Émile Bravo (born 18 September 1964) is a French comics artist.

Biography

Émile Bravo was born in Paris in 1964 from Spanish parents (a Catalan father and a Valencian mother). Having grown up with the famous Franco-Belgian comics like '' Astérix'' and ''

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'', he wanted to become a comics creator. After his studies, he started working for the magazine ''Marie-France'' and as an illustrator, before publishing his first comic book in 1990. It was written by Jean Regnaud, with whom he would collaborate on multiple occasions over the next decades. In 1992, he became a member of the "Atelier Nawak" (later the Atelier des Vosges) and their publishing branch

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, working together with people like Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, David B., and Christophe Blain. There he met and advised

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Bibliography

*''Ivoire'' :written by Jean Regnaud, Atomium, 1990; translated in Dutch *''Aleksis Strogonov'' :3 albums, with Jean Regnaud, 1993-1998 *''Épatantes aventures de Jules'' :6 albums at

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, from 2000 on, winner of the 2002 Angoulême International Comics Festival René Goscinny award for the second album ''La Réplique Inattendue'', from 2001 *''The Seven Squat Bears'' :Three albums, originally published between 2004 and 2009. Translated in English as ''Goldlocks and the Seven Squat Bears'', Orbit, 2010; ''The Hunger of the Seven Squat Bears'', Orbit, 2011; and ''Beauty and the Squat Bears'', Orbit, 2011. Nominated for the 2012

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s in the category Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7) *''Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo Bill'', Gallimard, 2007; translated as ''My Mommy Is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill'', Ponet Mon, 2009 :written by Jean Regnaud; named one of the five Angoulême International Comics Festival Essentials, and nominated for the 2007 Prix Saint-Michel for Youth Comics and the 2010 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for children's books; also translated in Spanish, German and Dutch *''

Spirou et Fantasio ''Spirou & Fantasio'' (), commonly shortened to ''Spirou'', is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comics. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European comics, European humorous adventu ...

: Journal d'un ingénu'', Dupuis, 2008 :winner of the Prix RTL, Prix des Libraires BD, Prix Saint-Michel for best French-language comic, and the Award for the best comic of 2009 by the readers of ''

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'', and named one of the five Angoulême International Comics Festival Essentials; translated in Spanish, Dutch, Danish and

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biography from 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bravo, Emile 1964 births Living people Artists from Paris French comics artists Spirou et Fantasio French people of Catalan descent