Christophe Chabouté, (born 8 February 1967) is a French comics artist.

Biography

Chabouté was born on February 8, 1967; he is of Alsatian heritage. Chabouté attended Fine Arts courses in

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. The publishing house Vents d'Ouest published his first pieces in 1993 in Les Récits, a collective album about Arthur Rimbaud. But Chabouté became best known in 1998 by publishing ''Sorcières'' by Éditions du Téméraire (awarded at the Illzach Festival) and ''Quelques jours d'été'' by Editions Paquet (Alph'Art Coup de Coeur Festival Angoulême). He has also illustrated novels for young people. His work ''Tout Seul'' (''Alone)'', which is translated into English by Ivanka Hahnenberger, is considered his masterpiece.

Works

Albums

* ''Sorcières'', Le Téméraire, 1998 (rééd. Vents d'Ouest, 2001) * ''Quelques jours d'été'', éditions Paquet, 1998 (rééd. 1999 & 2004) * ''Zoé'', collection Intégra, Vents d'Ouest, 1999 * ''Pleine lune'', collection Intégra, Vents d'Ouest, 2000 * ''Un îlot de bonheur'', Paquet, 2001 * ''La bête'', collection Intégra, Vents d'Ouest, 2002 * ''Purgatoire'', collection Equinoxe, Vents d'Ouest # Livre 1, 2003 # Livre 2, 2004 # Livre 3, 2005 * '' Henri Désiré Landru'', collection Intégra, Vents d'Ouest, 2006 * ''Construire un feu'', collection Equinoxe, Vents d'Ouest, 2007 – After the 1907 novel by

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– Prix Cognac du Meilleur Album "One Shot" 2008 *''Alone'' (''Tout seul),'' Vents d'Ouest, 2008 – (Sélection officielle du Festival d'Angoulême 2009) * ''Terre-Neuvas'', collection Intégra, Vents d'Ouest, 2009 * ''Fables Amères, De Tout Petits Riens'', Vents d'Ouest, 2010 * ''Princesses aussi vont au petit coin (Les)'', Vents d'Ouest, 2011 * ''The Park Bench (Un peu de bois et d'acier)'', Vents d'Ouest, 2012 * ''Moby Dick'', Vents d'Ouest – After the 1851 work by

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# Livre Premier, 2014 # Livre Second, 2014 * ''Fables amères, Détails futiles'', Vents d'Ouest, 2019 * ''Yellow Cab'', Vents d'Ouest, 2021 – After the book by

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Illustrations

* ''La chute du corbeau'', écrit par Jean-Charles Bernardini, Mango Jeunesse, coll ''Le cercle magique'', 2003

Adaptations

''Un peu de bois et d'acier'' (The Park Bench) was adapted into a silent

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45-minutes

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directed by Antonin Le Guay (Sandgate Productions) in

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. It was partly funded through the '' crowfunding platform'' Kiss Kiss Bank Bank from 2 to 27 June 2014. The funding ended on 134%. The French music group L'Étrange K and the association Scènes occupation signed in April 2016 an adaptation of the same Chabouté comic strip in "BD-concert" (diffusion of the comic book accompanied by live music).

Awards

* 1999 : Alph-Art coup de cœur at

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for ''Quelques jours d'été'' * 2002 : Special mention of the Angoulême jury for ''Un îlot de bonheur'' * 2006 : Grand Prix RTL de la bande dessinée fot''Henri Désiré Landru'' * 2010 : Prix de la BD polar Expérience - Evene à l'occasion du festival Quais du Polar de Lyon for ''Terre-Neuvas''

References

Annexes

Bibliography

External links

Unofficial site
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