Yves Bigerel

Yves "Balak" Bigerel is a French comics artist and animator. He is mostly known in France for the comic book series Lastman.[1] In 2009, Balak invented a new digital comics narrative technique which he called "turbomedia"; his work was noticed by Marvel editor Joe Quesada, who recruited him to help establish the Marvel digital imprint "Infinite Comics".[2]

Yves Bigerel
Bigerel in 2017
Born
Harfleur, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationComics creator, artist, animator

Biography

Bigerel initially studied philosophy, before completing a three-year course at Gobelins Cinéma Department of Animation in 2006. With Bastien Vivès and Michaël Sanlaville , he created in 2013 the French manga Lastman. The series won the 2015 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prix de la Série,[3] and an animated adaptation has appeared on France 4.

He was present at the Bataclan during the November 2015 Paris attacks, but survived unharmed.[4]

References
  1. Balak. Casterman. Retrieved on 2020-05-13.
  2. Portrait de Balak, parrain de We Do BD 2015 (Part 2 on 3). festival-blogs-bd.com (September 2019)
  3. Alverson, Brigid (February 1, 2015). "Angouleme prize winners announced". Comic Book Resources. Valnet. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  4. @YvesBalak (13 November 2015). "I was at the Bataclan tonight, but with a lot of luck me and my friend are OK. Stay safe" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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