Bastien Vivès

Bastien Vivès (born 11 February 1984) is a French comic book artist.

Bastien Vivès
Bastien Vivès at the 40th Angoulême International Comics Festival, 2013.
Born (1984-02-11) 11 February 1984
Paris, France
OccupationComic book artist

Life and career

Born in Paris, Vivès spent his childhood drawing with his younger brother. He took live model classes from the age of 10 years. Vivès studied Applied arts at the Institut Sainte Geneviève Paris (6th) and three years at the Penninghen School of Graphic Arts in Paris and eventually Gobelins School, still in Paris, where he studied animation.[1]

He achieved success first on the internet in 2002 on his BK Crew[2] website under the pseudonym "Chanmax" with the character and comic strips of "Poungi la Racaille", which became viral,[3] and was published in libraries in 2006 by Danger Public.[4]

His first album, Elle(s), published in 2007 by Casterman under the KSTR label and when he was 25 years old, in January 2009, Vivès received the Angoulême Festival Revelation Award for his album A Taste of Chlorine (Le goût du chlore).[5] In France, he became considered as one of the most promising and successful comic artist of his generation.

In 2010 and 2011, he participated of the online drama Les Autres Gens, written by Thomas Cadène, drawing seven episodes.

In 2013, he published the "French manga" series Lastman, together with Michaël Sanlaville and Balak.[6]

In 2021, his graphic novel Une sœur was adapted by Charlotte Le Bon into the theatrical feature film Falcon Lake, which is slated to premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[7]

In 2022, in the wake of the 50th anniversary of the International Festival of Angouleme, an exhibition featuring exclusive new illustrations by the artist (and no old ones) was programmed. Several petitions were launched to oppose this decision, claiming the Festival was putting in the spotlight an artist whose work was, if not encouraging, displaying incestuous and pedophile images and scenes.[8] Criticisms had already been made in 2011, and again in 2018, particularly following the publication of his album Petit Paul. Old interviews and social media posts resurfaced, and Vivès was accused of promoting rape culture.[9] The festival mentioned threats and intimidation as the reason for cancelling the exhibit.[10][11]

Works

Title Date Author Publisher Notes
Poungi la racaille 2006 Éditions Danger Public Under the pseudonym Bastien Chanmax[12]
Elle(s) 2007 Editions KSTЯ
Hollywood Jan 2008 Michaël Sanlaville Éditions KSTЯ
A Taste of Chlorine (Le goût du chlore) 2008 Éditions KSTЯ Official selection of the Angoulême Festival 2009
La boucherie 2008 Editions Warum
Dans mes yeux 2009 Editions KSTЯ
Juju Mimi Féfé Chacha 2009 Alexis de Raphelis Editions Ankama
Pour l'empire - Tome 1 : L'honneur 2010 Merwan Chabane (writer)
Sandra Desmazières (color)
Poisson Pilote collection, Dargaud
Tranches Napolitaines 2010 With Anne Simon, Alfred and Mathieu Sapin Dargaud
Pour l'empire - Tome 2 : Les femmes 2010 Merwan Chabane (writer)
Sandra Desmazières (color)
Poisson Pilote collection, Dargaud
Polina 2011 Éditions KSTЯ Adapted into the film Polina
Pour l'empire - Tome 3 : La fortune 2011 Merwan Chabane (writer)
Sandra Desmazières (color)
Poisson Pilote collection, Dargaud
Les Autres Gens - Tome 1 04/2011 Collective Dupuis
La Famille Delcourt
Les Melons de la Colère 2011 Les Requins Marteaux
L'Amour Delcourt
Lastman 2013 With Michael Sanlaville (art)

and Balak (writer)

Éditions KSTЯ Volume #6 won the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for a Series in 2015.[13]
Une sœur 2017 Casterman
Attention chien méchant 2017 Casterman
La décharge mentale 2018 Les Requins Marteaux
The Blouse (Le chemisier) 2018 Casterman
Petit Paul 2018 Glénat
Le Football 2019 Delcourt
Quatorze juillet 2020 With Martin Quenehen (writer) Casterman
Les Cahiers Aire libre, t.5 : Pendant ce temps à Fécamp 2020 With Blutch and Catel Muller
A Sister 2021 Ablaze
Dernier Weekend de Janvier 2022 Casterman

References

  1. Loret, Eric (12 June 2012). "Bastien Vivès, as du strip". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. "bkcrew.com". 2003-02-09. Archived from the original on 2003-02-09. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  3. "Poungi fout la zone sur papier". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2006-01-19. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  4. Loret, Eric (12 June 2012). "Bastien Vivès, as du strip". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. Cooke, Rachel (9 July 2011). "A Taste of Chlorine by Bastien Vivès – review". theguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  6. "Interview: Balak, Bastien Vivès, and Michaël Sanlaville bring the award-winning Last Man to the states". The Beat. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  7. "Le premier film de Charlotte Le Bon, Falcon Lake, sélectionné à Cannes". Ici Radio-Canada, April 19, 2022.
  8. Beauvallet, Ève. "Dessins de Bastien Vivès mis en cause : le Festival d'Angoulême sous pression". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  9. "Le cas Vivès". ActuaBD (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  10. "L'exposition de Bastien Vivès annulée par le Festival de la BD d'Angoulême pour raisons de « sécurité »". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  11. "Le festival de BD d'Angoulême annule l'exposition de Bastien Vivès, accusé de promouvoir la pédopornographie, après des "menaces" contre l'auteur". Franceinfo (in French). 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  12. Bastien Vivès : Itinéraire d’un enfant doué
  13. dessinée, Festival International de la bande. "44e Festival de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême – Du 26 au 29 janvier 2017 - Palmarès officiel 2015". www.bdangouleme.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-20.
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