Ludovic Debeurme is a French

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who has gained popularity in the US by his release of the English language

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, ''Lucille''.

Education and career

Debeurme is a French

ist and illustrator who was born in 1971. After studying fine art at the

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, he was first published in the anthology

Comix 2000 ''Comix 2000'' was an international one-shot independent comic book published in 1999 by L'Association (France) and distributed in the United States by Fantagraphics Books. All the comics featured in ''Comix 2000'' are wordless in order to accommo ...

, followed by the acclaimed graphic novels Céfalus (2002) and Mes ailes d’homme (2003), the autobiographical story collection Ludologie (2003), and youth-oriented illustrated editions of the classics Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2001), The Chancellor (2004), and Gargantua (2004). His breakthrough came in 2006 with the release of Lucille, which won the René Goscinny Prize and was named one of the 5 "Essential" graphic novels of the

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. He followed that success with Le grand autre (2007), Le lac aux Vélies (2009), and Terra maxima (2010). The year 2011 saw his English-language debut with Lucille from Top Shelf, as well as the French release of Lucille's sequel, Renée. He continues to write, draw, and play

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Books

* A story in ''Comix 2000'', The Association, 1999. * ''Céfalus'', Cornelius, et al. "Peter", 2002. * Ludology, Cornelius, et al. "Peter", 2003. * My wing man, Éditions de l'An 2, 2003. * Two pages is important to participate, Cornelius, et al. "Raoul", 2005. * Lucille, Futuropolis, 2006. René Goscinny Prize in 2006, Essential of Angoulême Festival in 2007. * The other big, Cornelius, 2007. Appointed Essentials Angoulême Festival in 2008. * A story in good manners, etiquette of the Treaty on occasion chosen, Actes Sud -The Year 2, 2008. * The lake vélies (with Nosfell texts) Futuropolis, 2009. * Terra Maxima, Cornelius, 2010. * Renee, Futuropolis, 2011. * Epiphania

References

"Ludovic Debeurme / Top Shelf Productions"
''www.topshelfcomix.com''.

External links

Official website
* MAGNERON, Philippe

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