Sandrine Revel Explained

Birth Date:3 October 1969
Alma Mater:École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux
Known For:Comic illustrations
Birth Place:Langon, Gironde

Sandrine Revel (born 3 October 1969) is a French bande dessinée illustrator and author of comics.

Biography

Born in Langon, Gironde, 3 October 1969,[1] [2] Sandrine Revel spent three years at the and graduated.

In 1996, she published her first album, Jouvence La Bordelaise, based on a script by Frédéric Bouchet and, at the same time, she drew for Sud Ouest Dimanche and Milan Presse.

In 1999, based on a script by, Revel drew the children's comic strip, French: Un drôle d'ange gardien.[3] The album earned her the Prix jeune espoir at in 2000,[4] and, in 2001, the second volume, French: Un zoo à New York, won the Prix Alph-Art jeunesse at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.[5]

The following year, she published French: Le 11e jour, a testimony of the September 11 attacks in 2001.[6] She joined forces with, who wrote the script for her for French: Monsieur Régis, published in 2009. The following year, she wrote a series, French: Résurgences, Femmes en voie de resociabilisation (Resurgences, Women on the Way to Resocialization)[7] as well as French: Sorcellerie & dépendances, a parodic story.[8] Based on a script by Marzena Sowa, Revel drew French: N'embrassez pas qui vous voulez, published in 2012, about Poland in the Stalin era.[9] Inspired by the performance of, Revel designed in 2013 French: La Lesbienne invisible,, on a script by Murielle Magellan.[10] In 2015, Revel illustrated the children's book French: Le voyage de June written by, and published by . The book evokes female homosexuality and LGBT parenting through June's "two moms".[11] [12] The same year, a biography on Glenn Gould was published, French: Glenn Gould, une vie à contretemps, which Revel wrote and illustrated.[13] This work earned her the in 2016.[14]

In 2018, she wrote and drew Pygmalion.[15] Three years later, she delivered a biography of Tom Thomson, French: om Thomson, esquisses d'un printemps.[16] In 2020, on a script by, Revel drew French: Chroniques de San Francisco.[17]

In 2022, together with Théa Rojzman, Revel won the high school prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for the graphic novel French: Grand silence,[18] on the theme of sexual violence against children.[19]

Selected works

Albums

Children's albums

Awards and distinctions

Notes and References

  1. "Diablo à l'école", Sud Ouest, 15 May 2001
  2. Web site: Sandrine Revel . lambiek.net . 22 March 2023 . en.
  3. Sarfati, Sonia, "Ange ou démon?", La Presse, 27 February 2000
  4. "Saint-Malo. Femmes de bulles", Le Figaro, 30 October 2000
  5. "Bande dessinée – Les prix d'Angoulême", Le Soir, 27 January 2001
  6. Guillaume, Philippe, "L'indicible vu par l'intime", Les Échos, 11 September 2002
  7. Web site: Perroud . A. . Résurgences, Femmes en voie de resociabilisation – BD, informations, cotes . www.bedetheque.com . 22 March 2023 . fr . 19 April 2010.
  8. News: Roure . Benjamin . Sorcellerie et dépendances . 22 March 2023 . . 22 October 2010 . fr-FR.
  9. News: Monroy . Mélanie . N'embrassez pas qui vous voulez *** BoDoï, explorateur de bandes dessinées – Infos BD, comics, mangas . 22 March 2023 . 12 December 2012 . fr-FR.
  10. News: Salin . S. . Lesbienne invisible (La) La Lesbienne invisible . 22 March 2023 . www.bdgest.com . 14 November 2013 . fr.
  11. Web site: Livres : Les coups de cœur de TULITU . 22 March 2023 . . 16 January 2016 . fr-FR.
  12. News: Gallissot . Romain . Hey Jude ! . 22 March 2023 . BoDoï . 28 April 2017 . fr-FR.
  13. News: Le Saux . Laurence . La bédéthèque idéale #86 : les variations de Sandrine Revel sur Glenn Gould . 22 March 2023 . www.telerama.fr . 23 April 2015 . fr.
  14. News: Cornu . Camille . Sandrine Revel, prix Artémisia 2016, mention spéciale à Théa Rojzman . 22 March 2023 . ActuaLitté.com . 12 January 2016 . fr-FR.
  15. Pelletier, Frédérique, "Pygmalion : melomania",, no. 125, July–August 2018, p. 115
  16. Servin, Lucie, "Tom Thompson, esquisses de printemps : ce que la nature chuchote",, no. 9, October–December 2019, pp. 162–63
  17. News: Truc . Jean-Laurent . Chroniques de San Francisco, et des jours heureux . 22 March 2023 . Ligne Claire . archive.wikiwix.com . 30 November 2020 . fr-FR.
  18. Web site: Prix des lycées 2022 . www.bdangouleme.com . 22 March 2023 . fr.
  19. Web site: Le palmarès des Prix Découvertes 2022 du Festival d'Angoulême, dévoilé . ActuaLitté.com . . 22 March 2023 . fr-FR.
  20. Web site: Découvrez les deux gagnants du "Prix Œcuménique de la BD" qui sera (...) – ActuaBD . www.actuabd.com . 22 March 2023 . fr.
  21. Web site: Prix Etudiant de la BD Politique-LCP Livres Hebdo . www.livreshebdo.fr . 22 March 2023 . fr.