Frédéric Boilet (; born 16 January 1960 in Épinal, France) is a French

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and a

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Biography

Frédéric Boilet's debut in comic art was in 1983 with ''La Nuit des Archées''. He created ''Le Rayon vert'' in 1987, followed by ''36 15 Alexia'' in 1990, two albums where he experimented with a method of working, that is still uniquely his today, in which he resorts almost exclusively to photographs and video. His encounter with Benoît Peeters in 1990 turned his work toward semi-autobiographical stories tinged with humour : ''Love Hotel'' (1993), ''Tôkyô est mon jardin'' (1997) and ''Demi-tour'' (1997). For some years Boilet lived in Japan, where ''Tôkyô est mon jardin,'' meaning "Tokyo is my garden," was translated in 1998 and ''Demi-tour'' the following year.
http://www.boilet.net/am/biographie.html. He started doing work for manga magazines in the late nineties, and was a rare example of a western comics artist having some degree of success in the Japanese market. In 2001, on the occasion of the simultaneous publication in France and Japan of the critically acclaimed ''Yukiko's Spinach'', he launched the Nouvelle Manga movement in Tokyo, which sought to combine mature sophisticated daily life

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with the artistic style of traditional Franco-Belgian comics. Boilet's final production work was L'apprenti Japonais. Boilet claims to have finished his editorial career with this work, a book of unused drawings from the twelve years spanning from 1996 to 2008 all concerning the time he had spent in Japan. He now resides again in his native France.

Bibliography

In English *''Yukiko's Spinach'' (

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, 2003) *''Mariko Parade'' - with

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(

, 2004) In French *''La Nuit des Archées'' - with Guy Deffeyes ( Bayard Presse, 1983) *''Les Veines de l'Occident'' Vol.1, ''la Fille des Ibères'' - with

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( Glénat, 1985) *''Les Veines de l'Occident'' Vol.2, ''le Cheval-démon'' - with

( Glénat, 1988) *''Le Rayon vert'' (

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, 1987) *''36 15 Alexia'' ( Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1990 /

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, 2004) *''Love Hotel'' - with Benoît Peeters and Jiro Taniguchi ( Casterman, 1993 /

, 2005) *''Tôkyô est mon jardin'' ( Casterman, 1997, 2003) *''Demi-tour'' - with Benoît Peeters and

Emmanuel Guibert Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the ...

( Dupuis, 1997) *''L'Épinard de Yukiko'' (

, 2001) *''Mariko Parade'' - with

( Casterman, 2003) *''L'Apprenti Japonais'' ( Les Impressions Nouvelles, 2006) In Japanese *｢東京は僕の庭｣(''Tôkyô wa boku no niwa'') - with Benoît Peeters and Jiro Taniguchi ( Kôrinsha, 1998) *｢恋愛漫画ができるまで｣(''Ren'ai manga ga dekiru made'') - with Benoît Peeters and

( Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1999) *｢ゆき子のホウレン草｣(''Yukiko no hôrensô'') (

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, 2001) *｢まり子パラード｣(''Mariko Parade'') - with

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, 2003)

References

External links

Official website
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YUKIKO'S SPINACH Reviewed at PopImage
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Frédéric Boilet books published by ego comme x
: Elles, L'Épinard de Yukiko, Love Hotel, 3615 Alexia. Interviews, texts, extracts. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boilet, Frederic 1960 births Living people People from Épinal French comics artists French comics writers French male writers