Claire Bouilhac Explained

Claire Bouilhac
Birth Date:	1970
Nationality:	French
Notable Works:	Francis Blaireau Farceur
Awards:	Prix Schlingo (2022)
Website:	www.clairebouilhac.com

Claire Bouilhac (born 1970) is a French bande dessinée illustrator, scriptwriter, and colorist,^[1] working in particular for Spirou and Fluide Glacial. She mainly draws the series Maude Mutante, , and Melody Bondage. She is a 2022 laureate of the .

Biography

Claire Bouilhac was born in 1970.^[2] From 1994, she teamed up with scriptwriter for the series Francis Blaireau Farceur, which has seven volumes and a special issue.^[3] In 2016, adapting the Francis series, the Victor B. company organized the show French: Francis sauve le monde (Francis saves the world) at the, featuring 30 of the 240 short stories.^[4]

Bouilhac has collaborated with Catel Muller on several occasions; the two met on the sidelines of the Angoulême International Comics Festival and found affinities, particularly in terms of feminism.^[5] They collaborated on the Top Linotte series and on two biographies: Rose Valland, captain Beaux-Arts (2009)^[6] and another on Mylène Demongeot, Adieu Kharkov (2015),^[7] with preface by Pierre Richard.^[8] 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 Château-Gontier.^[9]

In 2019, she collaborated with Catel Muller on a comic book adaptation of La Princesse de Clèves.^{[10] [11]}

Then in 2023, Bouilhac and Muller adapted George Sand's Indiana into a graphic novel published by Europe Comics.^[12]

Awards and honours

• 2022, (with Yves Poinot)^[13]

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, Dupuis 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, Mylène Demongeot 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, / Amnesty International, 2011
• Hommage à Bécassine, Gautier-Languereau, 2016
• Raymond Devos, Jungle ! / Plon, 2017

References

Bibliography

• none. Myriam . Hassoun. Charente Libre . 5 September 2015. BD. La mère à l'horizon. fr.
• none. Daniel . Couvreur. Le Soir. 22 August 2015. Le visage ukrainien de Mylène Demongeot. fr.
• none. Céline . Musseau. Sud Ouest . 16 September 2017. La fête pour Francis et ses amis. fr.
• none. La rédaction. La Meuse . 22 February 2018. Francis sauve le monde. Faussement naïf. Férocement drôle. fr.
• none. Olivier . Van Vaerenbergh. Le Vif/L'Express . 1 September 2017. Un vrai blaireau. fr.
• none. Ronan . Lancelot. Claire . Bouilhac. Claire Bouilhac, Coups au cœur. . 131. March 2019. 74–75. fr.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Claire Bouilhac . Europe Comics . 19 March 2023.
2. Web site: Claire Bouilhac - Bio, Artworks, Exhibitions and more - Artland . www.artland.com . 19 March 2023 . en.
3. Quentin Girard, "BD / Francis, mon père ce blaireau", Libération, 14 October 2017
4. La rédaction, "L’homme est un blaireau pour l’homme", Le Soir, 20 January 2016
5. M. D., Catel and Claire Bouilhac, "Catel, une figure de la BD", , 27 July 2018
6. News: Perroud . A. . Rose Valland, capitaine Beaux-Arts . 19 March 2023 . www.bdgest.com . 17 December 2009 . fr.
7. News: Perroud . A. . Adieu Kharkov . 19 March 2023 . www.bdgest.com . 24 September 2015 . fr . .
8. Estebe, "La vie de Mylène Demongeot couchée sur BD", Tribune de Genève, 19 September 2015
9. La rédaction, "Mylène Demongeot : une BD et une expo", Ouest-France, 11 September 2015
10. News: Martine . Tristan . "La Princesse de Clèves", la BD que Nicolas Sarkozy devrait (...) . 19 March 2023 . ActuaBD . 7 May 2019 . fr.
11. News: Salin . S. . La princesse de Clèves La Princesse de Clèves . 19 March 2023 . www.bdgest.com . 13 May 2019 . fr.
12. Web site: Sand. George. Bouilhac. Claire. Muller. Catel. December 27, 2023. Indiana. Europe Comics .
13. Web site: Le Prix Schlingo 2022 à "Francis blaireau farceur" . TOUTENBD.COM . 19 March 2023 . fr-FR . 30 March 2022.