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This Week’s Article: Winshluss
Posted: June 12, 2011
Winshluss is the pen-name of Frenchman Vincent Paronnaud, which comes from childhood garblings of his first name. Though forbidden to watch television by his Communist father, little Vincent would sneak into the living room at night to watch late movies with the sound turned off. Growing up as an avid comics reader in Pau, near the Spanish border in southwest France, he never went to art school, but at age 18 he was an energetic, self-motivated painter, singer, guitarist and cartoonist. Winshluss has come a long way since, creating and editing comics, mounting stunning exhibitions, making gallery art and movies. As well as writing and directing his own productions, he has also collaborated with Iranian-born Marjane Satrapi on the Oscar-nominated cartoon adaptation of her graphic novel Persepolis and the imminent live-action version of her Chicken With Plums. His rising acclaim in the bande dessinée world was topped in 2008, when his deliciously disturbing reinterpretation of Pinocchio won the prestigious Essential Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. Read the full article here…
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