Nancy Peña (born 13 August 1979,
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
) is a French
bande dessinée
(singular ; literally 'drawn strips'), abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics (), are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long tradition ...
(BD)
comics
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author and children's literature illustrator.
Biography
Originally from Toulouse, she studied drawing there, notably with Catherine Escudié.
She attended the
École normale supérieure de Cachan
École or Ecole may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* Éco ...
where she obtained an ''
Agrégation
In France, the () is the most competitive and prestigious examination for civil service in the French public education
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all stu ...
'' in
applied arts
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in 2003. She taught for a few years before devoting herself solely to drawing. Her influences come from different arts, including
Will Eisner
William Erwin Eisner ( ; March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series '' The Spirit'' (1940–1952) wa ...
in comics or
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...
or Calot
in engraving.
Based in
Besançon
Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland.
Capi ...
since 2004, she is the author of several comic series, including ''Le Chat du kimono'' at the publisher, La Boîte à bulles, distinguished as a selection at the 2010
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival (AICF; ) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lucca Comics & Games and the Comiket of Japan. It has occur ...
.
With as writer, Peña illustrated a graphic novel retelling of the
mythological
Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the ...
character of
Medea
In Greek mythology, Medea (; ; ) is the daughter of Aeëtes, King Aeëtes of Colchis. Medea is known in most stories as a sorceress, an accomplished "wiktionary:φαρμακεία, pharmakeía" (medicinal magic), and is often depicted as a high- ...
.
The 4-volume series met with critical success
[Florent D]
Médée, magicienne adolescente, sur les traces d'Hécate
ActuaLitté, 5 November 2013
Sceneario, 18 July 2015 [Filippini, Henri]
« Médée » T4 : un dernier tome sublime…
BD Zoom, 26 August 2019 [Rabe, Frédéric]
planetebd.com, 19 September 2019 notably cited as one of the 100 BD of the century at the 2020 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
The series was collected in complete form in 2021.
[Lépine, Baptiste]
Médée . Intégrale - Blandine Le Callet, Nancy Peña - la chronique BD
avoir-alire.com, 4 October 2021 An English version of ''Medea'' was published by
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, manga and Artist's book, art book publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon, by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, O ...
in 2024.
Peña is also the author of a series "Madame", broadcast mornings on the website of the newspaper ''
Le Monde
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''
[Diservi, Jean-Philippe]
Madame T3 Grand reporter
planetebd.com, 27 January 2019 and published by its historic publisher La Boite à bulles, with a fourth volume released in the summer of 2022.
[Claude, Stanislas]
Le chat le plus espiègle du monde est de retour avec Madame, Bébé à bord aux éditions La Boite à Bulles
publikart.net, 9 August 2022
Among the numerous children's publications illustrated by Peña, ''Les Guerriers de glace'' (Nathan, 2019) by
Estelle Faye received the at the 2019 Epinal book festival.
[Oury, Antoine]
Les Prix Imaginales 2019 dévoilent leurs lauréats
ActuaLitté, 7 May 2019
Awards and honours
* 2008 : Midi-Pyrénées high school comic strip prize: script prize for ''Le Chat du kimono''
* 2019 : Prix Imaginales (Imaginales Children's Book Prize) at the 2019 Epinal Book Festival for ''Les Guerriers de Glace''
Selected works
Bande-dessinée
* ''Le Cabinet chinois'', La boîte à bulles, coll. « Contre-jour », 2003
* ''La Guilde de la mer'', La boîte à bulles, coll. « Clef des Champs »
# ''Au point de devant'', with Gally and Jean-Marie Jourdane (colorist), 2006
# ''Au point d'entre-deux'', with Maëla Cosson (colorist), 2007
* ''Mamohtobo'' (scénario), with Gabriel Schemoul (drawing and colorist),
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003, it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
Founded by G ...
, coll. « Bayou », 2009
* ''Nancy Peña'', art-book, Éditions Charrette, coll. « 12 x 16 », 2011
* ''Les Nouvelles aventures du chat botté'', "6 pieds sous terre", coll. « Lépidoptère »
# ''La montagne en marche'', 2006
# ''Le Basilic'', 2007
# ''Mortefauche'', 2012
# ''Intégrale'', 2015
* ''Le Chat du kimono'', La boîte à bulles, coll. « Contre-jour »
# ''Le Chat du kimono'', 2007, new edition, June 2020
# ''Tea Party'', with Drac (Pascale Wallet) (colorist), 2008
# ''It is not a piece of cake'', 2011
# ''Les Carnets du kimono - recueil de dessins'', 2011
* ''Médée'', with Blandine Le Callet (scriptwriter), Casterman
# ''L'Ombre d'Hécate'', 2013
# ''Le Couteau dans la plaie'', 2015
# ''L'épouse barbare'', 2016
# ''La Chair et le Sang'', 2019
# ''Intégrale'', 2021
* ''Madame'', La boîte à bulles
# ''L'Année du chat'', 2015
# ''Un temps de chien'', 2016
# ''Grand Reporter'', 2018
# ''Bébé à bord'', 2022
Children's literature (illustrator)
* ''Jimbal des îles'', by Klaus Kordon, Bayard Jeunesse, coll. « Estampillette », 2009
* ''The And'', by Angil (Mickaël Mottet), We are unique records, booklet made with
Guillaume Long
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, 2010.
* ''La princesse Cornélia veut aller à l'école'', by Nathalie Dargent, Milan Jeunesse, coll. « Albums Milan », 2010
* ''Un cirque dans une petite boîte'', by Dina Sabitova, Bayard Jeunesse, coll. « Estampillette », 2010
* ''Le Bestiaire de l'Olympe'' by Anne Jonas, éditions Milan, 2011
* ''Quelle épique époque opaque !'' by Anne Pouget,
Casterman
Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Tournai, 90 kilometres southwest of the centre of Brussels, Belgium.
History
The company was founded in 1780 by Don ...
, 2013
* ''Wilma Tenderfoot'' by
Emma Kennedy
Elizabeth Emma Williams (born 28 May 1967), known professionally as Emma Kennedy, is an English/Irish actress, lawyer, comedian, travel writer, television presenter and author.
Early life and education
The daughter of teachers,[Moka
Moka () is a village in Mauritius located mainly in the Moka District. The western part of the village lies in the Plaines Wilhems District. Since 1967 it forms part of Constituency No. 8 Quartier Militaire and Moka. The village is administered b ...]
, eight volumes, éditions Playbac, 2015–19
* ''La barbe de mer'', éditions Scutella, 2017
* ''Les Guerriers de glace'', éditions Nathan, with Estelle Faye, 2017
Participant
* ''Tribute to Popeye'', Éditions Charrette, coll. « 12 x 16 », 2010
* ''Axolot'', vol. 1, script by
Patrick Baud, segment ''Le faiseur de chimères et le vrai Frankenstein'' with Yannick Lejeune,[Delcourt, 2014
References
Bibliography
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External links
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Blogby Nancy Peña
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1979 births
Living people
French comics writers
French female comics writers
French children's book illustrators
People from Toulouse
French comics artists
French female comics artists
French women children's book illustrators