David B.

David B. at the Erlangen Comic Salon in 2014

David B. , actually: Pierre-François Beauchard , (born February 9, 1959 in Nîmes ) is a French comic artist.

Life

After studying at the École supérieure des arts appliqués Duperré in Paris , he began working as a cartoonist in 1985. His style was mainly influenced by Georges Pichard and Jacques Tardi . He, in turn, is named as the most important stylistic source of inspiration for Marjane Satrapi and Craig Thompson .

Today, in addition to his work as a draftsman, he also works as a publisher at L'Association . In 2005 he was awarded the Ignatz Award .

His best-known work is the series The Holy Disease ( L'Ascension du Haut-Mal ), in which he describes his own youth, which is overshadowed by his brother's epilepsy . For the fourth volume in this series, he was awarded the Prix ​​de l'école supérieure de l'image at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême in 2000. With the 6th volume of this series, he won the 2003 Prix ​​international de la Ville de Genève pour la bande dessinée .

Works

• The Tengu , Ed. Moderne, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-907055-30-6
• The Hop-Frog uprising , Tilsner, Bad Tölz 2000, ISBN 3-933773-44-X
• The pale horse , Reprodukt, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-931377-39-3
• Babel , avant-Verlag. Berlin 2005, Ignatz Collection, Volume 1 , ISBN 3-9809428-4-8
• The holy disease , Edition Moderne, Zurich 2006, 2 volumes ( review )
• On Dark Paths , avant-verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-939080-41-1
• The best enemies. A History of the United States' Relations with the Middle East - Part One 1783/1953 , Avant, Barntrup 2012, ISBN 978-3-939080-63-3
• Captain Scharlach , avant-verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-939080-42-8
• The wrong faces , avant-verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-939080-66-4

Web links

• Literature by and about David B. in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by David B. at perlentaucher.de