Zviane

She earned significant accolades such as the Grand Prix de la Ville de Québec for Apnée (2010) and Les deuxièmes (2014), the Bédélys Prize for Le bestiaire des fruits, and the Joe Shuster Award for Best Cartoonist in 2014. She is known for blending her musical roots with graphic storytelling, Zviane’s work often features playful, emotionally honest narratives while showcasing her animation, blogging, and music composition pursuits. She also participated in creative residencies such as at the Maison des auteurs in Angoulême.

• Birth Name — Sylvie-Anne Ménard • Born — 1983 • Birthplace — Longueuil, Quebec • Nationality — Canadian • Area — Writer and artist • Notable Works — Apnée (2011) Les deuxièmes (2013) • Website — zviane.com

A musician since her youth, Zviane earned a baccalaureate in music from Université de Montréal. She teaches music theory and plays piano. Through the art group Vestibulles in cégep du Vieux Montréal, Zviane's works were noticed by Jimmy Beaulieu, who published them in the collections of publishers Mécanique générale and Colosse. Her web blog was noticed by French creator Boulet, who helped her become better known in Europe. Her work Le point B won a contest earning that book to be published by the Monet Library. In 2009, Zviane spent six months at the Maison des auteurs in Angoulême. Zviane publishes several comic works each year. She combines music and comics. Music is almost always present in her comics.

• "Mauve Ciel", in Histoires d'hiver, collective by the winners of the Hachette Canada bande dessinée contest 2009, Glénat Québec, 2009 • "Bagarre (ou étirer un élastique II)", in Bagarre, collective, Colosse, 2009 • "Esquive" in Partie de pêche, collective by the winners of the Hachette Canada bande dessinée contest 2010, Glénat Québec, 2010 • "Dans mon corps" in Zik & BD, Éditions de l'Homme, 2010 • "Devenir grand", with Luc Bossé, in Partie de pêche, collective by the winners of the Hachette Canada bande dessinée contest 2011, Glénat Québec, 2011 • Ping-pong, edition commented by other authors, éditions Pow Pow, 2015, 236 p.,

• La leçon de classique, with Julien Cayer as writer, a monthly webcomic about classical music, on the website of Espace musique, the music channel of the Société Radio-Canada, 2008 • Zviane collaborated with a professor of music at Université de Montréal to make L'œil qui entend, l'oreille qui voit: A model of analysis for the tonal harmonic discourse, an online book about music, using comics, versions in French and in English.

• Prix Bédélys Québec, 2007 for La plus jolie fin du monde • Prix Bédélys fanzine 2008 for Tu pouvais pas savoir • Prix Bédélys Québec 2010 for Le quart de millimètre • Prix Bédélys fanzine 2010 for S'tie qu'on est ben • Prix Bédélys Québec 2011 for Apnée • Joe Shuster Award for Cover Artist 2011 for Apnée • Prix Bédélys independent 2014 for Le son de la pluie