Virginie Augustin

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Virginie Augustin
Virginie Augustin 2016.jpg
(2016)
Born11 March 1973 (1973-03-11) (age 52)
Chatou, France
Alma mater Gobelins
Notable work
Awards

Virginie Augustin (11 March 1973, Chatou) is a French comics book artist. She has also worked on animated features with Walt Disney Animation Studios and France 3.

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Biography

After studying at Gobelins, [1] Augustin worked with Walt Disney Animation Studios on the animated features Tarzan (1999) and Hercules (1997). [2] Her career in animation also led her to work on W.I.T.C.H. (2001), Dragon Hunters (2006), and Code Lyoko (2003) for France 3, and on the animated film Corto Maltese, la cour secrète des arcanes (2002).

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(2008)

Shortly after Corto Maltese, in 2003, she joined the comic strip world and drew the four volumes of the bande dessinée heroic fantasy series Alim le tanneur  [ fr ] with scriptwriter Wilfrid Lupano  [ fr ]. Augustin then participated in several collectives (Les beaux dessins de Francis Cabrel, [3] Les Chansons illustrées de Patrick Bruel, Polnareff - Suite de Bulles, [4] Premières fois, [5] [6] and Sur les traces de Luuna). She also produced a sketchbook for Comix buro, the collection of books directed by Olivier Vatine  [ fr ].

Then she entered the collection of Les Légendes de Troy  [ fr ], where she drew Voyage aux Ombres,, [7] a one-shot scripted by Christophe Arleston and Audrey Alwett  [ fr ], published in May 2011.

She collaborated with Hubert, who wrote for her the script of Monsieur Désire? published in 2016, [8] [9] with which the authors won 2017 Prix Diagonale  [ fr ] for best album. [10]

Awards and honours

Selected works

Series

One-shots and diptychs

Participation in collective works

References

  1. "Virginie Augustin Original Art For Sale". ComicArtTracker. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. "Virginie Augustin". Comic Vine. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. Boileau, Laurent (22 November 2005). "Les beaux dessins de Francis Cabrel - Collectif - Delcourt". ActuaBD (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. L.B. (14 September 2007). "Polnareff en BD - ActuaBD". www.actuabd.com (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. Boileau, Laurent (30 May 2008). "Premières fois - par Sibylline et 10 auteurs - Delcourt". ActuaBD (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. Cassel, Benoit (26 April 2008). "Premières fois chez Delcourt" (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. "Légendes de Troy: voyage aux ombres - Christophe Arleston, Virginie Augustin, Audrey Alwett - Soleil - Grand format - Librairie Martelle AMIENS". librairiemartelle.com (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  8. Jarno, Stéphane, "Monsieur désire ? Hubert et Virginie Augustin", Télérama , 24 September 2016 (in French)
  9. Biernat, Tahani (8 October 2016). "Monsieur désire? - Par Hubert et Virginie Augustin - (...)". ActuaBD (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  10. 1 2 Schraûwen, Jacques (6 May 2017). "BD: Prix Diagonale-Le Soir à Louvain-La-Neuve et tout un week-end d'animation". RTBF Culture (in French). Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  11. "Les cinq finalists 2017". www.acbd.fr (in French). Association des critiques et journalistes de bande dessinée | ACBD.fr. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  12. "GCD:: Received Award:: Avenir (Future)". www.comics.org (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.