Louis Paradis
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Louis Paradis is a Canadian
comics artist
, writer
and illustrator
from Montmagny
in Québec
, Canada.
He is considered as a master in the realism comics field in Québec.
After he obtained his Degree in graphic design from CEGEP of Rivière-du-Loup, he learned the craft of comic book especially by observing the work of artists like John Buscema
, Harold Foster
, Burne Hogarth
, Jean Giraud
dit Moebius
, Jack Kirby
, Barry Windsor-Smith
, and also André Juillard
.
He made a few illustrations for the Québec science fiction magazine Solaris in the early 1980s.
In 1984, Louis Paradis wins first prize in the Comic art Contest « Les Grands Voiliers », jointly organized by the daily newspaper Le Soleil and the Salon international du livre de Québec (International Book Fair of Quebec). He participated in the exhibition Et Vlan ! On s'expose... 15 ans de bande dessinée dans la région de Québec (Wham! We exhibit ... 15 years of comics in the Quebec City region) organized by the Société des Créateur(trice)s et Ami(e)s de la Bande Dessinée (a.k.a. ScaBD) (Society of Designers and Friends of the Comic Art) in 1985.
Later, Louis Paradis participated in the creation of the magazine Sextant, Québécois Comics periodical publication launched with the help of graphic design students in 1986. This does not prevent him from also contribute to the Québec comics magazine, Bambou.
He organized a major event, Le printemps de la bande dessinée (The Spring of the comic art) which takes place over several weeks at the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent in Rivière-du-loup in 1987.
On scripts from Anne Sigier, he produced comic albums in color on the theme of Christianity.
He participated in the adventure of Zine Zag comics magazine in 1998. Louis Paradis then joined the group Grafik Sismik in the late 1990s.
Periodical publications
Magazines
Canada
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comics artist
Comics artist
A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
, writer
Writer
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and illustrator
Illustrator
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from Montmagny
Montmagny
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in Québec
Quebec
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, Canada.
He is considered as a master in the realism comics field in Québec.
Biography
Very young at the age of 15, Louis Paradis published his first comic book in 1974.After he obtained his Degree in graphic design from CEGEP of Rivière-du-Loup, he learned the craft of comic book especially by observing the work of artists like John Buscema
John Buscema
John Buscema, born Giovanni Natale Buscema , was an American comic-book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate...
, Harold Foster
Harold Foster
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, Burne Hogarth
Burne Hogarth
Burne Hogarth was an American cartoonist, illustrator, educator, author and theoretician, best known for his pioneering work on the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and his series of anatomy books.-Biography:...
, Jean Giraud
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings, for instance the...
dit Moebius
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings, for instance the...
, Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....
, Barry Windsor-Smith
Barry Windsor-Smith
Barry Windsor-Smith, born Barry Smith is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has been produced in the United States....
, and also André Juillard
André Juillard
André Juillard is a French comic book creator.-Biography:Born in Paris, Juillard is one of the most prolific artists of historical comics in France. His career began in 1974...
.
He made a few illustrations for the Québec science fiction magazine Solaris in the early 1980s.
In 1984, Louis Paradis wins first prize in the Comic art Contest « Les Grands Voiliers », jointly organized by the daily newspaper Le Soleil and the Salon international du livre de Québec (International Book Fair of Quebec). He participated in the exhibition Et Vlan ! On s'expose... 15 ans de bande dessinée dans la région de Québec (Wham! We exhibit ... 15 years of comics in the Quebec City region) organized by the Société des Créateur(trice)s et Ami(e)s de la Bande Dessinée (a.k.a. ScaBD) (Society of Designers and Friends of the Comic Art) in 1985.
Later, Louis Paradis participated in the creation of the magazine Sextant, Québécois Comics periodical publication launched with the help of graphic design students in 1986. This does not prevent him from also contribute to the Québec comics magazine, Bambou.
He organized a major event, Le printemps de la bande dessinée (The Spring of the comic art) which takes place over several weeks at the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent in Rivière-du-loup in 1987.
On scripts from Anne Sigier, he produced comic albums in color on the theme of Christianity.
He participated in the adventure of Zine Zag comics magazine in 1998. Louis Paradis then joined the group Grafik Sismik in the late 1990s.
Comic art
Albums- La Rage de L'Eau-de-vie, 1974, Montmagny ;
- Abraham et Moïse, 1993, as penciller and inker (script from Anne Sigier), éditions Anne Sigier, Québec city ;
- Les premiers Chrétiens, 1998, as penciller and inker (script from Anne Sigier), éditions Anne Sigier, Québec city.
Periodical publications
Magazines
- Titanic, Québec's comics magazine, 1984 ;
- Sextant, Québec's science-fiction comics magazine, 1986–1989 ;
- Bambou, lQuébec's comics magazine, 1987–1988 ;
- Jet, comics European magazine, Éditions du Lombard, 1989 ;
- Zine zag, 100 % comics in Québec, 1998.
Group exhibitions
- 1985 : Vlam ! We ehibit ourselves... 15 years of Comic Art in the Québec city's region, Art Gallery La Passerelle, Sainte-Foy and I st International Salon of the Comic Art Montréal and Science fiction and Fantastic Congress Boréal VII ;
- 1987 : The Spring of the Comic Art, Museum of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-loup ;
- 1999 : Week of the Québec Comic Art, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) ;
- 2000 : Grafik Sismik, Bar Le Scanner, Québec city ;
- 2001 : The Conquest of Space, Québec Fantasy Video and Film Festival Vitesse Lumière IV, Québec city ;
- 2001 : Scientifiktion, Bar Le Scanner, Québec city ;
- 2009 : The 50 Years of Astérix and Obélix : a tribute, XXII nd Festival of the francophone comic art, Québec city.
Awards
- 1984 : Grand prix (all categories), Comic art Contest « Les Grands Voiliers » (2000 participants), Salon international du Livre de Québec (Québec Annual International Book Show), for the story published in the magazine Titanic (issue number 8, May 1984) and in the daily newspaper Le Soleil;
- 1984 : Prix Solaris in the comic art category, fifth distinction for the story L'Incident (unpublished).