Cyril Pedrosa

Cyril Pedrosa (born 22 November 1972) is a French comic book artist, colorist, and writer.

Biography

Early life

Pedrosa was born in Poitiers to a family of Portuguese descent; his grandfather immigrated to France in the 1930s. He wanted to become a drawing artist since his adolescence, studying animation at Gobelins school, then working from 1996 to 1998 at Walt Disney Animation France, as an inbetweener in ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' and as assistant animator in ''Hercules''.

Career

After meeting with David Chauvel, Pedrosa debuted into comics in 1998 with ''Ring Circus'', for which he did art and coloring. A second title followed, ''Les Aventures spatio-temporelles de Shaolin Moussaka''.

In 2006, Pedrosa created his first solo work, the one-shot ''Les Cœurs solitaires (Hearts at Sea)'', followed by a second one, ''Trois ombres (Three Shadows)'' in 2007. The album won the Angoulême International Comics Festival Essentials award in 2008 and the National Cartoonists Society Division Award in 2009.

He collaborated with the fanzine ''Le Goinfre'' and participated, with Cassinelli and Holbé, of the webcomic ''Cadavres Exquisis'' from 2004 to 2007. From 2008 to 2009, Pedrosa drew ''Autobio'' for ''Fluide Glacial'', a fictionalized ecological-themed autobiography. The comic won the Prix Tournesol (Sunflower Award) in 2009, given by The Greens.

In 2012 he published the semi-autobiographical graphic novel ''Portugal'', about a cartoonist exploring his family roots.

In 2013, he founded, alongside Gwen de Bonneval, Hervé Tanquerelle, Brüno and Fabien Vehlmann, the digital comics magazine ''Professeur Cyclope.''

In 2018 he started the political fantasy graphic novel series ''The Golden Age (L'Âge d'Or)'', written by Roxanne Moreil.

Works published

* ''Ring Circus'' series (written by David Chauvel)
** 1998 – ''Les Pantres''
** 2000 – ''Les Innocents''
** 2002 – ''Les Amants''
** 2004 – ''Les Révoltés''
* ''Les Aventures spatio-temporelles de Shaolin Moussaka'' series (written by David Chauvel, colors by Christophe Araldi)
** 2004 – '' …À Holy Hole''
** 2005 – ''Contre le grand Poukrass !!''
** 2006 – ''À Mollywood !!''
*2006 – ''Hearts at Sea (Les Cœurs solitaires)''
* 2007 – ''Three Shadows (Trois Ombres)''
** ''Paroles sans papiers''
*** ''Brigade fantôme'' (written by David Chauvel)
* 2008 – ''First Time'' (''Premières fois''
– participation in anthology org. by Sibylline, with the story "''Soumission''")
* 2009 – ''Autobio''
* 2011 – ''Portugal''
* 2015 – ''Equinoxes (Les équinoxes)''
* 2017 – ''Serum'' (writer; art by Nicolas Gaignard)
* 2018 – ''The Golden Age'' (''L' Âge d'Or'', written by Roxanne Moreil)

Awards

* 2008 : Angoulême International Comics Festival Essentials award, for ''Trois Ombres''
* 2009 : Prix Tournesol for ''Autobio'', t. 1
** National Cartoonists Society Division Awards, for ''Three Shadows''
* 2011 : Prix Le Point de la BD, for ''Portugal'' (Dupuis).
** Prix Sheriff d'or de la librairie Esprit BD for ''Portugal''
** Prix Bédélys Monde for ''Portugal''
* 2012 : Prix des Libraires de Bande Dessinée for ''Portugal''
** Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize Awarded by the Audience for ''Portugal''
** Gran Guinigi Award for Best Artist at the Lucca Comics & Games Festival (shared with Fabio Civitelli).
* 2018: Prix Landerneau for ''L' Âge d'Or.''
* 2019: Prix BD FNAC/France Inter for ''L' Âge D'Or.''

References

External links

Cyril Pedrosa's blog (in French)



Author's page at Europe Comics

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Living people
1972 births
French comics artists
French comics writers
People from Poitiers
French people of Portuguese descent