Yves Bigerel
Yves Bigerel, also known as "Balak" (born 1 January 1979), is a French comics artist and animator. He is mostly known in France for the comic book series Lastman. In 2009, Balak invented a new digital comics narrative technique which he called "turbomedia"; his work was noticed by Marvel editor Joe Quesada, who recruited him to help establish the Marvel digital imprint "Infinite Comics".
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- Name
- Yves Bigerel
- Born
- 1979
- Birthplace
- Nancy, France
- Occupation
- Comics creator, artist, animator
- Nationality
- France.
- Education
- Gobelins.
- Honours
- Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for a Series.
- Languages
- French.
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Yves Bigerel, also known as "Balak" (born 1 January 1979), is a French comics artist and animator. He is mostly known in France for the comic book series Lastman. In 2009, Balak invented a new digital comics narrative technique which he called "turbomedia"; his work was noticed by Marvel editor Joe Quesada, who recruited him to help establish the Marvel digital imprint "Infinite Comics".
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• Name — Yves Bigerel • Born — 1979 • Birthplace — Nancy, France • Occupation — Comics creator, artist, animator
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Bigerel initially studied philosophy, before completing a three-year course at Gobelins Cinéma Department of Animation in 2006. With Bastien Vivès and Michaël Sanlaville, he created in 2013 the French manga Lastman. The series won the 2015 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prix de la Série, and an animated adaptation has appeared on France 4. He was present at the Bataclan during the November 2015 Paris attacks, but survived unharmed.
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- 1.Balak. Casterman. Retrieved on 2020-05-13.
- 2.Portrait de Balak, parrain de We Do BD 2015 (Part 2 on 3). festival-blogs-bd.com (September 2019)
- 3.Alverson, Brigid. Angouleme prize winners announced. Comic Book Resources. Valnet. February 1, 2015.
- 4.I was at the Bataclan tonight, but with a lot of luck me and my friend are OK. Stay safe. 665342255356620800. 13 November 2015.
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