Cyril Pedrosa
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Cyril Pedrosa (born November 22, 1972), is a French comic book artist, colorist and writer.
Biography
Born on 22 November 1972 in Poitiers, Cyril Pedrosa decided to become a drawing artist since his was an adolescent. He studied animation at Gobelins school, then made his way into Disney's animation studios in France, working as inbetweener and assistant animator. He worked notably in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules.[1]
Career
After meeting with David Chauvel, Pedrosa debuted into comics in 1998 with Ring Circus, for which he did art and colors. A second title followed, Les Aventures spatio-temporelles de Shaolin Moussaka.[2] In 2006, Cyril Pedrosa created alone an one-shot, Les Cœurs solitaires and a second one in 2007, Trois ombres (Three Shadows). He collaborated with the Le Goinfre fanzine and participated with Cassinelli et Holbé of a free webcomic site (2004-2007).[3] Since 2008, Pedrosa draws for Fluide Glacial a fictionalized autobiography: Autobio.
He is alongside Gwen de Bonneval, Brüno and Fabien Vehlmann, one of the founders of Professeur Cyclope digital comics magazine.
Pedrosa is of Portuguese descent; his grandfather immigrated to France in the 1930s.[4] In the 2012 semi-biographical graphic novel Portugal, the author explores about this background.
Awards
- 2008 : Angoulême International Comics Festival Essentials award, for Trois Ombres
- 2009 : Prix Tournesol for Autobio, t. 1
- National Cartoonists Society Division Awards forTrois Ombres
- 2011 : Prix Le Point de la BD,[5] for Portugal (Dupuis).
- Prix Sheriff d'or de la librairie Esprit BD for Portugal
- Prix Bédélys Monde for Portugal
- 2012 : Prix des Libraires de Bande Dessinée pour Portugal
Bibliography
- Ring Circus series (written by David Chauvel)
- 1998 - Les Pantres
- 2000 - Les Innocents
- 2002 - Les Amants
- 2004- Les Révoltés
- Les Aventures spatio-temporelles de Shaolin Moussaka series (written by David Chauvel, colors by Christophe Araldi)
- 2004- …À Holy Hole
- 2005- Contre le grand Poukrass !!
- 2006 -À Mollywood !!
- 2006 Les Cœurs solitaires
- 2007 -Trois ombres (Three Shadows)
- Paroles sans papiers
- Brigade fantôme (written by David Chauvel)
- Paroles sans papiers
- 2008- Premières fois
- 2009 Autobio
- 2011- Portugal
- 2015 Les équinoxes
- 2017 Serum
- 2018- L'Age D'Or (written by Roxanne Moreil)[7]
Notes and references
- ^ McNary, Dave (2014-04-08). "Disney Animator Sells 'Three Shadows' to FilmNation (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ "Translation wishlist: Cyril Pedrosa's Portugal". comicsandcola.com. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ Cadavex.free.fr
- ^ "Autor Cyril Pedrosa à procura das suas raízes portuguesas". dn.pt. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ "Cyril Pedrosa récompensé par le prix Le Point de la BD 2011". http://www.livreshebdo.fr. 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ "Portugal, premier prix de la BD Fnac à Angoulême". http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ https://www.actuabd.com/L-Age-d-or-de-Cyril-Pedrosa-et-Roxanne-Moreil-recoit-le-premier-Prix-Fnac
