Blexbolex

Blexbolex (real name Bernard Granger, born May 26, 1966 in Douai, France) is a French author and illustrator.

Life

Bernard Granger grew up in the Auvergne, his parents were both German teachers. As a child, he began to draw comics. Following his studies at the Art Academy of Angoulême, the École européenne supérieure de l'image, he worked as a printer and publisher of Éditions Cornélius in Paris. His first works printed and he moved himself Later he worked with Le Dernier Cri, a specialist on comic art and screen printing publishing from Marseille. Meanwhile Blexbolex has over forty books, including many graphic novels, written and designed, where he experimented for almost every project with new formats and styles. In 2001 he wrote his first children's book in collaboration with Jean -Luc Fromental. Blexbolex also illustrated for various newspapers and magazines including The New York Times or Le Monde. His works have been exhibited City among others in Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich and New York. With The flight to Abecederia appeared first time in 2007 one of his works in German translation. Since 2008 Blexbolex lives as a freelance author and illustrator in Germany, where he first settled in Berlin, and later moved to Leipzig. In his native France Blexbolex among the most successful emerging illustrators.

Works

• The flight to Abecederia. Books Gutenberg, Frankfurt am Main, 2007. ISBN 978-3-940111-41-8
• People. Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin, 2008. ISBN 978-3-941087-02-6
• Seasons. Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin, 2010. ISBN 978-3-941087-83-5
• No man's land. Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin, 2012. ISBN 978-3-941787-77-3
• A fairy tale. Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin, 2013. ISBN 978-3-941787-38-4

• Les Souvenirs d' Elmir Grömek et de son chien pikue. Seuil Jeunesse, 2001
• L'Affaire Noël. Text: Gérard Moncomble. Nathan Jeunesse, 2003
• Petites et Grandes Fables de Sophios. Text: Michel Piquemal. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2004
• Bim de la jungle. Thierry Magnier, 2004
• La Longue- vue. Thierry Magnier, 2005
• Les Petites Malices de Nasreddine. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2005
• Peindre. Thierry Magnier, 2006
• L' Oncle américain d' Achille Pellison. Oskar Jeunesse, 2006
• De Vert de rage à rosebonbon: toutes les couleurs de notre langue. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2006
• Mon ami rond. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2007
• Mon ami triangle. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2007
• L' imagier des gens. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2008
• Romance. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2013

• Bad boy boogie. Vermine, 2000
• L' Enclos. Cornélius, 2001
• L' oeil privé. Les Requins Marteaux, 2006
• Dats Fun. Éditions Le Monde 9, 2006
• Crime chien. Pipfax, 2008
• Destination Abecederia. Les Requins Marteaux, 2008
• La Fêlure. Ouvroir Humoir, 2009
• Hors- zone. Cornélius, 2012

Exhibitions in Germany

• Blexbolex vs. Atak (along with ATAK ) Bongoût Gallery, Berlin, July 16 bis August 20, 2009
• Images and masks ( with Stefanie Schilling ) The great gallery, Munich, September 3 to 30th October 2010

Awards

• 2009: Nomination German Youth Literature Prize for people
• 2009: The most beautiful book in the world of Book Art Foundation for People
• 2010: Illustration Prize for Children's and Youth books from the Protestant community journalism for seasons