Sandrine Revel

Sandrine Revel (born 3 October 1969) is a French bande dessinée illustrator and author of comics.

Biography Born in Langon, Gironde, 3 October 1969, Sandrine Revel spent three years at the and graduated. The album earned her the Prix jeune espoir at in 2000, and, in 2001, the second volume, , won the Prix Alph-Art jeunesse at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

The following year, she published , a testimony of the September 11 attacks in 2001. She joined forces with , who wrote the script for her for , published in 2009. The following year, she wrote a series, (Resurgences, Women on the Way to Resocialization) as well as , a parodic story. Based on a script by Marzena Sowa, Revel drew , published in 2012, about Poland in the Stalin era.

Inspired by the performance of , Revel designed in 2013 , on a script by Murielle Magellan. In 2015, Revel illustrated the children's book written by , and published by . The book evokes female homosexuality and LGBT parenting through June's "two moms". The same year, a biography on Glenn Gould was published, , which Revel wrote and illustrated. This work earned her the in 2016.

In 2018, she wrote and drew Pygmalion. Three years later, she delivered a biography of Tom Thomson. In 2020, on a script by , Revel drew .

In 2022, together with Théa Rojzman, Revel won the high school prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for the graphic novel , on the theme of sexual violence against children.

Selected works Albums Jouvence La Bordelaise, script by Frédéric Bouchet, Atlantic Productions, 1996 Les folles aventures d'Ulysse et Umour ou Les joies du camping-car, text by Maïthé Parrot, 1995 Bla Bla Bla !, , 1998 Le 11e jour, Delcourt, 2002 Intérieur Jazz, Tourism and Convention Bureau, Antibes, 2003 Monsieur Régis, script by Claude Bourgeyx, , 2009 Résurgences – Femmes en voie de resociabilisation, , 2010 Sorcellerie et dépendances, Dupuis, 2010 N'embrassez pas qui vous voulez, script by Marzena Sowa, Dupuis, 2013 La Lesbienne invisible, script by Murielle Magellan, based on the show by Océanerosemarie, Delcourt, 2013 Glenn Gould, une vie à contretemps, Dargaud, 2015 Pygmalion, freely inspired by the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, BD in partnership with France Musique, 2018 Tom Thomson, esquisses d'un printemps, Dargaud, 2019 Chroniques de San Francisco, script by Isabelle Bauthian, , 2020 Grand silence, script by Théa Rojzman, Glénat Editions 2021

Children's albums Series Un drôle d'ange gardien, script by , Delcourt Un drôle d'ange gardien, 1998 Un zoo à New York, 1999 Diablo et Juliette, 2000 Des vacances d'enfer, 2001 Le voleur d'étoiles, 2001 Le démon chinois, 2004 Le Nuage-Danse, 2008 Le jardin autre monde, script by Denis-Pierre Filippi, Delcourt, 2006 Les Petits chats carrés : Petitchat et la lune, with Myriam Revel, Carabas jeunesse 2007 Un amour de pou, text by Gudule, Glénat, 2007 Le voyage de June, written by Sophie Kovess-Brun, Des ronds dans l'O, 2015

Awards and distinctions 2001: Alph-Art Youth Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for the album Un drôle d'ange gardien, volume 2: Un zoo à New York, written by Denis-Pierre Filippi, illustrated by Revel 2016: Prix Artémisia for Glenn Gould, une vie à contretemps 2022: -LCP for Grand Silence