Florence Cestac (born 18 July 1949)[1] is a French cartoonist and former publisher. She is the first woman to have won the prestigious Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême,[2] in 2000, and was the only one until Rumiko Takahashi in 2019.
Career
Born in Pont-Audemer, Cestac initially worked as an illustrator. In 1972, she took over the bookstore "Futuropolis" with her husband Template:Ill, and transformed it into the comics publisher Template:Ill.
She created the humorous detective stories of Template:Ill for the comics magazines L'Écho des savanes, Charlie Mensuel, Pilote and Template:Ill. After Futuropolis was bought by Gallimard in 1994, she created the series Template:Ill for Le Journal de Mickey, working with Template:Ill.
Her series Cestac pour les grands, aimed at an adult audience, brought her popular success and recognition. One album, Template:Ill (1996), was adapted for the stage and as the 2005 film The Demon Stirs.
Awards
- 1989: Alph-Art humour, festival d'Angoulême, for Harry Mickson vol. 5
- 1997: Alph-Art humour for Le Démon de midi
- 2000: Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
- 2014: Grand Prix Saint-Michel
Books
- Template:Ill (1979-1988)
- Template:Ill (1994-2002) with Template:Ill
- Template:Ill (1996)
- Template:Ill (2005)
- Template:Ill (2013)
- Template:Ill (2006-2010)
- Template:Ill (2007)
- Template:Ill (2009) written by Jean Teulé. Biographical graphic novel about the comics artist Charlie Schlingo
- Template:Ill (2011) written by Tonino Benacquista
- Template:Ill (2015) written by Daniel Pennac
- Template:Ill (2021)
References
- Jean-Pierre Mercier, Les Pieds de nez de Florence Cestac, Angoulême, Musée de la bande dessinée, 2001.
External links
- ↑ La galerie des illustres, interview in Spirou no. 3665
- ↑ Template:Cite news