David Beauchard

David Beauchard
David B. at the Comic Salon Erlangen 2014
Born	Pierre-François Beauchard (1959-02-09)9 February 1959 Nîmes,France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	artist, writer
Notable works	l'Ascension du Haut Mal
Awards	full list

Pierre-François"David"Beauchard(French pronunciation:[davidboʃaʁ];born 9 February 1959), also known by the pen nameDavid B.,is a Frenchcomic bookartist and writer, and one of the founders ofL'Association.

Biography

After studying advertising at the Duperré School of Applied Arts inParis,Beauchard began working in comics in 1985 (Pas de samba pour capitaine Tonnerre), and wrote and illustrated stories in numerous magazines, includingOkapi,À suivre,Tintin Reporter,andChic.His distinctiveblack-and-whitestyle was influenced byGeorges PichardandJacques Tardi,among others.

In 1990, he co-founded the independent publisherL'Association,which became a major force in French small-press comics.His comics appeared in theL'Associationanthology magazineLapinand in numerous small-format books. Much of his work in the 1990s wasdream art,collected inle Cheval blêmeandles Incidents de la nuit.

From 1996 to 2003, he created the acclaimed six-volumeautobiographicalepicl'Ascension du Haut Mal(meaning, literally, "The Rise of the High Evil" but published in English asEpileptic,"haut mal" indicating what is referred to in English as agrand mal seizure).It was the first of his long works to be translated into English, and is now considered to be among the masterpieces of recentFranco-Belgian comics.The series has been repeatedly nominated for prizes at theAngoulême International Comics Festival:in 2002, the fourth volume received theAngoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenarioand in 1998 and in 2004, volumes 2 and 6 were nominated for thePrize for Best Comic Book.

Since 1997, he has also worked for publishers other thanL'Association,and has collaborated with other authors such asJoann Sfar,Christophe Blain,andEmmanuel Guibert.

In 1998, he was namedEuropean Cartoonist of the yearbyThe Comics Journal.

In 2005 Beauchard was awarded theIgnatz Awardfor Outstanding Artist.

With historical assistance byJean-Pierre Filiu,Beauchard published the 2012 graphic novelBest of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East RelationsthroughSelfMadeHero.It was translated to English by Edward Gauvin.

Bibliography

• le Timbre maudit(Bayard Presse,1986)
• les Leçons du nourrisson savant(Le Seuil,1990)
  1. les Leçons du nourrisson savant(1990)
  2. le Nourrisson savant et ses parents(1990)
• le Cheval blême(L'Association,1992)
• le Cercueil de course(L'Association, 1993)
• le Livre somnambule(Automne 67,1994)
• le Messie discretinle Retour de Dieu(Autrement,1994)
• le Nain jaune(Cornélius,1993–1994)
  1. Tome 1(1993)
  2. Tome 2(1993)
  3. Tome 3(1994)
  4. Tome 4(1994)
  5. Tome 5(1994)
• la Bombe familiale(L'Association, 1997)ISBN2-909020-78-9
• le Tengû carré(Dargaud,1997)ISBN2-205-04252-1
• les 4 Savants(Cornélius, 1996–1998)
  1. le Démon à tête d'entrailles(1996)
  2. la Circonvolution de la peur(1997)
  3. le Paradis terrestre(1998)
• L'Association en Égypte(withGolo,Edmond Baudoin,Jean-Christophe Menu) (L'Association, 1998)
• Maman a des problèmes(withAnne Baraou) (L'Association, 1999)
• Hiram Lowatt et Placido(withChristophe Blain) (Dargaud, 2000)
  1. la Révolte de Hop-Frog(2000)
  2. les Ogres(2000)
• la Ville des mauvais rêves(withJoann Sfar) (Dargaud, 2000)
  1. Urani(2000)ISBN2-205-04795-7
• le Capitaine écarlate(withEmmanuel Guibert) (Dupuis,2000)ISBN2-8001-2971-9
• la Lecture des ruines(Dupuis, 2001)
• les Incidents de la nuit(L'Association, 1999–2002)
  1. Tome 1(1999)
  2. les Traces du dieu Enn(2000)
  3. l'Embuscade(2002)
• l'Ascension du Haut Mal(Epileptic) (L'Association, 1996–2003)
  1. Tome 1(1996)ISBN2-909020-73-8
  2. Tome 2(1997)ISBN2-909020-84-3
  3. Tome 3(1998)ISBN2-84414-004-1
  4. Tome 4(1999)ISBN2-84414-020-3
  5. Tome 5(2000)ISBN2-84414-047-5
  6. Tome 6(2003)ISBN2-909020-07-X
• les Chercheurs de trésors(Dargaud, 2003–2004)
  1. l'Ombre de Dieu(2003)ISBN2-205-05363-9
  2. la Ville froide(2004)ISBN2-205-05479-1
• Babel(Coconino Press,2004)
  1. Tome 1(2004)
  2. Tome 2(2006)
• les Complots nocturnes(Futuropolis, 2005)
• Zèbre(Tartamudo, 2005)
• le Jardin armé et autres histoires(Futuropolis, 2006)
• 2 Rêves(Brüsel, 2007)
• Par les chemins noirs(Futuropolis, 2007)
• Journal d'Italie 1,Trieste-Bologne(2010)
• Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations(SelfMadeHero, 2012)

Awards

• 2000:Angoulême Festival,Prize for Scenario,forL'ascension du Haut MalTome 4
• 2005:Ignatz Award,Outstanding Artist,forEpileptic

References

• David Beauchard publications in(A SUIVRE)BDoubliées(in French)
• David Beauchardat Bedetheque(in French)

External links

• Pierre-François Beauchard - 'David B.'at the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)
• David Beauchard biographyon Lambiek Comiclopedia