Claire Bouilhac
(2012)
Born1970
NationalityFrench
Notable workFrancis Blaireau Farceur
AwardsPrix Schlingo (2022)
Websitewww.clairebouilhac.com

Claire Bouilhac (born 1970) is a French bande dessinée illustrator, scriptwriter, and colorist,[1] working in particular for Spirou and Fluide Glacial. She mainly draws the series Maude Mutante, Francis Blaireau Farceur [fr], and Melody Bondage. She is a 2022 laureate of the Prix Schlingo [fr].

Biography

Claire Bouilhac was born in 1970.[2] From 1994, she teamed up with scriptwriter Jake Raynal [fr] for the series Francis Blaireau Farceur, which has seven volumes and a special issue.[3] In 2016, adapting the Francis series, the Victor B. company organized the show Francis sauve le monde (Francis saves the world) at the Théâtre de Namur [fr], featuring 30 of the 240 short stories.[4]

Bouilhac has collaborated with Catel Muller on several occasions; the two met on the sidelines of the Angoulême International Comics Festival and found affinities, particularly in terms of feminism.[5] They collaborated on the Top Linotte series and on two biographies: Rose Valland, captain Beaux-Arts (2009)[6] and another on Mylène Demongeot, Adieu Kharkov (2015),[7] with preface by Pierre Richard.[8] The two authors begin their work with Les lilas de Kharkov but, after lengthy interviews with the actress, they retraced her life and that of her mother, Claudia. The realization of the album took three years, from period photos. In the wake of this work, an exhibition on this graphic novel was held at Château-Gontier.[9]

In 2019, she collaborated with Catel Muller on a comic book adaptation of La Princesse de Clèves.[10][11]

Then in 2023, Bouilhac and Muller adapted George Sand's Indiana into a graphic novel published by Europe Comics.[12]

Awards and honours

(2021)

Selected works

Series

Francis Blaireau Farceur

Top Linotte

One-shots

Collectives

References

  1. ^ "Claire Bouilhac". Europe Comics. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Claire Bouilhac - Bio, Artworks, Exhibitions and more - Artland". www.artland.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ Quentin Girard, "BD / Francis, mon père ce blaireau", Libération, 14 October 2017 (in French)
  4. ^ La rédaction, "L’homme est un blaireau pour l’homme", Le Soir, 20 January 2016 (in French)
  5. ^ M. D., Catel and Claire Bouilhac, "Catel, une figure de la BD", Paris-Normandie [fr], 27 July 2018 (in French)
  6. ^ Perroud, A. (17 December 2009). "Rose Valland, capitaine Beaux-Arts". www.bdgest.com (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  7. ^ Perroud, A. (24 September 2015). "Adieu Kharkov". www.bdgest.com (in French). BD Gest' [fr]. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. ^ Estebe, "La vie de Mylène Demongeot couchée sur BD", Tribune de Genève, 19 September 2015
  9. ^ La rédaction, "Mylène Demongeot : une BD et une expo", Ouest-France, 11 September 2015 (in French)
  10. ^ Martine, Tristan (7 May 2019). ""La Princesse de Clèves", la BD que Nicolas Sarkozy devrait (...)". ActuaBD (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  11. ^ Salin, S. (13 May 2019). "La princesse de Clèves La Princesse de Clèves". www.bdgest.com (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  12. ^ Sand, George; Bouilhac, Claire; Muller, Catel (December 27, 2023). "Indiana". Europe Comics.
  13. ^ "Le Prix Schlingo 2022 à "Francis blaireau farceur"". TOUTENBD.COM (in French). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

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