Emmanuel Guibert

Emmanuel Guibert (born April 21, 1964, in Paris) is a French comics artist and writer. For his work, he has been awarded the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême.

Biography

After a short period in art school, Guibert found work as an illustrator and storyboarder. He began ''Brune'', an album retracing the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s. ''Brune'' was published in 1992, after seven years of work.

In 1999, he began the series '' Ariol'', written by Marc Boutavant, which originated in the children's magazine ''J'aime lire''. ''Ariol'' has been collected into seventeen volumes, eleven of which have been translated into English by Papercutz. A French-Canadian series of animated shorts of the same title were also produced.

Guibert became associated with the magazine ''Lapin'' and L'Association (alongside Frédéric Boilet, Émile Bravo, Fabrice Tarrin, Christophe Blain, and Joann Sfar), which marked an evolution of his work to the service of real-life stories.

The first example was ''La Guerre d'Alan'' (''"Alan's War"''), which was serialized in ''Lapin'' in 2000; it recounts the memories of Alan Ingram Cope, an American soldier from World War II living in France. This was followed by ''Le Photographe'' (''"The Photographer"''), the story of Didier Lefèvre, a French photojournalist who accompanied a Médecins Sans Frontières mission during the height of the Soviet–Afghan War in 1986. ''The Photographer'' sold 250,000 copies in France and won the Essentials of Angoulême award in 2007. It has been translated from the original French into 11 languages; the American edition won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2010.

During this same period, he created several series, including ''Sardine de l'espace'', ''Les Olives noirs'', and ''La Fille du professeur'' (''"The Professor's Daughter"'') (with Joann Sfar).

In 2013,Guibert was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of his significant contributions to the arts.

In January 2018, the Angoulême International Comics Festival dedicated an exhibition to Guibert's work.

After being a finalist for the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 2019, he was finally elected by the authors during the festival the following year. The Grand Prix is considered the most prestigious award in Franco-Belgian comics.

In 2020, he became the first comic book author to whom the Académie des Beaux-Arts dedicated an exhibition.

In January 2023, Gubert was elected member of the engraving and drawing section of the Academy of Fine Arts. He occupies the chair of Pierre-Yves Trémois, who died in 2020.

Awards

* 1997 Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award for ''La Fille du professeur'', with Joann Sfar
* 1998 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book for ''La Fille du professeur'', with Joann Sfar
* 2001:
** (nomination) Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album for ''Le capitaine écarlate'', with David B.
** (nomination) Prix de la critique for ''Le capitaine écarlate'', with David B.
* 2002 (nomination) Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Artwork for ''Les olives noires: Pourquoi cette nuit est-elle'', with Joann Sfar
* 2004 Prix des libraires de bande dessinée for '' Le Photographe'', with Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier
* 2005 France Info Prize for '' Le Photographe'' vol. 2
* 2007:
** Angoulême International Comics Festival Essentials for '' Le Photographe''
** Cybils Award: Young Adult prize, for ''The Professor's Daughter'' (translation of ''La Fille du professuer'')
** 2nd Globes de Cristal Awards for Best Comic Book for '' Le Photographe''
** Villa Kujoyama Prize
* 2009:
** (nomination) Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work for ''Alan's War''
** Grand Boum-Ville de Blois (bd BOUM Festival) for lifetime achievement
* 2010 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material for ''The Photographer''
* 2013 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
* 2017 Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award
* 2019 (nomination) Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
* 2020 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême

Bibliography

* ''Brune'' (Éditions Albin Michel, 1992)
* ''La Fille du professeur'' (art), with Joann Sfar (story), Dupuis, coll. « Humour libre », 1997.
* A story in ''Hommage à M. Pinpon'' (L'Association, 1997)
* "Light 2000," a story in ''Comix 2000'' (L'Association, 1999)
* Contributor to ''Lapins'' (L'Association, 2000)
* ''Va et Vient'' (L'Association, 2005)
* ''Sardine de l'espace'' (writing, artwork as of vol. 9), with Joann Sfar (artwork until vol. 8) (Bayard Presse):
# ''Le doigt dans l'œil'', 2000
# ''Le bar des ennemis'', 2000
# ''La machine à laver la cervelle'', 2001
# ''Les voleurs de yaourts'', 2001
# ''Le championnat de boxe'', 2002
# ''Le capitaine Tout Rouge'', 2002
# ''La Grande Sardine'', 2003
# ''Les tatouages carnivores'', 2003
# ''Montagne électorale'', 2004
* ''Sardine de l'espace'', 2nd series (writing, artwork vols. 5–7), with Joann Sfar (artwork until vol. 4), with Mathieu Sapin (from vol. 8), Dargaud:
# ''Platine Laser'', 2007
# ''Zacar et les Zacariens'', 2007
# ''Il faut éliminer Toxine'', 2008
# ''Le Remonte-Kiki'', 2008
# ''Mon œil !'', 2008
# ''La Cousine Manga'', 2007
# ''Pizza Tomik'', 2008
# ''Les Secrets de l'Univers'', 2009
# ''Le Loto des nombrils'', 2010
# ''La reine de l'Afripe'', 2011
# ''L'archipel des Hommes-sandwichs'', 2012
# ''Môssieur Susupe et Môssieur Krokro'', 2013
# ''Le mange-manga'', 2014
* ''La Guerre d'Alan'' (L'Association):
# Vol. 1, 2000
# Vol. 2, 2002
# Vol. 3, 2008 — Official sélection of the Angoulême Festival, 2009
** ''Monovolume grand format'' (L'Association, 2009)
** ''Monovolume'' (L'Association, 2010)
* ''L'Enfance d'Alan'' (L'Association, 2012)
* ''Martha & Alan'' (L'Association, 2016) — Official sélection of the Angoulême Festival, 2017
*''Le Capitaine écarlate'' (art), with David B. (story) (Dupuis, 2000)
* ''Les Olives noires'' (art), with Joann Sfar (story) (Dupuis, Marcinelle):
# ''Pourquoi cette nuit est-elle différente des autres nuits ?'', 2001
# ''Adam Harishon'', 2002
# ''Tu ne mangeras pas le chevreau dans le lait de sa mère'', 2003.
*'' Ariol'' (art), with Marc Boutavant (story), Bayard Presse:
# ''Debout !'', 2002
# ''Jeux idiots'', 2002
# ''Bête comme un âne, sale comme un cochon...'', 2003
# ''Le vaccin à réaction'', 2003
# ''Karaté'', 2004
# ''Oh, la mer !'', 2006
*'' Ariol'' (new edition) (art), with Marc Boutavant (story), Bd kids:
# ''Un petit âne comme vous'', 2011 (reprinting the stories ''Debout'', ''Bête comme un âne, sale comme un cochon'', et ''Jeux idiots'');
# ''Le chevalier cheval'', 2011
# ''Copain comme cochon'', 2011
# ''Une jolie vache'', 2011
# ''Bisbille fait mouche'', 2011
# ''Chat méchant'', 2011
# ''Le maître-chien'', 2012
# ''Les trois baudets'', 2013
# ''Les dents du lapin'', 2014
# ''Les petits rats de l'Opéra'', 2016
# ''La fête à la grenouille'', 2017
# ''Le coq sportif'', 2017
# ''Le canard calé'', 2017
# ''Ce nigaud d'agneau'', 2018
# ''Touche pas à mon veau'', 2019
# ''Naphtaline nous dit toutou'', 2020
# ''La chouette classe verte '', 2021
# ''Vieux sac à puces ! '', 2022
* Ariol : ''Où est Pétula ?'', 2013 (Hors-série) ;
* '' Le Photographe'' (story and art based on the story of Didier Lefèvre) (Dupuis, 2008):
# Vol. 1, 2003
# Vol. 2, 2004
# Vol. 3, 2006
* HS. ''Conversations avec le photographe'' (Dupuis 2009)
* Participation in the exquisite corpse ''Oupus 2'' (L’Association, 2003)
* Participation in ''Oupus 4'' (L'Association/ Oubapo, 2005)
* "Shin.Ichi" in ''Japon'' (Casterman, 2005)
* ''Tom-Tom et Nana'' vol. 33 : ''Ben ça alors !'' (story), with Bernadette Després (art) (Bayard/Bayard Poche, 2005)
* ''Va et vient'' (L'Association, 2005)
* ''Des nouvelles d'Alain: première partie'' (story and art in collaboration with photographer Alain Keler and Frédéric Lemercier), in revue XXI (Vingt et un) #8, autumn 2009
* ''Rupestres !'' collective, with Étienne Davodeau, Marc-Antoine Mathieu, Troub's, David Prudhomme, and Pascal Rabaté ( Futuropolis, 2011)

English translations

* (with Joann Sfar) ''Sardine in Outer Space'' (First Second Books, 2006–2008)
* (with Joann Sfar) ''The Professor's Daughter'' (First Second Books, 2007)
* ''Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope'' (First Second Books, 2008)
* (with photojournalist Didier Lefèvre and colorist Frédéric Lemercier) ''The Photographer'' (First Second Books, 2009)
* '' Ariol'' ( Papercutz):
# ''Just a Donkey Like You and Me'', 19 February 2013
# ''BThunder Horse'', 4 June 2013
# ''Happy as a Pig...'', 10 December 2013
# ''A Beautiful Cow'', 6 May 2014
# ''Bizzbilla Hits the Bullseye'', 12 August 2014
# ''A Nasty Cat'' , 10 February 2015
# ''Top Dog'' , 5 January 2016
# ''The Three Donkeys'' , 26 April 2016
# ''The Teeth of the Rabbit'' , 29 November 2016
# ''The Little Rats of the Opera'' , 27 June 2017
** ''Where's Petula?'' , 26 May 2015

Further reading

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References

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1964 births
Eisner Award winners
Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners
Recipients of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
French comics artists
French comics writers
Living people