Aristophane
For the ancient Greek playwright, see Aristophanes.
| Aristophane | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Firmin Aristophane Boulon January 8, 1967 Guadeloupe |
| Died | May 11, 2004 (aged 37) |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Les sœurs Zabîme |
Firmin Aristophane Boulon (published as Aristophane, the French name of Aristophanes) was a Guadeloupe-born cartoonist. A graduate of the French schools École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and European School of Visual Arts, he began work "preoccupied with evil and frailty as viewed through the lives of demons and mythological creatures."[1]
His 1996 novel, Les sœurs Zabîme, is about children in Guadeloupe and considered a "small masterpiece."[1] It was his final completed work.
In school he had been told "Everything was already explored in painting, everything was already done. The future lies in comics."[2]
Works
- Parutions Dans le Lézard, le Cheval sans Tête, Lapin, Bananas ()
- Logorrhée ()
- Tu Rêves Lili (1993)
- Faune, ou l'histoire d'un immorale (1995)
- Un Grand Projet (1995)
- Conte Démoniaque (1996)
- Les sœurs Zabîme (1996)
- The Zabîme Sisters (translated by Matt Madden (2010)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Afterword by Matt Maddenn". The Zabîme Sisters. New York, New York: First Second. 2010. p. 85. ISBN 9781596436381.
- ↑ "Aristophane's Les soeurs Zabîme" by Domingos Isabelinho in The Crib Sheet; accessed Sept 20, 2012