Chloé Cruchaudet

Chloé Cruchaudet (born 2 November 1976 in Lyon, France) is a French comic book illustrator, author and colorist.

Early life Chloé Cruchaudet studied at the Émile-Cohl School in Lyon and then at the Gobelins School in Paris, where she studied animation.

Career She committed to the field at the beginning of her career. She worked on series and animated films, notably Ernest and Celestine and Have you ever seen..., while developing personal projects.

In 2006, she entered the world of comics. She participated in the collective album Les Enfants Sauvés, released by Delcourt in November 2008. In 2009, she launched the Ida series, which details in three volumes the adventures of a thirty-year-old hypochondriac and authoritarian spinster who discovers a passion for travel. At the same time, she participated in the project Les Autres Gens brings together multiple artists around scriptwriter Thomas Cadène, who was the initiator of this comic book project.

In February 2016, Chloé refused her nomination in the Order of Arts and Letters, as did three other comic book authors.

In 2017 she began teaching at Émile Cohl school in Lyon.

Mauvais genre In September 2013, she released Mauvais genre based on the essay "La Garçonne et l'Assassin" by Fabrice Virgili and Danièle Voldman. The book was well received by critics and earned awards: Landerneau BD (2013) Coup de cœur at Quai des Bulles festival Critics' Award of the Association of Comic Book Critics and Journalists, Cultura Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival (2014)

Recognition

René Goscinny prize (2008)