Vanyda
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Vanyda is a comic creator from Lille
. She's part of the French comics new wave or La nouvelle manga
. Vanyda was a nominee in 2005 at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
in the Prize for First Comic Book
category for her first album The building opposite ('l'immeuble d'en face') which was ranked Manga of the year 2006 by the Publisher's Weekly. Vanyda graduated from the Beaux Arts in Tournai
(Belgium
).
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
. She's part of the French comics new wave or La nouvelle manga
La nouvelle manga
Nouvelle Manga is an artistic movement which gathers Franco-Belgian and Japanese comic creators together. The expression was first used by Kiyoshi Kusumi, editor of the Japanese manga magazine Comickers, in referring to the work of French expatriate Frédéric Boilet, who lived in Japan for much of...
. Vanyda was a nominee in 2005 at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
in the Prize for First Comic Book
Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book
This Prize for First Comic Book is awarded to comics authors at the Angoulême International Comics Festival between 1985 and 1988, when it was replaced by the Coup de Coeur, an award for the best comic book by authors with at most three publications...
category for her first album The building opposite ('l'immeuble d'en face') which was ranked Manga of the year 2006 by the Publisher's Weekly. Vanyda graduated from the Beaux Arts in Tournai
Tournai
Tournai is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut....
(Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
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