La vie de Mylène Demongeot couchée sur BD", ''

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'', 19 September 2015 The two authors begin their work with ''Les lilas de Kharkov'' but, after lengthy interviews with the actress, they retraced her life and that of her mother, Claudia. The realization of the album took three years, from period photos. In the wake of this work, an exhibition on this graphic novel was held at

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.La rédaction, "Mylène Demongeot : une BD et une expo", ''

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'', 11 September 2015 In 2019, she collaborated with Catel Muller on a comic book adaptation of ''

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''. Then in 2023, Bouilhac and Muller adapted

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's ''

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'' into a graphic novel published by

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Awards and honours

* 2022, (with Yves Poinot)

Selected works

Series

''Francis Blaireau Farceur''

* No. 1 ''Francis blaireau farceur'', scriptwriter, Jake Raynal, designer, Claire Bouilhac, coloring, B&W, 1994, "Delphine" * No. 2 ''Francis veut mourir'' (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; coloring), B&W, 1996, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" * No. 3 ''Francis cherche l'amour'' (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 1997, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" * No. 4 ''Francis sauve le mond'' (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 2005, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" * No. 5 ''Francis rate sa vie'' (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 2009, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" * No. 6 ''Francis est malade'' (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; coloring, B&W), 2013, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" * No. 7 ''Francis est papa'' (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 2017, Cornélius coll. "Delphine" * Special edition, ''Francis'' (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer, Claire Bouilhac; colorist, B&W), 2013, Cornélius coll. "Delphine"

''Top Linotte''

* No. 2 ''Trop Pimpon'' (scriptwriter, Catel and Claire Bouilhac; designer, Catel; colorist, Nathalie Plee), 2012,

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* No. 3 ''Trop classe'' (scriptwriters and designers, Catel and Claire Bouilhac; colorist, Claire Bouilhac and Nathalie Plee) 2013, Dupuis

One-shots

* ''Melody Bondage : My name is bondage'' (scriptwriter, Jake Raynal; designer and colorist, Claire Bouilhac), 2003, Audie * ''Rose Valland, capitaine Beaux-Arts'' (scriptwriters, Claire Bouilhac and Emmanuelle Polack; designer, Catel; colorist, Claire Champeval, 2009, Dupuis * ''Adieu Kharkov'' (scriptwriters,

and Claire Bouilhac; designers, Catel and Claire Bouilhac; colorist, Claire Bouilhac, Marie-Anne Didierjean, and Meephe Versaevel, 2015, Dupuis Coll. "Aire Libre"

Collectives

* ''Cornélius ou l'art de la mouscaille et du pinaillage'', Cornélius, coll. "Gilbet", 2007 * '' 2. Les artistes se mobilisent pour le respect des droits des femmes'', /

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, 2011 * ''Hommage à Bécassine'',

Gautier-Languereau Gautier-Languereau is a French publishing house, founded by Maurice Languereau and Henri Gautier, and currently owned by Hachette Livre, and used as an imprint for children's literature. History Founded in 1859 as Gautier, the company was renam ...

, 2016 * ''Raymond Devos'', Jungle ! / Plon, 2017

References

Bibliography

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouilhac, Claire 1970 births Living people French illustrators French women illustrators French comics artists French comics writers French female comics artists French female comics writers