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Yves Bigerel
Bigerel in 2017
Born (1979-01-01) 1 January 1979 (age 45)
Nancy, France[citation needed]
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Comics creator, artist, animator

Yves Bigerel, also known as "Balak" (born 1 January 1979), is a French comics artist and animator. He is mostly known in France for the comic book series Lastman.[1] In 2009, Balak invented a new digital comics narrative technique which he called "turbomedia"; his work was noticed by Marvel editor Joe Quesada, who recruited him to help establish the Marvel digital imprint "Infinite Comics".[2] He served as creative director and voice of the character Bullfrog on the 2023 adult animated series Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.

Biography

Bigerel initially studied philosophy, before completing a three-year course at Gobelins Cinéma Department of Animation in 2006. With Bastien Vivès and Michaël Sanlaville, he created in 2013 the French manga Lastman. The series won the 2015 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prix de la Série,[3] and an animated adaptation has appeared on France 4.

He was present at the Bataclan during the November 2015 Paris attacks, but survived unharmed.[4]

References

  1. ^ Balak. Casterman. Retrieved on 2020-05-13.
  2. ^ Portrait de Balak, parrain de We Do BD 2015 (Part 2 on 3). festival-blogs-bd.com (September 2019)
  3. ^ Alverson, Brigid (February 1, 2015). "Angouleme prize winners announced". Comic Book Resources. Valnet. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  4. ^ @YvesBalak (November 14, 2015). "I was at the Bataclan tonight, but with a lot of luck me and my friend are OK. Stay safe" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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