Fabien Vehlmann

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name = Fabien Vehlmann

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Fabien Vehlmann (born 15 January 1972) is a French comics writer best known for "Green Manor" and "Seuls". Yvan Delporte dubbed him "The René Goscinny of the third millennium".cite web |url=http://www.actuabd.com/spip.php?article3497 |title=Vehlmann & Meyer |accessdate=2008-09-25 |last=Anspach |first=Nicolas |date=2006-03-25 |work=ActuaBD |language=French]

Biography

Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in Mont-de-Marsan,cite web |url=http://www.auracan.com/Interviews/Vehlmann/Vehlmann1.html |title=Interview: entretien avec Fabien Vehlmann |accessdate=2008-09-25 |author=Illies Dzanouni |year=2002 |month=January |work=Auracan |language=French] grew up in the Landes and the Savoie. He studied in Nantes. He started writing comics in 1996, but only got to work for "Spirou" the next year, where he provided very short stories for the weekly summary of the magazine. Soon, some storise of a few pages followed, with artwork by a number of different artists, including Eric Maltaite and René Follet. His first recurring series was "Green Manor" with Denis Bodart. With Bruno Gazzotti he created "Seuls". Vehlmann also wrote one adventure of "Spirou et Fantasio" with art by Yoann.

Bibliography

Awards

* 2002: Iris award at the Prix Saint-Michel for "Le Marquis d'Anaon" [http://cfbelgium.free.fr/festival2002.php#vainqueurs Official site 2002] ]
* 2002: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Scenario for "Green Manor"
* 2002: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for First Comic Book for "Samedi et Dimanche"
* 2005: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Scenario for "Le Marquis d'Anaon"
* 2006: nominated for Best comic (French language) at the Prix Saint-Michel for "Seuls" [ [http://cfbelgium.free.fr/festival_2006/prixstmichel/SAINT%20MICHEL%20nomine.pdf Official site 2006 nominations] ]
* 2007: Prix des libraires BD, awarded by Canal BD, for "Les cinq conteurs de Bagdad" [cite web |url=http://www.canalbd.net/index.php?s=prix |title=Prix des libraires BD |accessdate=2008-09-25 |work=CanalBD |language=French]

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External links

* [http://www.dupuis.com/servlet/jpecat?pgm=VIEW_AUTHOR&lang=FR&AUTEUR_ID=147 Biography] at Dupuis
* [http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/fabien-vehlmann-17196.php Biographie] at Evene.fr