Nancy Peña (comics writer)
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| Nancy Peña | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 August 1979 Toulouse, France |
| Area | Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Le Chat du kimono |
| http://nancipena.free.fr/ | |
Nancy Peña (born 13 August 1979, Toulouse) is a French bande dessinée (BD) comics author and children's literature illustrator.
Originally from Toulouse, she studied drawing there, notably with Catherine Escudié.[1] She attended the École normale supérieure de Cachan where she obtained an Agrégation in applied arts in 2003. She taught for a few years before devoting herself solely to drawing. Her influences come from different arts, including Will Eisner[2] in comics or Rembrandt or Calot[3] in engraving.
Based in Besançon since 2004, she is the author of several comic series, including Le Chat du kimono at the publisher, La Boîte à bulles, distinguished as a selection at the 2010 Angoulême International Comics Festival.[4]
With Blandine Le Callet as writer, Peña illustrated a graphic novel retelling of the mythological character of Medea.[5][6] The 4-volume series met with critical success[7][8][9][10] notably cited as one of the 100 BD of the century at the 2020 Angoulême International Comics Festival.[11] The series was collected in complete form in 2021.[12] An English version of Medea was published by Dark Horse Comics in 2024.[13]
Peña is also the author of a series "Madame", broadcast mornings on the website of the newspaper Le Monde[14] and published by its historic publisher La Boite à bulles, with a fourth volume released in the summer of 2022.[15]
Among the numerous children's publications illustrated by Peña, Les Guerriers de glace (Nathan, 2019) by Estelle Faye received the Prix Imaginales at the 2019 Epinal book festival.[16]
Awards and honours
- 2008 : Midi-Pyrénées high school comic strip prize: script prize for Le Chat du kimono
- 2019 : Prix Imaginales (Imaginales Children's Book Prize) at the 2019 Epinal Book Festival for Les Guerriers de Glace
Selected works
Bande-dessinée
- Le Cabinet chinois, La boîte à bulles, coll. « Contre-jour », 2003[17]
- La Guilde de la mer, La boîte à bulles, coll. « Clef des Champs »
- Au point de devant, with Gally and Jean-Marie Jourdane (colorist), 2006
- Au point d'entre-deux, with Maëla Cosson (colorist), 2007
- Mamohtobo (scénario), with Gabriel Schemoul (drawing and colorist), Éditions Gallimard, coll. « Bayou », 2009
- Nancy Peña, art-book, Éditions Charrette, coll. « 12 x 16 », 2011
- Les Nouvelles aventures du chat botté, "6 pieds sous terre", coll. « Lépidoptère »
- La montagne en marche, 2006
- Le Basilic, 2007
- Mortefauche, 2012
- Intégrale, 2015
- Le Chat du kimono, La boîte à bulles, coll. « Contre-jour »
- Le Chat du kimono, 2007, new edition, June 2020 [18][19]
- Tea Party, with Drac (Pascale Wallet) (colorist), 2008
- It is not a piece of cake, 2011
- Les Carnets du kimono - recueil de dessins, 2011
- Médée, with Blandine Le Callet (scriptwriter), Casterman
- L'Ombre d'Hécate, 2013
- Le Couteau dans la plaie, 2015
- L'épouse barbare, 2016
- La Chair et le Sang, 2019
- Intégrale, 2021
- Madame, La boîte à bulles
- L'Année du chat, 2015
- Un temps de chien, 2016
- Grand Reporter, 2018
- Bébé à bord, 2022
Children's literature (illustrator)
- Jimbal des îles, by Klaus Kordon, Bayard Jeunesse, coll. « Estampillette », 2009
- The And, by Angil (Mickaël Mottet), We are unique records, booklet made with Guillaume Long, 2010.
- La princesse Cornélia veut aller à l'école, by Nathalie Dargent, Milan Jeunesse, coll. « Albums Milan », 2010
- Un cirque dans une petite boîte, by Dina Sabitova, Bayard Jeunesse, coll. « Estampillette », 2010
- Le Bestiaire de l'Olympe by Anne Jonas, éditions Milan, 2011
- Quelle épique époque opaque ! by Anne Pouget, Casterman, 2013[20]
- Wilma Tenderfoot by Emma Kennedy, four volumes, éditions Casterman, 2012–14
- Les Saisons du Japon, zen and haiku coloring pages, Éditions Issekinicho, 2015
- Oh Pénélope by Moka, eight volumes, éditions Playbac, 2015–19
- La barbe de mer, éditions Scutella, 2017
- Les Guerriers de glace, éditions Nathan, with Estelle Faye, 2017
Participant
- Tribute to Popeye, Éditions Charrette, coll. « 12 x 16 », 2010
- Axolot, vol. 1, script by Patrick Baud, segment Le faiseur de chimères et le vrai Frankenstein with Yannick Lejeune,[Delcourt, 2014[21]