Patrick Henley
(May 4, 1959 – September 3, 2021), known professionally as Henriette Valium, was a Canadian
comic book artist
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and
painter
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based in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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.
Career
In March 2013, some of Valium's art pieces were shown at
Espace Robert Poulin
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in
Montreal
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.
Valium won the Pigskin Peters Award at the 2017
Doug Wright Awards
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for his ''Palace of Champions'' graphic novel (Conundrum, 2016).
References
External links
Official website
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1959 births
2021 deaths
Artists from Montreal
Alternative cartoonists
Canadian comics artists
Canadian comics writers
Quebec comics
Writers from Montreal