Ego comme X
Encyclopedia
Ego comme x is the name of a French comics
publishing house created in Angoulême
in 1994.
Creators : Xavier Mussat, Loïc Néhou (director), Fabrice Neaud
.
Authors:
Comics : Nine Antico, Aristophane, Matthieu Blanchin, Frédéric Boilet
, Jeffrey Brown
, Pierre Druilhe, Gabriel Dumoulin, Kazuichi Hanawa, Simon Hureau, Grégory Jarry, Olivier Josso, James Kochalka
, Pauline Martin, Pierre Maurel, Lucas Méthé, Xavier Mussat, Freddy Nadolny Poustochkine, Fabrice Neaud
, Loïc Néhou, Benoît Peeters
, Joe G. Pinelli, Frédéric Poincelet, John Porcellino
, Vincent Sardon, Mickaël Sterckeman, Karl Stevens
, Jean Teulé
, Yoshiharu Tsuge
, Vincent Vanoli.
Litterature : Virginie Cady, Vincent Ravalec, Fabienne Swiatly, Lionel Tran, Amoreena Winkler.
Ego comme x became famous thanks to the publication of JOURNAL by Fabrice Neaud, which had an important part in the French artistic comics movement of the 1990s. They now have more than 60 books in their catalogue. They are mostly interested in introspection and autobiographies.
They published English-speaking authors for a few years, like Jeffrey Brown, James Kochalka, Karl Stevens and John Porcellino. They also published "the man without quality", the famous book from Japanese author Yoshiharu Tsuge, only available in Japanese and in French.
In 2006, Ego comme x started to publish literature.
In 2011, they started a collection of books printed on demand.
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
publishing house created in Angoulême
Angoulême
-Main sights:In place of its ancient fortifications, Angoulême is encircled by boulevards above the old city walls, known as the Remparts, from which fine views may be obtained in all directions. Within the town the streets are often narrow. Apart from the cathedral and the hôtel de ville, the...
in 1994.
Company history
Ego comme x started by publishing a magazine in 1993 created by a few authors and after a few years started to publish other works.Creators : Xavier Mussat, Loïc Néhou (director), Fabrice Neaud
Fabrice Neaud
Fabrice Neaud is a French comics artist. He got his baccalaureate in literature in 1986. He studied philosophy during two years. Then he entered an art school and studied there four years. In 1991 he quit the school...
.
Authors:
Comics : Nine Antico, Aristophane, Matthieu Blanchin, Frédéric Boilet
Frédéric Boilet
Frédéric Boilet is a French cartoonist and a manga artist.-Biography:Frédéric Boilet's debut in comic art was in 1983 with La Nuit des Archées....
, Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown is a comic book writer and artist born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.-Biography:After growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 25-year-old Jeffrey Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 to pursue an MFA at the School of the Art Institute. By the time he finished his studies, he had abandoned...
, Pierre Druilhe, Gabriel Dumoulin, Kazuichi Hanawa, Simon Hureau, Grégory Jarry, Olivier Josso, James Kochalka
James Kochalka
James Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal...
, Pauline Martin, Pierre Maurel, Lucas Méthé, Xavier Mussat, Freddy Nadolny Poustochkine, Fabrice Neaud
Fabrice Neaud
Fabrice Neaud is a French comics artist. He got his baccalaureate in literature in 1986. He studied philosophy during two years. Then he entered an art school and studied there four years. In 1991 he quit the school...
, Loïc Néhou, Benoît Peeters
Benoît Peeters
Benoît Peeters is a comics writer, novelist, and critic. He has lived in Belgium since 1978.His best-known work is Les Cités Obscures, an imaginary world which mingles a Borgesian metaphysical surrealism with the detailed architectural vistas of the series' artist, François Schuiten...
, Joe G. Pinelli, Frédéric Poincelet, John Porcellino
John Porcellino
John Porcellino is a popular creator of minicomics. Porcellino's self-published, photocopied, mostly autobiographical series King-Cat Comics is among the best-known and longest-running minicomics produced today, begun when Porcellino was a teenager and still going strong.Porcellino's work consists...
, Vincent Sardon, Mickaël Sterckeman, Karl Stevens
Karl Stevens
Karl Stevens is a graphic novelist and painter. His first book, Guilty, was published in 2004 with a grant from the Xeric Foundation. He is also the author of Whatever and The Lodger...
, Jean Teulé
Jean Teulé
Jean Teulé is a French novelist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He is the partner of the actress Miou-Miou.- Works :Books* Bloody Mary, plot by Jean Vautrin, Glénat, 1984* Filles de nuit, Glénat, 1985...
, Yoshiharu Tsuge
Yoshiharu Tsuge
is a Japanese manga artist and essayist. He was active in comics between 1954 and 1987. The content of his works range from tales of ordinary life to dream-like surrealism, and often show his interest in traveling about Japan...
, Vincent Vanoli.
Litterature : Virginie Cady, Vincent Ravalec, Fabienne Swiatly, Lionel Tran, Amoreena Winkler.
Ego comme x became famous thanks to the publication of JOURNAL by Fabrice Neaud, which had an important part in the French artistic comics movement of the 1990s. They now have more than 60 books in their catalogue. They are mostly interested in introspection and autobiographies.
They published English-speaking authors for a few years, like Jeffrey Brown, James Kochalka, Karl Stevens and John Porcellino. They also published "the man without quality", the famous book from Japanese author Yoshiharu Tsuge, only available in Japanese and in French.
In 2006, Ego comme x started to publish literature.
In 2011, they started a collection of books printed on demand.