Maximilien Le Roy (born 29 November 1985) is a French comics creator. His comic books have often been biographies and inspired by travels. He has made several comics about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
| Maximilien Le Roy | |
|---|---|
 Le Roy in 2016 | |
| Born | 29 November 1985 France |
| Nationality | French |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Nietzsche, se créer liberté Thoreau: A Sublime Life Faire le mur |
Life and career edit
Maximilien Le Roy was born in France on 29 November 1985.[1] His comic book Hosni (2009) is about a homeless man in Lyon.[2] An interest in Friedrich Nietzsche led him to make Nietzsche, se créer liberté (2010), a biographical comic book about Nietzsche, based on a script by Michel Onfray.[3]
Le Roy visited Palestine in 2008 and 2009 and this became the inspiration for several comic books about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Gaza (2009), Faire le mur (2010) and Les chemins de traverse (2010).[3][4] He travelled in Vietnam after which he made Dans la nuit la liberté nous écoute (2011), which is about Albert Clavier, a French soldier who defected to the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War.[5]
In collaboration with A. Dan, Le Roy made Thoreau: A Sublime Life, a biographical comic book about the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, which was published in French in 2012 and in English translation in 2016.[6] Le Roy has made further biographical comics about people including Paul Gauguin, Louis Auguste Blanqui and Antonin Artaud.[7][8][9]
Selected publications edit
- Hosni, La Boîte à bulles, 2009.
- Gaza, un pavé dans la mer, editor, La Boîte à bulles, 2009.
- Les chemins de traverse, with Soulman, La Boîte à bulles, 2010.
- Faire le mur, Casterman, 2010.
- Nietzsche, se créer liberté, based on a script by Michel Onfray, Le Lombard, 2010
- Dans la nuit la liberté nous écoute, Le Lombard, 2011.
- Thoreau. La vie sublime, with A. Dan (Alexandre Daniel), Le Lombard, 2012.
- España la vida, with Eddy Vaccaro, Casterman, 2013.[10]
- Palestine, dans quel État ?, with Emmanuel Prost, La boîte à bulles, 2013.
- Gauguin, loin de la route, with Gaultier, Le Lombard, 2013.
- Ni dieu ni maître. Auguste Blanqui, l'enferme, with Renart, Casterman, 2014.
References edit
- ^ Cassel, Benoît (26 January 2012). "interview Bande dessinée: Maximilien le Roy". Planète BD (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Vanier, Jean-Bernard (25 October 2009). "Hosni". Planète BD (in French).
- ^ a b Le Saux, Laurence (29 March 2010). "Maximilien Le Roy retrace la vie de Nietzsche". BoDoï (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Henry, Vincent (25 May 2010). "Interview de Maximilien Le Roy". BDTheque.com (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Peras, Delphine (27 September 2011). "Le Français qui combattait pour Hô Chi Minh". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Thoreau: A Sublime Life". Publishers Weekly. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "L'autre Gauguin". Le Parisien (in French). 29 November 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Clavières, Guillaume (23 February 2014). "Ni dieu ni maître". Planète BD (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ P.V. (31 March 2016). "BD : rouge Mexique". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Gacon, Alexis (10 May 2013). "España la vida". BoDoï. Retrieved 22 December 2023.