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Patricia Lyfoung (born 1977) is a French
Patricia Lyfoung (born 1977) is a French cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...
known for her series ''La Rose écarlate.''
Biography
Patricia Lyfoung was born in 1977 to a Hmong family inVilleneuve-la-Garenne
Villeneuve-la-Garenne () is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the ÃŽle-de-France region.
History
The commune of Villeneuve-la-Garenne was created on 9 ...
, France. She became interested in drawing at a young age and moved to Paris, studying art at the École Estienne
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and at Gobelins, l'École de l'image.
In 2001, she began working for the French studio Marathon Animation, collaborating on storyboard
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s for '' Martin Mystery'' and '' Totally Spies!'' She also worked as an illustrator
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for commercial and editorial clients.
By 2005, she had shifted to focus on comic books, publishing the first book in her young adult
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series ''La Rose écarlate'' with Delcourt. She was inspired by the aesthetic and costumes of the anime
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series ''The Rose of Versailles
, also known as ''Lady Oscar'' and ''La Rose de Versailles'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda. It was originally serialized in the manga magazine '' Margaret'' from 1972 to 1973, while a revival of the s ...
''. Her other inspirations include the Japanese artists Rumiko Takahashi and Misturu Adachi, as well as the European comics creators Enrico Marini
Enrico Marini (born 13 August 1969) is an Italian comics artist.
His works include ''Gipsy'' with writer Thierry Smolderen and '' Le Scorpion'' with writer Stephen Desberg.
Biography
Marini was born in (Switzerland) and studied graphic art ...
, Bernard Hislaire
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Biography
Bernard Hislaire was born in 1957 in Brussels, Belgium.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Hislaire". In ...
and Jean-Pierre Gibrat
Jean-Pierre Gibrat (born 14 April 1954) is a French comic artist and scriptwriter. His first complete stories were published in the French magazine Pilote.
With Jackie Berroyer, he took on ''le petit Goudard'' in 1978, a series which he continued ...
.
The series was a success, and she has produced over a dozen issues plus a spin-off series, ''La Rose écarlate – Missions'', with her fellow French comic artist Jenny
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. ''La Rose écarlate'' has also been translated into English
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and published by the American publisher PaperCutz
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under the name ''The Scarlet Rose''.
Lyfoung began another series, ', in 2012. Her next project, launched in 2018, is ', a kids' comic produced in collaboration with Philippe Ogaki and Patrick Sobral.
Selected works
* ''La Rose écarlate'' (18 books) * ''La Rose écarlate – Missions'' (9 books) * ''Un prince à croquer'' (4 books) * ''Les Mythics'' (16 issues)References