Samantha Leriche-Gionet | |
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 Boum in 2022 | |
| Born | March 8, 1985 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Pen name | Boum |
| Occupation |
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| Language | French |
| Alma mater | |
| Genre | comic strip |
| Notable works | Boumeries |
| Notable awards |
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| Website | |
|
boumfolio | |
Samantha Leriche-Gionet (born March 8, 1985), also known by the pseudonym Boum, is a French Canadian animator, illustrator, and comic strip author, as well as a filmmaker. She has always lived in the east end of the city of Montreal, Quebec. [1] She has expressed her appreciation of the work of Marjane Satrapi, Ross Campbell, Tome and Janry, Zviane, Iris, and Francis Desharnais. [2]
Biography
Samantha Leriche-Gionet was born on March 8, 1985, in Montreal, Quebec. [3] Leriche-Gionet studied animation, first at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal. In 2010, she graduated from Concordia University's Film Animation program, [2] [4] and in the following year, with David Barlow-Krelina, she competed at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in the graduation film category. [5]
From 2011, after participating in Hourly Comic Day, she developed a webcomic called Boumeries, published three times a week. [6] [7] This series presents "short autobiographical anecdotes of four panels". [2] The volumes are self-published from 2011, [6] and, in parallel, the author is a freelancer in animation and illustration. [2] In 2011, the first volume was awarded the Expozine prize for alternative publishing in the "Francophone comic strip" category. [8] In 2012, she was one of the finalists for the Prix Bédélys, in the category "Bédélys Independent Francophone". [9] The ninth volume was nominated for the 2020 Doug Wright Award. [10]
La Petite Révolution was published by Front Froid in 2012; the story centered on a character named Florence, an orphan, who goes through a revolution on the rhythms of Boris Vian. [11] The book was short-listed for the Ignatz Awards in the Outstanding online comics category in 201610. [12] In 2019, La Pastèque published Nausées matinales et autres petits bonheurs, in which the artist humorously evokes pregnancy. [13] In 2020, Leriche-Gionet was the winner of the Bédélys Independent Francophone prize for volume 10 of Boumeries. [14] In 2022, her graphic novel La méduse about the progressive but inevitable vision loss of a young woman is published. [15]
Personal life
Leriche-Gionet is married and has two daughters. Afflicted with eye diseases for over a decade, she lost the use of her right eye since 2021. [3]
Awards and honours
- 2011, Expozine prize for alternative publishing in the “Francophone comic strip” category for Boumeries [8]
- 2020, Bédélys Independent Francophone prize for volume 10 of Boumeries
Selected works
- Boumeries (2011–)
- Culottes Courtes (2011)
- La petite revolution (2012); A Small Revolution (2017, English)
- Capitaine aime-ton-mou contre les ténèbres du suif (drawing and colors), script by Guylaine Guay, Éditions de la Bagnole, coll. "La bagnole tout-terrain", 2018 ISBN 978-2-89714-258-2
- Nausées matinales et autres petits bonheurs, La Pastèque, 2019 ISBN 978-2-89777-058-7
- La méduse, Pow Pow, Montréal, 2022, 228 p. ISBN 978-2-925114-17-8
Filmography
- Fou tu (2005)
- Lucien Superstar (2007)
- Le paquet/The Parcel (2008)
- Le grand saut/The Great Jump (2009)
- Snowflakes & Carrots (2010)
References
- ^ Bergeron, Delphine (4 September 2019), "Une nouvelle publication pour Boum à l'automne", Flambeau (Montréal) (in French)
- ^ a b c d "Livres: questions en rafale à la bédéiste Samantha Leriche-Gionet". Journal Métro (in French). 2 May 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet)". www.boumfolio.com (in French). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "LERICHE-GIONET S." Canadian Animation, Cartooning and Illustration. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Ostojic, Lydia (16 April 2011). "Festival du film d'animation d'Annecy: les États-Unis à l'honneur". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Le Journal de Montreal. BOUMERIE VOL. 8 BOUM" (in French). 7 July 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2023 – via PressReader.
- ^ Sénamaud, Marie-Loïc (15 May 2014). "10 questions à Boum auteure de Bande dessinée". ICI ARTV (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b Leduc, Jean-Dominic (4 April 2012). "La bande dessinée récompense ses meilleurs auteurs". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Bergeras, Yves (31 March 2012), "Deux bédéistes natifs d'Aylmer : Pinkerton en piste aux prix Bédélys", Le Devoir (in French)
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi (12 May 2020). "Here are your 2020 Doug Wright Awards Winners". The Beat. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Myriam Roy, (17 April 2013) "La nouvelle bouquinerie", La Nouvelle ( Sherbrooke).
- ^ Collins, Elle (18 August 2016). "Small Press Expo Announces 2016 Ignatz Award Nominees". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Larochelle, Samuel (8 December 2019). "Des BD pour tous". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "22nd Bédélys Awards For works published in 2020". www.fbdm-mcaf.ca. Montreal Comic Arts Festival. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Houdassine, Ismaël (2022-12-31). "«La méduse», Boom". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-16.
Bibliography
- Gartler, James (20 July 2017). "Big Boum Theory: Montreal Artist Samantha Leriche-Gionet's Experience of Comic Con". forgetthebox.net.
- Leduc, Jean-Dominic (25 March 2012). "Un départ en lion". Le Journal de Montréal (in French).
- Phénix, Marianne (28 May 2014). "Les "Boumeries" de Samantha, ou le quotidien d'une maman bédéiste". tplmoms.com (in French).
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Canadian animators
- Canadian illustrators
- Canadian comic strip cartoonists
- Canadian women film producers
- Canadian women animators
- Canadian women illustrators
- Concordia University alumni
- Film producers from Quebec
- Canadian artists with disabilities
- 21st-century pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous artists
- Pseudonymous women writers
- 21st-century illustrators
- Cégep du Vieux Montréal alumni
Samantha Leriche-Gionet | |
|---|---|
|
Boum in 2022 | |
| Born | March 8, 1985 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Pen name | Boum |
| Occupation |
|
| Language | French |
| Alma mater | |
| Genre | comic strip |
| Notable works | Boumeries |
| Notable awards |
|
| Website | |
|
boumfolio | |
Samantha Leriche-Gionet (born March 8, 1985), also known by the pseudonym Boum, is a French Canadian animator, illustrator, and comic strip author, as well as a filmmaker. She has always lived in the east end of the city of Montreal, Quebec. [1] She has expressed her appreciation of the work of Marjane Satrapi, Ross Campbell, Tome and Janry, Zviane, Iris, and Francis Desharnais. [2]
Biography
Samantha Leriche-Gionet was born on March 8, 1985, in Montreal, Quebec. [3] Leriche-Gionet studied animation, first at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal. In 2010, she graduated from Concordia University's Film Animation program, [2] [4] and in the following year, with David Barlow-Krelina, she competed at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in the graduation film category. [5]
From 2011, after participating in Hourly Comic Day, she developed a webcomic called Boumeries, published three times a week. [6] [7] This series presents "short autobiographical anecdotes of four panels". [2] The volumes are self-published from 2011, [6] and, in parallel, the author is a freelancer in animation and illustration. [2] In 2011, the first volume was awarded the Expozine prize for alternative publishing in the "Francophone comic strip" category. [8] In 2012, she was one of the finalists for the Prix Bédélys, in the category "Bédélys Independent Francophone". [9] The ninth volume was nominated for the 2020 Doug Wright Award. [10]
La Petite Révolution was published by Front Froid in 2012; the story centered on a character named Florence, an orphan, who goes through a revolution on the rhythms of Boris Vian. [11] The book was short-listed for the Ignatz Awards in the Outstanding online comics category in 201610. [12] In 2019, La Pastèque published Nausées matinales et autres petits bonheurs, in which the artist humorously evokes pregnancy. [13] In 2020, Leriche-Gionet was the winner of the Bédélys Independent Francophone prize for volume 10 of Boumeries. [14] In 2022, her graphic novel La méduse about the progressive but inevitable vision loss of a young woman is published. [15]
Personal life
Leriche-Gionet is married and has two daughters. Afflicted with eye diseases for over a decade, she lost the use of her right eye since 2021. [3]
Awards and honours
- 2011, Expozine prize for alternative publishing in the “Francophone comic strip” category for Boumeries [8]
- 2020, Bédélys Independent Francophone prize for volume 10 of Boumeries
Selected works
- Boumeries (2011–)
- Culottes Courtes (2011)
- La petite revolution (2012); A Small Revolution (2017, English)
- Capitaine aime-ton-mou contre les ténèbres du suif (drawing and colors), script by Guylaine Guay, Éditions de la Bagnole, coll. "La bagnole tout-terrain", 2018 ISBN 978-2-89714-258-2
- Nausées matinales et autres petits bonheurs, La Pastèque, 2019 ISBN 978-2-89777-058-7
- La méduse, Pow Pow, Montréal, 2022, 228 p. ISBN 978-2-925114-17-8
Filmography
- Fou tu (2005)
- Lucien Superstar (2007)
- Le paquet/The Parcel (2008)
- Le grand saut/The Great Jump (2009)
- Snowflakes & Carrots (2010)
References
- ^ Bergeron, Delphine (4 September 2019), "Une nouvelle publication pour Boum à l'automne", Flambeau (Montréal) (in French)
- ^ a b c d "Livres: questions en rafale à la bédéiste Samantha Leriche-Gionet". Journal Métro (in French). 2 May 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet)". www.boumfolio.com (in French). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "LERICHE-GIONET S." Canadian Animation, Cartooning and Illustration. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Ostojic, Lydia (16 April 2011). "Festival du film d'animation d'Annecy: les États-Unis à l'honneur". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Le Journal de Montreal. BOUMERIE VOL. 8 BOUM" (in French). 7 July 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2023 – via PressReader.
- ^ Sénamaud, Marie-Loïc (15 May 2014). "10 questions à Boum auteure de Bande dessinée". ICI ARTV (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b Leduc, Jean-Dominic (4 April 2012). "La bande dessinée récompense ses meilleurs auteurs". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Bergeras, Yves (31 March 2012), "Deux bédéistes natifs d'Aylmer : Pinkerton en piste aux prix Bédélys", Le Devoir (in French)
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi (12 May 2020). "Here are your 2020 Doug Wright Awards Winners". The Beat. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Myriam Roy, (17 April 2013) "La nouvelle bouquinerie", La Nouvelle ( Sherbrooke).
- ^ Collins, Elle (18 August 2016). "Small Press Expo Announces 2016 Ignatz Award Nominees". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Larochelle, Samuel (8 December 2019). "Des BD pour tous". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "22nd Bédélys Awards For works published in 2020". www.fbdm-mcaf.ca. Montreal Comic Arts Festival. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Houdassine, Ismaël (2022-12-31). "«La méduse», Boom". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-16.
Bibliography
- Gartler, James (20 July 2017). "Big Boum Theory: Montreal Artist Samantha Leriche-Gionet's Experience of Comic Con". forgetthebox.net.
- Leduc, Jean-Dominic (25 March 2012). "Un départ en lion". Le Journal de Montréal (in French).
- Phénix, Marianne (28 May 2014). "Les "Boumeries" de Samantha, ou le quotidien d'une maman bédéiste". tplmoms.com (in French).
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Canadian animators
- Canadian illustrators
- Canadian comic strip cartoonists
- Canadian women film producers
- Canadian women animators
- Canadian women illustrators
- Concordia University alumni
- Film producers from Quebec
- Canadian artists with disabilities
- 21st-century pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous artists
- Pseudonymous women writers
- 21st-century illustrators
- Cégep du Vieux Montréal alumni