Joann Sfar

Joann Sfar (pronounced /ʒoan sfaʁ/), born on August 28, 1971 in France as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father), is one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries. Image File history File links Description: Joann Sfar, comic artist Source: French Wikipedia, first uploaded by fr:user:Jean-no License: originally marked {{ArtLibre}} 2003 Jean-noël Lafargue File links The following pages link to this file: Joann Sfar ... Image File history File links Description: Joann Sfar, comic artist Source: French Wikipedia, first uploaded by fr:user:Jean-no License: originally marked {{ArtLibre}} 2003 Jean-noël Lafargue File links The following pages link to this file: Joann Sfar ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, AÅ¡kanazi,AÅ¡kanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAÅ¡kănāzî, ʾAÅ¡kănāzîm, pronounced sing. ... In the strictest sense, a Sephardi (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew Səfardi, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Səfardim, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardîm) is a Jew original to the... Tintin, one of the most famous Belgian comics Franco-Belgian comics are comics written in Belgium and France. ... LAssociation is a French publishing house which publishes comics. ... David Beauchard (born February 9, 1959), who uses the pen name David B., is a French comic book artist and writer, and one of the founders of LAssociation. ... Lewis Trondheim (born December 11, 1964; real name: Laurent Chabosy) is a prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the publisher LAssociation. ...

Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage. He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Palestine at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information. Joseph Bell, JP, DL (2 December 1837–1911) was a Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. ... Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ...

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Selective Bibliography

• Les aventures d'Ossour Hyrsidoux (1994)
• Petrus Barbygère (1996) (only artwork)
• Les Potamoks (artwork by José-Luis Munuera)
• Troll (with Jean-David Morvan, artwork by O. G. Boiscommun)
• Les dossiers du Professeur Bell
• Le petit monde du Golem (1998)
• Donjon (since 1998, with Lewis Trondheim)
• Urani (2000, with David B)
• Grand Vampire (since 2001)
• Le chat du rabbin (2002-2005) published in English as The Rabbi's Cat (ISBN 0-375-42281-1)
• Les olives noires (with Emmanuel Guibert)
• Klezmer (2006)

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Awards

• 1998: Award for First Comic Book and René Goscinny Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
• 2000: Nominated for Best Comic Book and for the Youth Award (9 to 12 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
  • Nominated for the Best Long Comic Strip at the Haxtur Awards, Spain
  • Nominated for Best International Writer at the Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany
• 2001: Nominated for Best Scenario and for the Humour Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
• 2002: Nominated for Best Artwork and the Canal BD Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
• 2003: Oecumenic Jury Award and Polish award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
  • Nominated for Best Comic Book, for the Canal BD Award, and for the Critics Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
• 2004: Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême: 30th anniversary prize, France
  • Award for Best Youth Album (7 to 8 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
  • Best International Series at the Prix Saint-Michel, Belgium
  • Nominated for Best Series at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
  • Nominated for Best International Writer at the Max & Moritz Prizes, Germany
• 2005: Nominated for Best Artwork at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
• 2006: Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material at the Eisner Awards, United States
  • Nominated for the Audience Award and for Best Series at the Angoulême International Comics Festival

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External links

• http://www.joannsfar.com
• http://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sfar.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia entry
• http://www.pastis.org/joann/
• http://www.bdparadisio.com/Intervw/sfar/intsfar.htm
• http://www.parutions.com/pages/1-16-76-2367.html