Yvan Pommaux

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Yvan Pommaux

Yvan Pommaux (born September 13, 1946 in Vichy , Département Allier ) is a French author of books for children and young people who uses the means of expression comic in some of his works or in parts thereof.

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Pommaux draws in the style of the Ligne claire . It is characterized by clear lines and restrained colors, night scenes are only slightly underlaid with blue. Some of his acts take place in the Loire Valley . One of his heroes is John Chatterton, who gets caught up in a crime story in a fairytale setting.

The latest volume by the author and illustrator Pommaux deals with Odysseus' wanderings in an eighty-page comic.

Reviews

Detective John Chatterton

  • Jury of the German Youth Literature Prize : "This picture book is a real treasure trove of old and new worlds of images. Fairy-tale characters encounter symbols of graffiti art: Hansel meets Haring. Set up like a comic, in the style of Ligne Clair , the picture story combines well-known fairy-tale motifs with new viewing habits from film and television and links elements of the detective story with those of film noir . It thrives on the fun of recognition, which not only appeals to young readers. The idiosyncratic shapes, sparse and flat color accents and amazing perspectives offer an enjoyable reading experience In the spirit of postmodern irony, styles play with the set pieces of today's media experience. This picture book deliberately goes beyond the limitations of the genre and age. "

A cat in the night

  • FAZ : "He has given us devilishly cool versions of Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White, but none of his works were like this one: wild as a young cat and romantic like all the first nights on the roofs of an unknown city. Anyone who was a young reader , knows what I'm talking about. "

bibliography

  • L'aventure . L'école des loisirs, Paris 1976.
  • Claquila, Krok, and Porkepik . L'école des loisirs, Paris 1979.
  • Chico le clown amoureux . 1980.
  • Disputes et chapeaux . L'école des loisirs, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-211-01549-2 .
  • John Chatterton detective . 1993.
  • Lilas. 1995, (John Chatterton).
    • German by Anima Kröger: Lilly: A case for John Chatterton . Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-89565-037-4 .
  • Une nuit, un chat ... 1995.
    • German by Anima Kröger: A cat in the night . Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-89565-050-1 .
  • Le grand sommeil. 1998, (John Chatterton).
    • German by Anima Kröger: John Chatterton: The great sleep . Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-89565-081-1 .
  • L'Île du Monstril . L'école des loisirs, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-211-06821-9 .
    • German by Bettina Wegenast: Attention, monsters! Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-89565-127-3 .
  • Tout est calme . L'école des loisirs, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-211-06192-3 .
  • Avant la télé . Documentation. L'école des loisirs, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-211-06863-4 .
  • Thésée . 2007.
  • A la rivière .
  • Véro en Mai . 2008.
  • Casse-tout . 2010.
    • German by Bettina Wegenast: The answer to everything . Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-89565-216-5 .
  • Ulysse aux mille ruses . 2012.
    • German by Erika and Karl E. Klewer: Odysseus, cunning and undeterred. After Homer's Odyssey . Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-89565-254-7 .
  • Troie, la guerre toujours recommence (d'après L'Iliade d'Homère) . 2012.

Prizes and awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ djlp.jugendliteratur.org
  2. ↑ m.faz.net
  3. ↑ With the raft of the calypso against the spaceship Prometheus . In: FAZ . August 25, 2012, p. 28.
personal data
SURNAME Pommaux, Yvan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author and comic artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Vichy