Fabien Vehlmann

Fabien Vehlmann (born 30 January 1972) is a French comics writer best known for Green Manor and Seuls. Yvan Delporte called him "the René Goscinny of the third millennium".

Biography

Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in Mont-de-Marsan, 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 magazine the next year, where he provided very short stories for the weekly summary of the magazine. Soon, some stories of a few pages followed, with artwork by a number of different artists, including Eric Maltaite and René Follet. In his creative process, Vehlmann is known for a collaborative approach, giving significant creative freedom to his illustrators and adapting the narrative pacing to match their visual style. This methodology was highly prominent in his work on Seuls with Bruno Gazzotti. While initially perceived as a standard children's adventure, Vehlmann intentionally steered the series into a dark, psychological thriller that tackles complex themes such as death, isolation, and moral relativism, challenging traditional boundaries of youth literature. 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 2007: Prix des libraires BD, awarded by Canal BD, for Les cinq conteurs de Bagdad 2008: nominated for Best Youth Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel for Seuls 3