- Yves Ker Ambrun
Yves Ker Ambrun (YKA) is a graphic artist who has been mostly working in animation and advertisement. ("Ker Ambrun" being his whole family name. This comes from Brittany).
He made his comics debut at the age of thirteen, creating 'Mesa Boum', one of the first French underground comics together with Yves Laumonier. He studied in France and in the USA at the
Pratt Institute in New York. He worked for different companies, notably the Disney Studios as a character artist and art director.Some of the comics he created are the sci-fi series 'HB-Scott', funny animal series 'Gaspard le Lézard', the teen series 'Flippo & Punkina' and the realistic series 'Schnecksnyder'.
References
* [http://www.comicspace.com/yka/ComicSpace ComicSpace about YKA]
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/k/ker-ambrun_yves.htm Comic Encyclopedia Lambiek Biography]
* [http://www.comicspro.de/who01.htm Skydog Comics]External links
* [http://www.comicspace.com/yka/comics.php?action=gallery&comic_id=16303 YKA's improvised direct-coloured Middle-Ages series "The Beast in the Woods"]
* [http://www.comicspace.com/yka/comics.php?action=gallery&comic_id=16301 Panels and some pages from Schnecksnyder]
* [http://dafacto.de/artikel/kk/02342/index.html Critical overview and bibliography (in German)]
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