Marguerite Sauvage

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Marguerite Sauvage
Born
Paris
NationalityFrench
Alma materFrench Press Institute,
Paris 8 University
Known forillustrator, scriptwriter

Marguerite Sauvage is a French illustrator and scriptwriter. She has provided illustrations in press, publishing and advertising ( Society of Illustrators 49th, American Illustration 26, American Illustration 28).

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She is also a comic book artist and has worked on titles including Faith and Bombshells. She was nominated for both the Eisner Award and Joe Shuster Award in 2017, the GLAAD Media Award also in 2017 and the Russ Manning Award in 2016.

Biography

Sauvage was born in Paris and grew up in Seine-et-Marne. She holds a Master's degree in Information and Communication from the Institut Français de Presse at Paris 2 University and a DESS in Hypermedia and Electronic Publishing from Paris 8 University. Sauvage moved to live in Montreal, Canada, in 2014, after having lived in both Paris and Sydney, Australia.

Career

Illustration

After she graduated from university Sauvage decided to become an illustrator and was represented by Michel Lagarde at Agent 002 agency and then Virginie Challamel at Virginie agency. Her illustrations appeared in titles such as ELLE, Glamour Flaunt and Cosmopolitan. She has also worked in advertising for brands such as Longchamp, St Dupont, Swarovski, ING and Old Navy. Since 2003 she has worked internationally and has worked in Japan, Korea, America and Europe. Sauvage's work has been listed in books on the contemporary arts such as ILLUSTRATION NOW! by Tashen, The Big Book of Fashion Illustration by Tashen or ILLUSIVE 1 and ILLUSIVE 3 by Die Gestalten Verlag  [ de ].

Sauvage created the poster for the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Scars". [1]

Animation and video game work

In 2008, Sauvage created the TV series Cultural Quest with Mister Otter (Les Aventures Culturelles de Monsieur Loutre), of which she was the art and story author, as well as art director and scriptwriter of some episodes. The series has been broadcast by the national France 3 TV channel after a year of production at La Station Animation. The show is available online in other languages including English through Da Vinci Kids. [2]

Sauvage has worked for both the animation and video games industries, including for (FoxKids, Ubisoft) as a characters and backgrounds designer and as a scriptwriter on Vicky the Viking.

Blogs and comic books

In 2008 Sauvage launched a blog and webcomic called Les Madeleines de Mady (Mady's Madeleines) under the pseudonym of Mady or Madeleine Martin. The blog used a more cartoony and sleek style and was quickly published by Delcourt in two albums. [3] Mady has also illustrated for Fluide Glacial the two comic books of Et toi quand est-ce-que tu t'y mets ? with Véronique Cazot on the script and Alice and Valentine with Pa Ming Chiu at Jungle Editions.

In 2014 Sauvage has been noticed by the world of American comic books. [4] She was contacted to make the covers of Hinterkind published by Vertigo Comics, then to illustrate ten pages on Wonder Woman as a rockstar for Sensation Comics ft Wonder Woman at DC Comics. [5] She has been working as a cover and sequential artist on many titles including Ms.Marvel, Hawkeye, Archie Comics and Red Sonja . She participated in the launching of two major series dedicated to positive representation, Faith with Valiant Comics and Bombshells with DC Comics. [6] [7] She has also been writing for comics ( Adventure Time Lost in Space, Faith Winter Wonderland [8] ...).

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Scriptwriter

Cover artist

Penciler, inker, colorist

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  2. ↑ "Culture Quest with Mr. Otter - Da Vinci Kids". Da Vinci Kids. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Les Madeleines de Mady Series by Madeleine Martin". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  4. ↑ "Hire This Woman: Artist Marguerite Sauvage". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  5. ↑ "Wonder Woman And The Changing Face Of Comic Book Fashion". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  6. ↑ Tongco, Tricia (2016-02-18). "Meet Faith, The Body-Positive Superhero Of Our Dreams". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  7. ↑ Barksdale, Aaron (2015-08-20). "DC Comics' 'Bombshells' Is A Blast From The Past But With Queer Characters". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  8. ↑ Faith's Winter Wonderland Special - Comics de comiXology: Web.
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