24. Guilloteau, Boris (born 1974) - Lot 24

24. Guilloteau, Boris (born 1974) Un grand bourgogne oublié, T.2, plate 77 (Bamboo, 2017, based on a scenario by Manu Guillot and Hervé Richez) Original Indian ink on paper plate, signed. 46x30, 8 cm Boris Guilloteau was born on July 15, 1974 in Tours, France. Things didn't get off to the best start for little Boris, who fell on his head from his aunt's ground floor at the age of one-and-a-half. He emerged from the accident unscathed, albeit with a traumatic brain injury. He spent his entire school career at a boarding school in the Deux-Sèvres region of France, where he prepared for a scientific and then a literary baccalaureate, which he ultimately failed to pass. At the time, he was attracted by Marvel comics and devoured the classic comic books Asterix and Tintin. Already drawing as a child, he won a comic strip competition at the Poitiers festival at the age of 18. After high school, he entered the Beaux-Arts de Cherbourg art school and took a two-year communications course. He then went on to study at the Beaux-Arts d'Angoulême for a year, and completed an internship in cartooning at the CNBDI. Back in Tours, he devoted a year to his other passion, theater, and took part in a few shows, although he didn't forget his drawing. Boris then left, at the age of 25, to do his military service in the Meuse, after which he spent two years at the Gobelins animation school. When he left the school in 2002, Boris Guilloteau already had plans to launch a career in comics, but he began his career in cartooning at the "Je suis bien content" studios, where he took part in the feature film Fille perdue, cheveux gras, "Les Cartooners associés" and "Mille iMages", where he designed "Les Enfants du feu", with Claire Wendling. His first comic book, Le Petit Bûcheron, was published by Soleil in 2003, with Tarek on the script. It was in Saint-Malo that he met the scriptwriter Dieter, through Étienne Le Roux. Le Roux showed Boris Guilloteau's drawings to Guy Delcourt, who signed him to his first children's album, scripted by Dieter. The series, Jane des Dragons, is scheduled to run in two volumes, but may be expanded! In the meantime, Boris is preparing the second volume of his series, and is already thinking about new comic book series for the general public. Text © Delcourt