Christine Roche (born 1939) is French-Canadian illustrator, cartoonist, teacher and film-maker who lives and works in London.
/ref> Her work has appeared in several books, magazines, and national newspapers. She is currently a painter.

Biography

Christine Roche has illustrated many books, both for children and adults, and worked for a number of leading publishers. She has produced animated films for

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, and lectured in various colleges including the

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, the

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and the

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(NID) in India. Roche cartooned for the publication ''

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'' before co-founding and self-publishing ''Sourcream'' in 1979 with Jo Nesbitt, Liz Mackie and Lesley Ruda. More underground British women cartoonists became involved in ''Sourcream No. 2'', which was published in 1981 by the Sheba Feminist Press in paperback. Roche joined a number of collectives, including the Kids Book Group, and the Hackney Flashers collective of feminist photographers that started in the 1970s and produced exhibitions on "Women at Work" and "Who's Holding the Baby?". She is author of ''I'm Not a Feminist But...'' (1985) which she made into an animated film with Marjut Rimminen.Screenonline
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and ''Someone Must Be Trusted'' (1987). In addition, she designed the characters in the children's television cartoon series ''

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'' Her work appears in the anthology ''Funny Girls – Cartooning for Equality'' edited by Diane Atkinson (Penguin Books, 1997), and ''The Inking Woman: 250 Years of Women Cartoon and Comic Artists in Britain,'' edited by Nicola Streeten and Cath Tate (Myriad Editions, 2018).

Bibliography

As author

* ''I'm Not a Feminist But...'' – Virago Press Ltd (1985):

As illustrator

* ''How We Play'' (Anita Harper) – Viking Children's Books (1979): (also: ''How We Work, How We Live and How We Feel'') * ''Sourcream'' (Jo Nesbitt, Lesley Ruda, Liz Mackie, Christine Roche) – Sheba Feminist Publishers (1980): ASIN B000U0OH90 * ''Sweet Freedom: Struggle for Women's Liberation'' (

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) – Picador (1982): * ''A Women's History of Sex'' (

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) – Pandora Press (1987): * ''Abigail at the Beach'' ( Felix Pirani) – Collins (1988): * ''Abigail Goes Visiting'' (Felix Pirani) – Collins (1990): * ''Triplets'' (Felix Pirani) – Viking Press (1991): * ''Pregnancy Book'' (Nancy Kohner,

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) – Health Education Authority (1993): * '' The Universe for Beginners'' ( Felix Pirani) – Icon Books Ltd (1994): * ''Give Your Baby a Head Start: How to Kick the Smoking Habit'' – Health Education Authority (1994): * ''Women's Health Guide'' (Ann Furedi, Mary Tidyman) – Health Education Authority (1994) : * ''The Young Person's Guide to Saving the Planet'' (Bernadette Vallely, Debbie Silver) – Chivers Press (new edition 1990): * ''So Young, So Sad, So Listen'' (Philip Graham, Carol Hughes) – Gaskell (1995): * ''Pregnancy, Birth and the First Five Years'' (Nancy Kohner, Angela Phillips) – Health Education Authority (new edition 1995): * ''Pregnancy Book: A Complete Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Few Weeks with a New Baby'' (Nancy Kohner, Angela Phillips) – Health Education Authority (3rd revised edition 1996): * ''What Treasure Did Next'' (Gina Davidson) – Virago Press Ltd (1996): * ''Living with a Stranger'' (Valerie Stillwell) – Gaskell (1997): * ''Religion (What's the Big Idea?)'' (Anita Ganeri) – Hodder Children's Books (1998): ISBN 978-0-340-66719-4 * ''Nuclear Power (What's the Big Idea?)'' (Felix Pirani) – Hodder Children's Books (1998): * ''Drugs Centre Stage – volume one'' (Chris Scanlan) – LittleOctopus Publishing (2006): * ''Drugs Centre Stage – volume two'' (Chris Scanlan) – LittleOctopus Publishing (2006): * '' Introducing the Universe'' ( Felix Pirani) – Icon Books Ltd (new edition 2006):

As painter

* 2009: Morley Gallery * 2009: Cafe Gallery * 2010: Burgh House * 2011: West Eleven Gallery * 2011: Colour Gallery * 2012: St. Martins in the Field * 2012: Core Arts * 2012: LCP (London Centre of Psychotherapy) * 2014: St. Martins in the Field * 2015: Islington Arts Society * 2016: Islington Arts Society * 2016: National Open Art (NOA) * 2017: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition * 2017: National Open Art (NOA) * 2017: Ply Gallery

Filmography

*''The Stain'' (1991) *''Someone Must Be Trusted'' (1987) – one of a series of four short animated documentaries about Women and the Law *''I'm Not a Feminist But...'' (1985)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roche, Christine Living people 1939 births 20th-century British women artists 21st-century British women artists British cartoonists British women cartoonists British women illustrators British children's book illustrators Canadian women cartoonists Canadian women illustrators Canadian children's book illustrators