Sandrine Revel (born 3 October 1969) is a French bande dessinée illustrator and author of comics.
Biography
Born in Langon, Gironde, 3 October 1969, Sandrine Revel spent three years at the and graduated.
In 1996, she published her first album, Jouvence La Bordelaise, based on a script by Frédéric Bouchet and, at the same time, she drew for Sud Ouest Dimanche and Milan Presse.
In 1999, based on a script by , Revel drew the children's comic strip, . The album earned her the Prix jeune espoir at in 2000, and, in 2001, the second volume, , won the Prix Alph-Art jeunesse at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
The following year, she published , a testimony of the September 11 attacks in 2001. She joined forces with , who wrote the script for her for , published in 2009. The following year, she wrote a series, (Resurgences, Women on the Way to Resocialization) as well as , a parodic story. Based on a script by Marzena Sowa, Revel drew , published in 2012, about Poland in the Stalin era.
Inspired by the performance of , Revel designed in 2013 , on a script by Murielle Magellan. In 2015, Revel illustrated the children's book written by , and published by . The book evokes female homosexuality and LGBT parenting through June's "two moms". The same year, a biography on Glenn Gould was published, , which Revel wrote and illustrated. This work earned her the in 2016.
In 2018, she wrote and drew Pygmalion. Three years later, she delivered a biography of Tom Thomson, . In 2020, on a script by , Revel drew .
In 2022, together with Théa Rojzman, Revel won the high school prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for the graphic novel , on the theme of sexual violence against children.
Selected works
Albums
- Jouvence La Bordelaise, script by Frédéric Bouchet, Atlantic Productions, 1996
- Les folles aventures d'Ulysse et Umour ou Les joies du camping-car, text by Maïthé Parrot, 1995
- Bla Bla Bla !, , 1998
- Le 11e jour, Delcourt, 2002
- Intérieur Jazz, Tourism and Convention Bureau, Antibes, 2003
- Monsieur Régis, script by Claude Bourgeyx, , 2009
- Résurgences â Femmes en voie de resociabilisation, , 2010
- Sorcellerie et dépendances, Dupuis, 2010
- N'embrassez pas qui vous voulez, script by Marzena Sowa, Dupuis, 2013
- La Lesbienne invisible, script by Murielle Magellan, based on the show by Océanerosemarie, Delcourt, 2013
- Glenn Gould, une vie ÃÂ contretemps, Dargaud, 2015
- Pygmalion, freely inspired by the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, BD in partnership with France Musique, 2018
- Tom Thomson, esquisses d'un printemps, Dargaud, 2019
- Chroniques de San Francisco, script by Isabelle Bauthian, , 2020
- Grand silence, script by Théa Rojzman, Glénat Editions 2021
Children's albums
- Series Un drôle d'ange gardien, script by , Delcourt
- # Un drôle d'ange gardien, 1998
- # Un zoo ÃÂ New York, 1999
- # Diablo et Juliette, 2000
- # Des vacances d'enfer, 2001
- # Le voleur d'étoiles, 2001
- # Le démon chinois, 2004
- # Le Nuage-Danse, 2008
- Le jardin autre monde, script by Denis-Pierre Filippi, Delcourt, 2006
- Les Petits chats carrés : Petitchat et la lune, with Myriam Revel, Carabas jeunesse 2007
- Un amour de pou, text by Gudule, Glénat, 2007
- Le voyage de June, written by Sophie Kovess-Brun, Des ronds dans l'O, 2015
Awards and distinctions
- 2001: Alph-Art Youth Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for the album Un drôle d'ange gardien, volume 2: Un zoo àNew York, written by Denis-Pierre Filippi, illustrated by Revel
- 2016: Prix Artémisia for Glenn Gould, une vie àcontretemps
- 2022: Prix des lycées at the Angoulême International Comics Festival with Théa Rojzman (script) for Grand silence
- 2022: Special Mention Prize, for Grand Silence
- 2022: -LCP for Grand Silence
References