Réal Godbout is a

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writer and comic book illustrator, best known for his ''Michel Risque'' and ''

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'' series which he co-created with his long-time friend

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Biography

In the 70's, Godbout published his comic strips in periodicals such as ''BD'' and ''L’Illustré'', and in the daily ''Le Jour''. He joined the magazine ''Croc'' with its first issue where he co-created, co-wrote and illustrated the ''Michel Risque'' and ''

'' series. Both series have been reprinted by

La Pastèque La Pastèque is a French Canadian publisher of comics, based in Montréal, Québec. Overview La Pastèque ("The Watermelon" in English) was founded by Martin Brault and Frédéric Gauthier in Montréal, Québec in July 1998, and their first pu ...

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. More recently, his work has contributed educational strips to the young readers’ magazine ''Les Débrouillards'', and he made headlines with his award-winning adaptation of

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’s novel ''Amerika''. In 2015, collaborating with his daughter Adèle, Godbout wrote and illustrated a fable, ''Avant l’Apocalypse''. Godbout teaches comic art at the University of Québec in Outaouais. He is currently working on the script for the feature film adaptation of ''

'', along with his co-creator

and filmmaker

Martin Villeneuve Martin Villeneuve () is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, director, actor, and art director. He was nominated at the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Awards, Genie Award) in 2013 for Best Adapted Screenplay, for ''Mars et Avril'', his featur ...

Awards

Both Réal Godbout and

have received the

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with their induction, individually, into the Canadian Comic Book Creators Hall of Fame. In 2016, they were formally listed among the “100 Indispensable Québec Authors” by the Maison de la Littérature in Québec City.GODBOUT, Réal (1951-)
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS, January 25, 2009

References

External links

La Pastèque Official Site

''Red Ketchup'' on the big screen
at BULB {{DEFAULTSORT:Godbout, Réal 1951 births Living people Artists from Montreal French Quebecers Canadian cartoonists Canadian comics artists Canadian comics writers Canadian screenwriters in French Writers from Montreal