Blexbolex


Blexbolex is a French comics artist and illustrator. Born Bernard Granger in Douai, he studied screen printing at the School of Fine Arts in Angoulême. His first works were self-published, and later he contributed to Popo Color, Fusée, and Ferraille. His highly stylized, ligne claire illustration, inspired by the films of Jacques Tati and whodunits of the 1950s and 1960s, gradually gained an audience. In Germany, he directed an art studio at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee and he also worked regularly with a number of editors, including Thierry Magnier, Pipifax, United Dead Artists, Les Requins-Marteaux, and Cornélius. Blexbolex has contributed to the American publication The Ganzfeld.
In 2009, he received a prize for "Best Book Design of the World" for his L'Imagier des gens at the Book Fair of Leipzig.

Works

Children's books

  • Les Souvenirs d'Elmir Grömek et de son chien Pikü : Rogaton Man / written by Frau Mental. Éditions du Seuil jeunesse 2001
  • L'Affaire Noël/ written by Gérard Moncomble. Nathan jeunesse, 2003.
  • Bim de la jungle. Thierry Magnier, 2004.
  • Petites et Grandes Fables de Sophios/ Michel Piquemal. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2004.
  • Les Petites Malices de Nasreddine / written by Jihad Darwiche. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2005.
  • La Longue-vue. Thierry Magnier, 2005..
  • De vert de rage à rose bonbon : toutes les couleurs de notre langue / Annie Mollard-Desfour, Bénédicte Rivière; illustrations de Blexbolex. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2006.
  • L'Oncle américain d'Achille Pellison / Didier Lévy; illustrations by Blexbolex. Oskar jeunesse, 2006.
  • Peindre. Thierry Magnier, 2006.
  • Mon ami triangle. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2007..
  • Mon ami rond. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2007..
  • L'Imagier des gens. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2008.
  • Saisons. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2009.
  • Seasons. Gecko Press, 2010
  • People. Gecko Press, 2011
  • Romance. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2013.
  • Nos vacances. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2017. English translation: Vacation. Enchanted Lion Books, 2018.
  • The Holidays. Gecko Press, 2018

    Graphic novels

  • Bad boy boogie. Paris : Vermine, 2000.
  • L'Enclos. Cornélius, 2001.
  • Dats Fun. Éditions Le 9 Monde, 2006.
  • L'Œil privé. Albi : les Requins-marteaux, 2006.
  • Destination Abecederia. Les Requins Marteaux, 2008.
  • Crime chien. Pipfax, 2008
  • La Fêlure. Ouvroir Humoir, 2009, 24 pl.
  • "No Man's Land" Nobrow Press 2012

    Other

  • "I Know How To Cook" by Ginette Mathiot, designed English language edition, Phaidon Press, 2009