Autograph session with Christophe Blain at Salon du livre 18.03.2008, (Paris, France) photographed by Georges Seguin (Okki), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike, supported by Wikimedia France (accessed: July 4, 2018).
Christophe Blain
, b. 1970
Christophe Blain was born in Argenteuil to parents who were both teachers. Before becoming a script writer, illustrator and colourist of comic books, he studied economics and then graphic arts at the École Municipale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques in Paris in 1989-1991 and at the École des Beaux-Arts de Cherbourg-Octeville.
He works for magazines like Astrapi and Okapi and for book publishers including Albin Michel, Casterman, Dargaud, and Nathan.
He was awarded ten prizes, including the 1994 Prix Jeunesse Gabier at the Concarneau Festival Livre et Mer, and two awards for the best album at the festival d'Angoulême – in 2002 for the 1st volume of Isaac le Pirate and in 2013 for Chroniques diplomatiques, the 2nd volume of Quai d’Orsay.
Bio prepared by Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com
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