Florence Cestac

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Florence Cestac, 2008

Florence Cestac (born July 18, 1949 in Pont-Audemer ) is a French draftsman who became known for her humorous comics.

Career

She attended art schools in Paris and Rouen before founding the bookstore Futuropolis with her partner Étienne Robial in 1972 , from which the publishing house of the same name emerged two years later. Cestac's cartoon character Harry Mickson became the mascot of the publisher, which mainly published black and white comics and placed particular emphasis on typography and layout.

From 1976 she published regularly in L'Écho des Savanes , Charlie Mensuel , Pilote and other magazines. From 1989 she worked on illustrations for children's books and also drew comics, mostly for young readers. The Dargaud publishing house compiled their work for adult readers in the album Cestac pour les Grands .

Awards

The album Les vieux copains pleins de pépins was awarded the Alph'Art Humor at the International Comics Festival in Angoulême in 1989, the same award went to Le Démon de Midi in 1997 . In 2000 Florence Cestac received the Grand Prix de la Ville d'Angoulême .

reception

Le Démon de Midi was used in 1998 by Michéle Bernier and Marie Pascale Osterrieth as a template for a play that was played in German translation under the title Men and Other Errors .

Works (selection)

  • 1988 Comment faire de la Bédé sans passer pour un pied-nickelé (with Jean-Marc Thévenet )
  • 1989 Les vieux copains pleins de pépins (German Harry Mickson - In search of the lost friend , 1990 at Ehapa)
  • 1996 Le demon de midi
  • 1997–2001 Les Déblok (7 volumes)
  • 2004 Super catho (with René Pétillon )
  • 1995 Quatre punaises au club (with Nathalie Roques and Édith )
  • 2006 Vive la politique!
  • 2007 La fée Kaca
  • 2006–2008 Les Ados Laura et Ludo (Part 1: 2006; Part 2: 2007; Part 3: 2008)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on Florence Cestac at www.comic.de ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.comic.de
  2. ↑ Thierry Groensteen (Ed.): Asterix, Barbarella & Co. History of the comic in the French-speaking area . Somogy Editions D'Art, Paris 2000, p. 186.
  3. ↑ Information from the Contra-Kreis-Theater Bonn ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.contra-kreis-theater.de

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personal data
SURNAME Cestac, Florence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french comic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Pont-Audemer