Zviane
Zviane at the Sommets du cinéma d'animation in 2017
BornSylvie-Anne Ménard
1983
Longueuil, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Area(s)Writer and artist
Notable works
Apnée (2011)
Les deuxièmes (2013)
zviane.com

Zviane (pen name of Sylvie-Anne Ménard; born in 1983 in Longueuil) is a comics creator (writer and artist) and a musician from Montréal, Quebec.

Biography

A musician since her youth, Zviane earned a baccalaureate in music from Université de Montréal. She teaches music theory.

Through the art group Vestibulles in cégep du Vieux Montréal, Zviane's works were noticed by Jimmy Beaulieu, who published them in the collections of publishers Mécanique générale and Colosse. Her web blog was noticed by French creator Boulet, who helped her become better known in Europe. Her work Le point B won a contest earning that book to be published by the Monet Library.

In 2009, Zviane spent six months at the Maison des auteurs in Angoulême.[1]

Zviane publishes several comic works each year. She combines music and comics. Music is almost always present in her comics.[2]

Publications

Books and other works

Zviane (center) with comics creators Capucine (left) and Iris (right), at the Québec International Book Fair, 2013
The cover of Ping-pong (2014), "a sort of essay, with lots of text"

In collective works

Other

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

Notes and references

  1. ^ Page on the site of the Maison des auteurs
  2. ^ a b c d St-Jacques, Marianne (March 27, 2011), "Zviane, nouvelle voix de la BD québécoise", ActuaBD (in French), retrieved November 27, 2014
  3. ^ Des étoiles dans les oreilles, Société de musique contemporaine du Québec
  4. ^ Nicola Fréret, "Les deuxièmes: partition sexuelle[usurped]", canoe, September 23, 2013, retrieved September 27, 2013
  5. ^ Philippe Michaud, "Jouer du Milhaud et faire l’amour", Affaires de gars, September 24, 2013, retrieved September 27, 2013
  6. ^ Teaser for For as long as it rains (with music). Retrieved April 26, 2015
  7. ^ Marianne St-Jacques, "Radio-Canada : La musique classique a son webcomic", ActuaBD, October 12, 2008, retrieved November 27, 2014
  8. ^ L'oeil qui entend, l'oreille qui voit, online book, Université de Montréal
  9. ^ Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec, "Les lauréats des Bédéis Causa 2014 dévoilés", retrieved April 13, 2014
  10. ^ Marianne St-Jacques, "Zviane : 'C’est une œuvre sur les relations ; le sexe est là pour comprendre ce qui se passe entre les personnages.'", ActuaBD, April 12, 2014, retrieved November 27, 2014
  11. ^ "The winners of the 2014 Joe Shuster Awards", Joe Shuster Awards, September 20, 2014, retrieved November 27, 2014