La Pastèque
La Pastèque is a French Canadian publisher of comics, based in Montreal, Quebec.
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La Pastèque
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- Founded
- 1998
- Founder
- Frédéric Gauthier · Martin Brault
- Headquarters
- Montreal
- Activity
- publishing
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La Pastèque is a French Canadian publisher of comics, based in Montreal, Quebec.
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• Status — Active • Founded — July 1998 • Founder — Martin Brault Frédéric Gauthier • Country — Canada • Headquarters — Montreal, Quebec • Distribution — Canada and Europe • Publications — French-language comics • Url — www.lapasteque.com
Overview
Overview
La Pastèque ("The Watermelon" in English) was founded by Martin Brault and Frédéric Gauthier in Montreal, Quebec in July 1998, and their first publication, the first volume of Spoutnik, appeared that December. The establishment publisher arose from talks between Brault and Gauthier about the state of comics in Quebec around 1997. Things seemed pessimistic, and it seemed unlikely that the small market in the province could sustain itself. The two wanted to invigorate comics publishing in Québec, and chose to adopt a different approach to that of Franco-Belgian or American comics by publishing artists who had more personal work. They are the main French-language publisher of a number of artists such as Michel Rabagliati, and have also revived older albums, such as Jean-Paul Eid's Jérôme Bigras and Réal Godbout & Pierre Fournier's Red Ketchup.
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Recognition
La Pastèque has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles ("Society for the Development of Cultural Enterprises") and the Government of Quebec's tax credit program for support of book publishers. In 2010, La Pastèque won the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Publisher.
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• Red Ketchup • The Postman from Space
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- 1.La Pastèque: 10 ans et toutes ses dents!. La Presse. 2008-12-14.
- 2.Isabelle Beaulieu. Les 20 ans de La Pastèque. Revue Les Libraires. 6 décembre 2018.
- 3.Isabelle Beaulieu. Les 20 ans de La Pastèque. Les Libraires. 6 décembre 2018.
- 4.La Pastèque. Association nationale des éditeurs de livres/Québec Édition.
- 5.15 ans de Pastèque : La BD au Musée des beaux arts de Montréal!. Voir.ca.
- 6.Chantal Guy. Une expo pour les 20 ans de La Pastèque. La Presse. 29 octobre 2018.
- 7.http://toutgarni.telequebec.tv/
- 8.Tout garni. Douze mois, douze œuvres de La Pastèque. La Fabrique culturelle.
- 9.Céline. Rufiange. Les créations numériques. Lurelu. 43. 2020. 0705-6567. 1923-2330. 2020-09-25. 87–88.
- 10.« La liste de choses qui existent » : une websérie sympathique à découvrir dès maintenant!. TPL Moms.
- 11.La liste des choses qui existent: rassasier la curiosité des jeunes et moins jeunes. Le Journal de Montréal.
- 12.Nouveaux balados de La Pastèque. La Presse. 2020-12-27.
- 13.Trois fois Alice Une balado pour donner le goût d’écrire. La Presse. 2021-07-28.
- 14.Alexandre. Vigneault. Édition: La Pastèque vendue à Bayard. La Presse. 2026-03-17. 2026-03-19.
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