Patrick Henley (May 4, 1959 – September 3, 2021), known professionally as Henriette Valium, was a Canadian

comic book artist 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 ...

and

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

based in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Career

In March 2013, some of Valium's art pieces were shown at Espace Robert Poulin in

. Valium won the Pigskin Peters Award at the 2017

Doug Wright Awards The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning (established in December 2004) are literary awards handed out annually since 2005 during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival to Canadian cartoonists honouring excellence in comics (including webcomics ...

for his ''Palace of Champions'' graphic novel (Conundrum, 2016).

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valium, Henriette 1959 births 2021 deaths Artists from Montreal Alternative cartoonists Canadian comics artists Canadian comics writers Quebec comics Writers from Montreal