Bruno Gazzotti

Bruno Gazzotti is a Belgian comic book artist born on September 16, 1970.

He has drawn several popular comic book series, such as Soda and Seuls.

Childhood

His Italian grandfather had been a miner, and his father lived in Belgium from a very early age.^[1] Both his parents were sport instructors, and comic enthusiasts.^[2] As a child, Gazzotti was himself very interested in Franco-Belgian comics such as Tintin, and, in 1988, he was hired by Spirou's editor in chief Patrick Pinchart , who, after being shown his portfolio, commissioned a few illustrations.^[3] He had. Previously studied at Liege's Institut Saint Luc.

Early career

Shortly after, he drew Le petit Spirou ( from the 20th strip onwards ), with writers Janry and Tome. It was with the latter he then became the artist for a Semi-realistic series about a New York policeman, Soda, in 1989.^[4] Both series became very popular, and new comics are still being issued today.

2000 onwards

Biscotti continued drawing Soda until 2005, when, after " Apocalypse Code", the series' 12th comic.^[5] This was despite him saying, shortly after the comic's release, " I should normally continue the series, as we have found an agreement to continue that satisfies everyone.". The comic was later continued by Tome and Dan Verlinden.^[6]

In January 2006, he and writer Fabien Vehlmann released the first episode of a new saga, Seuls, about a group of teenagers who try surviving in a world where adults have disappeared. It was very successfully both commercially and critically. Gazzotti drew all 9 books, with 20 expected to be released in total.

Prizes

2007: "Prix jeunesse du festival d'Angouleme"

References