Claire Bretécher
| Claire Bretécher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 7, 1940 Nantes, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Area(s) | artist / writer |
Notable works |
Salades de saison Les Frustrés Agrippine |
| Awards | full list |
Claire Bretécher (French: [bʁəteʃe];[1] born April 7, 1940)[2] is a French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women and gender issues. Her creations include the Frustrés, and the unimpressed teenager Agrippine.
Biography
Bretécher was born in Nantes[3] and got her first break as an illustrator when she was asked to provide the artwork for Le Facteur Rhésus by René Goscinny for L'Os à Moelle in 1963. She went on to work for several popular magazines and in 1969 invented the character "Cellulite". In 1972 she joined Gotlib and Mandryka in founding the Franco-Belgian comics magazine L'Écho des savanes.[4]
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she published successful collections, such as The Destiny of Monique (1982). In 2001, Bretécher's series Agrippine was adapted into a 26-episode TV series by Canal+.
Claire Bretécher is the widow of French constitutionalist Guy Carcassonne with whom she had a son.
Awards
- 1975: Best French Author at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
- 1987: Adamson Award for Best International Comic Book Cartoonist, Sweden
- 1999: Humour Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
- 2002: nominated for the Dialogue Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
Bibliography
- Les états d'âme de Cellulite (1972, Dargaud, ISBN 2-205-00597-9)
- Salades de saison (1973, Dargaud, ISBN 2-205-00702-5)
- Les frustrés (5 albums, 1975–80, Bretecher)
- Le cordon infernal (1976, Bretecher, ISBN 2-901076-02-5)
- Les angoisses de Cellulite (1977, Dargaud, ISBN 2-205-00754-8)
- Baratine et Molgaga (1977, Glénat, ISBN 2-7234-0062-X)
- La vie passionnée de Thérèse Avila (1980, Bretecher, ISBN 2-901076-06-8)
- Le destin de Monique (1983, Bretecher, ISBN 2-901076-09-2)
- Les Mères (1982, Bretecher, ISBN 2-901076-08-4)
- Docteur ventouse, bobologue (2 albums 1985-86, Bretecher/Hyphen)
- Agrippine (8 albums 1988–2004, Bretecher/Hyphen)
Notes
- ↑ Bande dessinée, Collection Idéologies et sociétés, Larousse, 1976, p. 76.
- ↑ Claire Bretécher biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- ↑ De Weyer, Geert (2008). 100 stripklassiekers die niet in je boekenkast mogen ontbreken (in Dutch). Amsterdam / Antwerp: Atlas. p. 213. ISBN 978-90-450-0996-4.
- ↑ BDoubliées. "L'Écho des savanes en 1972" (in French).
References
- Bretécher publications in Pilote, L'Écho des Savanes and Spirou BDoubliées (in French)
External links
- Claire Bretécher official site (in French)
- Claire Bretécher official art gallery (in French)
- Claire Bretécher biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Claire Bretécher biography on Dargaud (in French)
