Émile Bravo

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Bravo in 2009

Émile Bravo (born September 18, 1964 in Paris ) is a French comic book artist , author and illustrator . It is particularly important to him that his works also appeal to children and he thinks it is wrong if only comics for adults are considered high-quality and demanding.

biography

Bravo was born in 1964 to Spanish exiles. His father had to flee from Franco and met his mother in France. As a child he was an avid reader of the Franco-Belgian comic canon with works by Goscinny , Hergé , Peyo and Morris , as a youngster by Hugo Pratt , especially his Corto Maltese . Later Yves Chaland , the scenario writer Yann and Franquin also became important role models.

In addition to Hergé, the collaboration with Joann Sfar and Christophe Blain influenced his style. In 1992 he joined Atelier Nawak (44 rue de Quincampoix) in Paris , where they both worked. Here he learned the L'Association Artists Jean-Christophe Menu , Lewis Trondheim and David B. know. At that time he had already published his first two published comic volumes: Fighters and Ivoire , the latter at least appeared in the Atomium '58 series, but not in German. They also went largely unnoticed in France and Belgium. He began his first long series in the Nawak studio . The title character of the three-volume series, Aleksis Strogonov , alludes to Michael Strogoff , the hero from The Czar's Courier .

In general, Bravo appreciates working together in a studio with friends. After the time in Atelier Nawak he belongs to Atelier des Vosges ( Eng . "Atelier of the Vosges"), currently, together with Nine Antico to Studio La Piscine ("The Swimming Pool").

In his early days as a draftsman, he made a good living from commissioned illustrations. But he prefers to create his own universes in comics, which is now also economically interesting. Occasionally, however, he continues to work as an illustrator for French children's and youth magazines as well as a draftsman and author of children's books. With his first self-written series, Paul's fantastic adventures (French: Une épatante aventure de Jules ), he won the Prix ​​René Goscinny in 2002 . The space explorer Jules is a child, so this comic is intended to appeal to young readers. His series on The Seven Dwarf Bears mixes numerous legends and fairy tales. According to Volker Hamann, her absurd joke is somewhat comparable to Shrek (the 2001 film), “ but much quieter and friendlier. "

My mother is in America and met Buffalo Bill as the final breakthrough in his career . The graphic novel for children has won numerous prizes, including one in Angoulême in 2008 and the 2010 German Youth Literature Prize in the children's book category. As a result, he was also able to produce a “special volume” on Spirou and Fantasio : Portrait of a hero as a young goal . As in the second to fifth volumes by Jules , the coloring of this work was done by La Piscine colleague Delphine Chédru.

Works

As a comic artist

  • with Jacques Sorg: Fighters , 1988
  • with Jean Regnaud : Ivoire , 1990
  • with Jean Regnaud: Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo Bill , 2007
  • Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio: Le Journal d'un ingénu , 2008

Works from the series Aleksis Strogonov (with Jean Regnaud)

  1. Bielo , 1993
  2. Cinema , 1995
  3. Tarmo , 1998

Works from the Pauls Fantastic Adventure series (French: Une épatante aventure de Jules , or Jules for short )

The first date indicates the first French publication. The second date of the German first publication by Carlsen Verlag.

  1. Leap into the Future ( L'imparfait du futur ), 1999; 2014
  2. Outrageously many clones ( La réplique inattendue ), 2001; 2014
  3. Almost Buried ( Presque enterrés ), 2002; 2014
  4. Sudden departure ( Un départ précipité ), 2003; 2015
  5. Father wanted ( La question du père ), 2006; 2015
  6. Comet Alert ( Un plan sur la comète ), 2011; 2016

As an illustrator of children's books

Works from the series Boucle d'or et les sept ours nains ( Eng . The seven dwarf bears )

  1. Boucle d'or et les sept ours nains , 2004
  2. La faim des sept ours nains , 2005
  3. La belle aux ours nains , 2009
  4. Mais qui veut la peau des ours nains? , 2012
  1. German: The brave prince and the seven dwarf bears , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2011 ISBN 978-3-551-72881-4
  2. German: The seven dwarf bears and the great hunger , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2012 ISBN 978-3-551-72882-1
  3. German: Beauty and the seven dwarf bears , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2012 ISBN 978-3-551-72883-8

literature

Volker Hamann: E. Bravo . In: Reddition 57: L'Association , Edition Alfons, Barmstedt 2012, pp. 54–58.

Web links

Commons : Émile Bravo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Oscar en entretien avec Emile Bravo. January 14, 2009, accessed November 20, 2013 (French, interview for Oscar Hibou bookstore).
  2. ↑ Afterword by Volker Hamann in: Spirou and Fantasio Special: Portrait of a Hero as a Young Tor , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2009, p. 69.
  3. ↑ a b Émile Bravo (France). international literature festival berlin, 2009, accessed on November 20, 2013 (English).
  4. ↑ My mother is in America and met Buffalo Bill. Jury statement. Working Group for Youth Literature eV, 2010, accessed on November 22, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Bravo, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French comic book artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris