Ludovic Debeurme is a French comic artist who has gained popularity in the US by his release of the English language comic, 'Lucille

Lucille (comic)

Lucille is also the guitar played by Ryusuke, a main character from the manga/anime series Beck. It is a Gibson Les Paul with bullet holes in the body. Lucille, and its history, are based heavily on that of B. B. King's guitar of the same name. B. B. King was playing at a juke joint in the 1950s...

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Debeurme is a French graphic novel

Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

ist and illustrator

Illustrator

An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...

 who was born in 1971. After studying fine art at the Sorbonne

Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...

, he was first published in the anthology Comix 2000

Comix 2000

Comix 2000 is an international one-shot independent comic book published by L'Association in November 1999 and distributed in the United States by Fantagraphics Books....

, followed by the acclaimed graphic novels Céfalus (2002) and Mes ailes d’homme (2003), the autobiographical story collection Ludologie (2003), and youth-oriented illustrated editions of the classics Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2001), The Chancellor (2004), and Gargantua (2004).

His breakthrough came in 2006 with the release of Lucille, which won the René Goscinny Prize

René Goscinny

René Goscinny was a French comics editor and writer, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris and Iznogoud with Jean Tabary.-Early life:Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to a family...

 and was named one of the 5 “Essential” graphic novels of the Angoulême International Comics Festival

Angoulême International Comics Festival

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. He followed that success with Le grand autre (2007), Le lac aux Vélies (2009), and Terra maxima (2010). The year 2011 sees his English-language debut with Lucille from Top Shelf, as well as the French release of Lucille’s sequel, Renée.

He continues to write, draw, and play guitar

Guitar

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 in Paris

Paris

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Books

• A story in Comix 2000 , The Association , 1999
• Céfalus , Cornelius , et al. "Peter", 2002
• Ludology , Cornelius, et al. "Peter", 2003
• My wing man , Éditions de l'An 2 , 2003
• Two pages is important is to participate , Cornelius, et al. "Raoul", 2005
• Lucille , Futuropolis , 2006. René Goscinny Prize in 2006, Essential of Angoulême Festival in 2007 .
• The other big , Cornelius, 2007. Appointed Essentials Angoulême Festival in 2008 .
• A story in good manners, etiquette of the Treaty on occasion chosen , Actes Sud -The Year 2, 2008
• The lake vélies (with texts Nosfell ) Futuropolis, 2009.
• Terra Maxima , Cornelius, 2010.
• Renee , Futuropolis, 2011.