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Gisèle Lagacé (born June 16, 1970, in New Brunswick, Canada) is a Canadian comics writer and artist, writer and illustrator of webcomics.[1] She is best known for her series Ménage à 3.[2]
| Gisèle Lagacé | |
|---|---|
 Lagacé at the Montreal Comiccon, 2016. | |
| Born | June 16, 1970 New Brunswick, Canada |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Editor, Publisher |
Notable works | Ménage à 3 Penny & Aggie Eerie Cuties Magick Chicks Cool Cat Studio Archie |
| Collaborators | David Lumsdon |
| Awards | 2001 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - Best Art 2002 Kimberly Yale Award - Best New Talent 2018 Joe Shuster Award - Webcomics Creator |
| http://giselelagace.wix.com/giselelagace | |
Biography
editShe was born in 1970 in New Brunswick, Canada, and presently (as of 2015[update]) lives there. She attended high school at l'ESN in Bathurst, New Brunswick, and studied visual arts for a year at Université de Moncton before graduating in graphic design from La Cité collégiale in Ottawa.[1]
She was a bassist for the Quebec all-female band Barbarella in the early 1990s, then worked as a graphic designer for Avenue Design Group in Ottawa laying out advertisements and designing logos.[1]
Works
editIn 2000, she wrote and illustrated the webcomic Cool Cat Studio which quickly became popular in 2001 and won the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards for best art.[3] That led to the 2002 co-winning of the Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent.[4]
Cool Cat went on hiatus at the end of 2001 and returned in 2007 with co-writer T Campbell to conclude in late 2008.
From 2004 to 2009, she worked with writer T Campbell to co-create the Penny and Aggie series about the rivalry of two girls and their friends. Lagacé was nominated in the 2007 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards for Outstanding Romantic Comic.[5]
In 2008, she created with writer David Lumsdon[6] the series strip Ménage à 3 (meaning "threesome" or "love triangle") which tells the story of Gary, a thirtyish Montrealer, and friends. The strip is consistently in the top 50 rated webcomics and ongoing as of 2018[update]. Lagacé was also nominated for the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Webcomics Creator. Lagacé was invited to the 2008 Anime Festival in Montreal.[7] In 2018, Ménage à 3 won the Joe Shuster Award for "Webcomics Creator".[8]
In 2009, she created the series Eerie Cuties which tells the story of high school monsters. David Lumsdon later joined as co-writer.[9]
In January 2013, she created a spinoff of Ménage à 3, called Sticky Dilly Buns, which tells the story of Dillon, a gay actor.
Lagacé has penciled some Archie Comics, including #635, #636, #639, and #646.[1] She illustrated the Ramones-themed one-shot, Archie Meets Ramones, in 2016.[10]
She drew a Betty Boop mini series for Dynamite Entertainment in 2016,[11] and issues #24-26 of Jem and the Holograms from IDW Publishing.[12][13][14] She illustrated the covers of the Marvel Comics series Unbelievable Gwenpool for issues #12 and #13 from February to March 2015, and is the artist of Exorsisters, an ongoing series from Image Comics written by Ian Boothby.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Gisèle Lagacé Comic Artist: About me". Gisèle Lagacé. March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ "Gisèle Lagacé".
- ^ "2001 Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2009-12-31.
- ^ "The Lulu Award Winners 1997-2008". Friends of Lulu. 2008. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009.
- ^ "The 2007 Cartoonist's Choice Awards". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ "About Pixie Trix Comix". Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ "Invités Webcomic". Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ Boyd, Kevin A. (2018-09-05). "The 2018 Joe Shuster Award Winners". joeshusterawards.com.
- ^ "About Eerie Cuties". Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ Freligh, Tai (October 5, 2016). "Comic Book Review – Archie Meets Ramones #1". Flickering Myth. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- ^ Sims, Chris (2016-07-18). "Dynamite Announces 'Betty Boop' From Langridge And Lagacé". ComicsAlliance.
- ^ "Exclusive Preview: They're Hawaii Bound in Jem and the Holograms #24 - CBR". Comic Book Resources. 2017-03-25.
- ^ Shiach, Kieran (2017-03-31). "Jerrica And Rio Talk It Out In 'Jem And The Holograms' #25". ComicsAlliance.
- ^ Ching, Albert (2017-01-25). "IDW's Jem and the Holograms Takes a Bow in April, But an Encore is Planned - CBR". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (July 24, 2018). "Image Comics Launches Blackbird, Dead Rabbit, Errand Boys, Exorsisters, Infinite Dark, Jook Joint, Murder Falcon, Norroway in October 2018 Solicits". Bleeding Cool.