Fabien Vehlmann (born 30 January 1972) is a French comics writer best known for '' Green Manor'' and ''

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Biography

Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in

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, grew up in the

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and the

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. He studied in Nantes. He started writing comics in 1996, but only got to work for '' Spirou'' magazine the next year, where he provided very short stories for the weekly summary of the magazine. Soon, some stories of a few pages followed, with artwork by a number of different artists, including

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. His first recurring series was '' Green Manor'' with

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. With Bruno Gazzotti he created ''

''. In January 2009, it was announced in '' Spirou'' magazine #3694 that

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and José-Luis Munuera would be succeeded as the creative team behind the series ''

Spirou et Fantasio ''Spirou & Fantasio'' (french: Spirou et Fantasio, wa, Spirou eyet Fantasio) is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comics. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European comics, European ...

'' by

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and Vehlmann, who had together created the first volume of '' Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par...''. Their first album in the regular series is announced for October 2009.

Bibliography

Awards

* 2002: Iris award at the

Prix Saint-Michel The Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and although often said to be the oldest European comics awards, they are actually the sec ...

for ''Le Marquis d'Anaon''Official site 2002
* 2002: nominated for the

Angoulême International Comics Festival The Angoulême International Comics Festival (french: Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lu ...

Award for Best Scenario for ''Green Manor'' * 2002: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for First Comic Book for ''Samedi et Dimanche'' * 2005: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Scenario for ''Le Marquis d'Anaon'' * 2006: nominated for Best comic (French language) at the Prix Saint-Michel for ''Seuls'' * 2007: Prix des libraires BD, awarded by

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, for ''Les cinq conteurs de Bagdad'' * 2008: nominated for Best Youth Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel for ''Seuls'' 3

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