Voro (author)


VoRo is a Canadian comic book creator.

Biography

VoRo earned a DCE in graphic design at the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. Several fanzines published him while he worked in a graphic-design workshop to finance a trip to Europe.
He left for Belgium where he spent a few months at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels to learn the basics of the cartoonist profession. However, VoRo returned to Quebec after spending a little over a year in Belgium.
He then produced an album, pre-published in the Quebec magazine, entitled La Mare au diable published by Éditions Mille-Îles, which won the, the from the and the. The album was subsequently distributed in Europe by Les 400 coups France.
Then, VoRo worked on the project Tard dans la nuit published by, which he produced in collaboration with, a French screenwriter and Jocelyne Charrance on color. The plot of the story is built around the controversy surrounding the Duplessis Orphans.
VoRo also produced L'été 63 in two volumes with on the screenplay. The first volume was released in June 2009 in Europe by Vents d'Ouest, and the second in 2012.
In 2017, VoRo was the lead illustrator on the collective historical work 1792 - À main levée, which traces the parliamentary history of Lower Canada.
In 2019, he produced the drawings for the album L'Espion de trop, which was released by Glénat Quebec, with the help of Frédéric Antoine and Kamiken. The album received a favorable reception from the media.

Publications

Albums La Mare au Diable, Les 400 Coups, 2001.Tard dans la nuit, in three volumes: La révolte, Ménage de printemps, Les orphelins as illustrator and co-writer, Vents d'OuestTard dans la nuit, Vents d'Ouest, 2010L'été 63, in two volumes as illustrator and colourist, script by Marc Bourgne, Vents d'Ouest, 2009 and 2012.Un moment d'impatience !, 2014, Les Impatients.1792 À main levée, 2017, as principal illustrator,.L'Espion de trop, 2019 as designer, Glénat Quebec.

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