Emmanuel Guibert Explained
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.
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.[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
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[13] (L'Association, 2016) — Official sélection of the Angoulême Festival, 2017
- Le Capitaine écarlate (art), with David B. (story) (Dupuis, 2000) [14]
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Emmanuel Guibert: (b. 1964, France). Comiclopedia. Lambiek.
- Web site: . Poesy guest-reviews the new Ariol book . 27 June 2014 . The latest volume of Ariol, a French kids' comic that Papercutz is bringing out in English..
- Web site: A House Divided: The Crisis at L'Association (Part 1 of 2) . The Comics Journal . 3 November 2011 . 17 June 2022.
- Web site: Illustrator Fills in Photographer's Tale of War. National Public Radio. 16 September 2010.
- Web site: TOUR DE FRANCE. LA MINISTRE DE LA CULTURE N'A PAS BULLÉ. Maurice . Bontinck. 1 Feb 2013. fr. Charente Libre.
- Web site: Angoulême Festival 2018: zoom on Emmanuel Guibert. Tout en BD. September 12, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181123065701/http://www.toutenbd.com/actualites/article/festival-d-angouleme-2018-zoom-sur. Nov 23, 2018. fr.
- News: Emmanuel Guibert, Grand prix 2020 d'Angoulême . Bande dessinée . Le Monde . 29 Jan 2019. fr.
- Exposition "Emmanuel Guibert. Biographies dessinées". fr. Académie des Beaux-Arts. Mar 7, 2020.
- Web site: Emmanuel Guibert élu membre de la section de gravure et de dessin de l'Académie des beaux-arts . Actualité. Didier . Pasamonik . L’Agence BD . 13 Jan 2023. ActuaBD.com. Fr.
- http://lambiek.net/fr/sfar_joann.html Biography of Sfar
- Web site: 2007 Cybils Winners . 2023-03-21 . en-US . 2023-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321170943/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2007-cybils-winners . live .
- News: Eisner Nominations Released, ICV2.
- News: Frédéric. Potet. BD. Comme les deux doigts de la main. Le Monde. Sep 29, 2016. fr.
- News: . 30 . May 2000 . Olivier . Maltret . Fracassant . 12. fr.
- News: 'Alan's War': A Graphic Novel Revisits WWII. May 24, 200. WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY. NPR. Eleanor . Beardsley.
- News: Wolk . Douglas. 'The Photographer' By Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier. Book Review . The Washington Post. 31 May 2009.