Julie Rocheleau (artist)

Julie Rocheleau (born 1982) is a Canadian animation designer, graphic novel artist and illustrator living in Montreal, Quebec.[1]

Julie Rocheleau
Born1982
NationalityCanadian
Known forillustrator, graphic novels

From 1999 to 2002, she studied at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal. Her short animation Griselda won second prize in a category for promising students in a competition sponsored by Teletoon. From 2002 to 2011, she worked for different animation studios in character design and storyboarding. During the same period, she illustrated books for children and young adults and designed notices for various cultural events. In 2010, she published her first graphic novel La Fille invisible, based on a script by Emilie Villeneuve; the pair received a Prix Bédéis causa for the work. In 2011, Rocheleau also received a Joe Shuster Award for outstanding colourist; she was also nominated in the outstanding artist category. The first book in the series La colère de Fantômas, with writer Olivier Bocquet received an award in the graphic novel category at the Festival Interpol'art at Reims.[2][3] In 2014, the first book of La Colère de Fantomas earned her a Joe Shuster Award for outstanding cover artist.[4]

Selected work[1]
  • Tommy l’enfant-loup (2015), illustrator, text by Samuel Archibald
  • Deuxième étage de l’océan (2015), illustrator, text by Carle Coppens
  • La petite patrie, graphic novel (2015), with writer Normand Grégoire
  • About Betty's Boob (2018), with Vero Cazot, published by Archaia Entertainment

References
  1. "Julie Rocheleau" (in French). Le Quartanier.
  2. "Julie Rocheleau" (in French). Dargaud.
  3. "Julie Rocheleau se rend au Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulème pour le lancement de La colère de Fantômas" (in French). Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec.
  4. "Zviane, Julie Rocheleau et MiniKim primées à l'édition 2014 des Joe Schuster Awards". Voir (in French). September 22, 2014.


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