Hubert Boulard (21 January 1971 – 12 February 2020) was a French comics writer and colorist usually credited mononymously as "Hubert".[1]
Hubert Boulard | |
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 Boulard in 2010 | |
| Born | 21 January 1971 |
| Died | 12 February 2020 (aged 49) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Comics writer, colorist |
Biography
editBoulard attended the École régionale des beaux-arts d'Angers, and began writing comics in the 1990s, after befriending Yoann, who had encouraged him to start in the field of comics.[2]
As an illustrator, he worked with authors such as Éric Omond, Yoann, Éric Corbeyran, Richard Malka, Paul Gillon, David Beauchard, and Jason. At the same time, Boulard wrote comic scripts, starting in 2002 with the publication of Legs de l'alchimiste with Hervé Tanquerelle and Yeux Verts with Zanzim.[3] He produced Miss Pas Touche in 2006, illustrated by Kerascoët and published by Dargaud, which sold 30,000 as of 2017.[4] Since then, Boulard has worked with Étienne Le Roux, Marie Caillou,[5][6] Virginie Augustin,[7] with whom he won the 2017 Prix Diagonale for best album.[8] With Bertrand Gatignol, he created Les Ogres-Dieux, which won best comic series at the 2019 Lucca Comics & Games Conference in Italy.[9]
Boulard produced the collective work Les Gens normaux, paroles lesbiennes gay bi trans, published in 2013, during the time when France was voting on the legalization of gay marriage.[10] In 2019, he wrote the comic Le Boiseleur : Les Mains d'Ilian, with illustrations by Gaëlle Hersent.[11] In June 2020, Peau d'homme, written by Boulard with illustrations by Zanzim, was released. It had taken Zanzim five years to illustrate Hubert's script.
Boulard died on 12 February 2020 at the age of 49, said his publisher in a press release.[12][13]
Works
edit- Les Yeux verts (2002–2004)
- Le Legs de l'alchimiste (2002–2007)
- Miss Pas Touche (2006–2009)
- La Sirène des pompiers (2006)
- Bestioles (2010)
- La Chair de l'araignée (2010)
- Beauté (bande dessinée) (2011–2014)
- Ma vie posthume (2012–2013)
- La Ligne Droite (2013)
- WW2.2 T6 : Chien Jaune (2013)
- Le Temple du Passé (2014–2015)
- The Ogre Gods, Les Ogres-Dieux (2014–2020)
- Monsieur désire ? (2016)[14]
- La Nuit mange le Jour (2017)
- Le Boiseleur (2019)
- Peau d'homme with Zanzim
Awards
edit- Sélection officielle jeunesse at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for Bestioles (2011)[15]
- Sélection officielle at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for Beauté (2012)[16]
- Prix Jacques-Lob at the BD Boum Festival (2015)[17]
- Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Beauté[18]
- Gran Guinigi Award for Les Ogres-Dieux at the Lucca Comics & Games Conference (2017)[19]
- Prix Diagonale for Monsieur désire ? (2017)
- Finalist for the Grand Prix de la Critique for Monsieur désire ? (2017)[20]
- Sélection officielle at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for Les Ogres-Dieux (2017)
- Grand prix RTL de la bande dessinée for Peau d'homme with Zanzim[21]
- Prix de la BD du Point for Peau d'homme with Zanzim[22]
- Prix Landerneauwith Zanzim for Peau d'homme.[23]
- Won Grand Prix de la Critique 2021, with Zanzim, for Peau d'homme[24]
References
edit- ^ "Le scénariste de bande dessinée Hubert est mort". Le Monde (in French). 13 February 2020.
- ^ "" J'avais envie d'une histoire fantastique "". Le Parisien (in French). 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Écoutez la sirène". Le Figaro (in French). 12 October 2006.
- ^ "A Angoulême, rencontre avec Hubert, croqueur d'ogres et de vierges". BibliObs (in French). 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Hubert et Marie Caillou face à l'anorexie". BoDoï (in French). 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Hubert ou la fragilité des apparences". Actua BD (in French). 13 February 2010.
- ^ Monsieur désire ? Hubert, Virginie Augustin (in French). 24 September 2016.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "BD : Prix Diagonale-Le Soir à Louvain-La-Neuve et tout un week-end d'animation". RTBF (in French). 6 May 2017.
- ^ "I vincitori dei Premi Gran Guinigi di Lucca Comics 2019". Fumetto Logica (in Italian). 8 October 2019.
- ^ "LGBT – La bande dessinée proclame le droit à l'indifférence". Actua BD (in French). 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Le Boiseleur #1". BoDoï (in French). 25 October 2019.
- ^ "L'auteur de bande dessinée Hubert est mort". RTL (in French). 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Mort de Hubert, scénariste de BD et éclaireur de coins sombres". Libération (in French). 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Monsieur désire ? – Par Hubert et Virginie Augustin – Glénat". Actua BD (in French). 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Angoulême 2011: la sélection Jeunesse". BoDoï (in French). 17 November 2010.
- ^ "Angoulême 2012 : la sélection officielle". Krinein (in French). 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Toutes les récompenses". Maison de la BD (in French). 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "The 2015 Firecracker Award Winners". CLMP. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Gran Guinigi 2019: vincono Gli Orchi-Dei, Demon e Senza limiti". badtaste.it (in Italian). 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Les Prix ACBD, pour les grands et les petits : les finalistes !". Actua BD (in French). 19 November 2016.
- ^ Antoine Oury (2020-11-30). "Peau d'homme, de Hubert et Zanzim, lauréat du Grand Prix RTL de la BD 2020". ActuaLitté..
- ^ Romain Brethes (2020-11-30). "« Peau d'homme », Prix Wolinski de la BD du « Point » 2020". Le Point..
- ^ "Peau d'homme D'Hubert et Zanzim, lauréat du prix Landerneau bande dessinée 2020". Le Télégramme. 2020-11-30.
- ^ Oury, Antoine (2020-12-01). "Peau d'homme, de Hubert et Zanzim, élu Grand Prix de la Critique ACBD 2021".