Tony Valente

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox comics creator Tony Valente Pereira (born October 11, 1984) is a French comic artist. After being inspired by works of various other comic artists, Valente began illustrating The Four Princes of Ganahan in 2004. Following its completion, he worked with Didier Tarquin on S.P.E.E.D. Angels. After it ended in 2013, Valente began working on Radiant, which has received critical acclaim and an anime adaptation in 2018.

Biography

Tony Valente was born in Toulouse on October 11, 1984. Valente's family and friends were immigrants; his father came from Portugal, which was under dictatorship at the time his grandfather left. As of 2023, Valente has resided in Montreal since 2010.

As a teenager, Valente was a fan of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, as well as various works by Didier Tarquin. This inspired him to pursue a career in comic creation, which he began in 2004 with illustrations for Template:Ill. One year after its completion, Valente launched his first solo project, Hana Attori. After its completion, he did illustrations for Didier Tarquin's Template:Ill.

Following its completion, Valente began working on Radiant and eventually released its first volume in 2013. It performed very well commercially, especially in Japan. In 2015, thanks to help from manga artists Yusuke Murata and Hiro Mashima, Radiant became the first manfra to be published in the country. In October 2018, the series received an anime adaptation produced by Lerche. The series has also been acclaimed by critics, and received the Template:Ill/J'aime lire comic award in 2015. It also received the Daruma for Best international manga at Japan Expo 2016.

Works

• Template:Ill (2004–2007, story by Template:Ill)
• Hana Attori (2008–2010)
• Template:Ill (2012–2013, story by Didier Tarquin)
• Radiant (2013–present)

External links

• Template:Official website Template:In lang
• Template:ANN