Emmanuel Guibert (born April 21, 1964,[1] 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.

Emmanuel Guibert
Emmanuel Guilbert in 2011
Born (1964-04-21) April 21, 1964 (age 60)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Area(s)Cartoonist, Artist
Notable works
The Photographer
Alan's War
Ariol
Sardine de l'espace
AwardsOrdre des Arts et des Lettres (2013)
Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême (2020)
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Biography

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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.[2] A French-Canadian series of animated shorts of the same title were also produced.

Guibert became associated with the magazine Lapin and L'Association[3] (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.[4] 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[5] in recognition of his significant contributions to the arts.

In January 2018, the Angoulême International Comics Festival dedicated an exhibition to Guibert's work.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

Awards

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Bibliography

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  • Brune (Éditions Albin Michel, 1992) ISBN 2-226-05998-9
  • La Fille du professeur (art), with Joann Sfar (story), Dupuis, coll. « Humour libre », 1997. ISBN 2-8001-2481-4
  • 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):
  1. Le doigt dans l'œil, 2000
  2. Le bar des ennemis, 2000
  3. La machine à laver la cervelle, 2001
  4. Les voleurs de yaourts, 2001
  5. Le championnat de boxe, 2002
  6. Le capitaine Tout Rouge, 2002
  7. La Grande Sardine, 2003
  8. Les tatouages carnivores, 2003
  9. 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:
  1. Platine Laser, 2007
  2. Zacar et les Zacariens, 2007
  3. Il faut éliminer Toxine, 2008
  4. Le Remonte-Kiki, 2008
  5. Mon œil !, 2008
  6. La Cousine Manga, 2007
  7. Pizza Tomik, 2008
  8. Les Secrets de l'Univers, 2009
  9. Le Loto des nombrils, 2010
  10. La reine de l'Afripe, 2011
  11. L'archipel des Hommes-sandwichs, 2012
  12. Môssieur Susupe et Môssieur Krokro, 2013
  13. Le mange-manga, 2014
  • La Guerre d'Alan (L'Association):
  1. Vol. 1, 2000 ISBN 2-84414-036-X
  2. Vol. 2, 2002 ISBN 2-84414-078-5
  3. Vol. 3, 2008 ISBN 978-2-84414-261-0 — Official sélection of the Angoulême Festival, 2009
  1. Pourquoi cette nuit est-elle différente des autres nuits ?, 2001 ISBN 2-8001-3149-7
  2. Adam Harishon, 2002 ISBN 2-8001-3220-5
  3. Tu ne mangeras pas le chevreau dans le lait de sa mère, 2003. ISBN 2-8001-3378-3
  1. Debout !, 2002
  2. Jeux idiots, 2002
  3. Bête comme un âne, sale comme un cochon..., 2003
  4. Le vaccin à réaction, 2003
  5. Karaté, 2004
  6. Oh, la mer !, 2006
  1. Un petit âne comme vous, 2011 (reprinting the stories Debout, Bête comme un âne, sale comme un cochon, et Jeux idiots);
  2. Le chevalier cheval, 2011
  3. Copain comme cochon, 2011
  4. Une jolie vache, 2011
  5. Bisbille fait mouche, 2011
  6. Chat méchant, 2011
  7. Le maître-chien, 2012
  8. Les trois baudets, 2013
  9. Les dents du lapin, 2014
  10. Les petits rats de l'Opéra, 2016
  11. La fête à la grenouille, 2017
  12. Le coq sportif, 2017
  13. Le canard calé, 2017
  14. Ce nigaud d'agneau, 2018
  15. Touche pas à mon veau, 2019
  16. Naphtaline nous dit toutou, 2020
  17. La chouette classe verte , 2021
  18. Vieux sac à puces ! , 2022
  1. Vol. 1, 2003 ISBN 2-8001-3372-4
  2. Vol. 2, 2004 ISBN 2-8001-3540-9
  3. Vol. 3, 2006 ISBN 2-8001-3544-1

English translations

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  1. Just a Donkey Like You and MeISBN 978-1597073998, 19 February 2013
  2. BThunder HorseISBN 978-1597074124, 4 June 2013
  3. Happy as a Pig...ISBN 978-1597074872, 10 December 2013
  4. A Beautiful CowISBN 978-1597075138, 6 May 2014
  5. Bizzbilla Hits the BullseyeISBN 978-1597077354, 12 August 2014
  6. A Nasty Cat ISBN 978-1629911571, 10 February 2015
  7. Top Dog ISBN 978-1629912806, 5 January 2016
  8. The Three Donkeys ISBN 978-1629914398, 26 April 2016
  9. The Teeth of the Rabbit ISBN 978-1629916026, 29 November 2016
  10. The Little Rats of the Opera ISBN 978-1629917368, 27 June 2017

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ "Emmanuel Guibert: (b. 1964, France)". Comiclopedia. Lambiek.
  2. ^ "Poesy guest-reviews the new Ariol book". Boing Boing. 27 June 2014. The latest volume of Ariol, a French kids' comic that Papercutz is bringing out in English.
  3. ^ "A House Divided: The Crisis at L'Association (Part 1 of 2)". The Comics Journal. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Illustrator Fills in Photographer's Tale of War". National Public Radio. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  5. ^ Bontinck, Maurice (1 Feb 2013). "LA MINISTRE DE LA CULTURE N'A PAS BULLÉ". TOUR DE FRANCE. Charente Libre (in French).
  6. ^ "Angoulême Festival 2018: zoom on Emmanuel Guibert". Tout en BD (in French). September 12, 2017. Archived from the original on Nov 23, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Emmanuel Guibert, Grand prix 2020 d'Angoulême". Bande dessinée. Le Monde (in French). 29 Jan 2019.
  8. ^ "Exposition "Emmanuel Guibert. Biographies dessinées"" (PDF). Académie des Beaux-Arts (Press release) (in French). Mar 7, 2020.
  9. ^ Pasamonik, Didier (13 Jan 2023). "Emmanuel Guibert élu membre de la section de gravure et de dessin de l'Académie des beaux-arts". Actualité. ActuaBD.com (in French). L’Agence BD.
  10. ^ Biography of Sfar at Lambiek
  11. ^ "2007 Cybils Winners". Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  12. ^ "Eisner Nominations Released, ICV2".
  13. ^ Frédéric, Potet (Sep 29, 2016). "BD. Comme les deux doigts de la main". Le Monde (in French).
  14. ^ Maltret, Olivier (May 2000). "Fracassant". BoDoï (in French). No. 30. p. 12.
  15. ^ Beardsley, Eleanor (May 24, 200). "'Alan's War': A Graphic Novel Revisits WWII". WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY. NPR.
  16. ^ Wolk, Douglas (31 May 2009). "'The Photographer' By Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier". Book Review. The Washington Post.