Bernard Hislaire

Bernard Hislaire (11 January 1957) is a Belgian comic book creator. He is also known as Sylaire and as Yslaire, his current artist name.

Biography

Bernard Hislaire was born in 1957 in Brussels, Belgium.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Hislaire". In België gestript, pp. 126-127. Tielt: Lannoo.] Passionate about comics since he was very young, he produced his first drawings in the "Robidule" fanzine, and worked on his style at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels. At the age of 18, he joined the drawing team of the "Spirou" magazine, where he published a story in the section dedicated to young creators. Soon, he began a 16 page story, "Le Troisième Laron". He was then supported by the best known scenarists of Dupuis, such as Raoul Cauvin and Jean-Marie Brouyère, with whom he realised various series including "Coursensac et Baladin". In 1978 he launched his own characters in the Spirou magazine, "Bidouille et Violette", which continued until 1985, achieving considerable success with the public. Meanwhile, he also published humorous drawings in La Libre Belgique and Le Trombone Illustré.

In 1986, after having met the scenarist Balac, he created "Sambre", a 19th century saga, about an impossible love story between Bernard Sambre, a rich young man, and Julie, a farmer girl, during the 1848 revolution in France. This series was original because the graphical style used in these albums is different from the one Hislaire used before, and because the number of colours used is very restricted and centered on red. This was the first publication on which he used the name Yslaire. The whole series was published by Glénat and was a critical and commercial success.

In 1997 he surprised his fans again with the release of the unique "Mémoires du XXe ciel: 98", later renamed "XXe ciel.com: Mémoires98" after it changed publishers as well as some of its content. In 2001, the sequel, "Mémoires99" was released. "XXe ciel.com" has as its central theme the existence of angels.

Hislaire has also made some scenarios for other artists, both under his own name and as Sylaire. Some of these works were "Trois vierges" for Boccar and "Le Gang Mazda" for Darasse.

Bibliography

*"Le Ciel au dessus de Bruxelles"
**" [Avant] ..." (Futuropolis, 2006)

* "Trois vierges" (Glénat, 2003)
** "Trois vierges: Dyane" (2003)

* "Mémoires du XXe ciel" then "XXe ciel.com" (Delcourt then Les Humanoïdes Associés)
** "Mémoires<20>00" (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2004)
** "Mémoires<19>00" (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2004)
** "Mémoires99" (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2001)
** "Mémoires98" (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2000)
** "98" (Dargaud, 1999)
** "Introduction au XXe ciel" (Dargaud, 1997)

* "Sambre" (Glénat, 1986-2003)
** "Maudit soit le fruit de ses entrailles" (2003)
** "Faut-il que nous mourrions ensemble ?" (1990, republished in 2003)
** "Liberté, liberté..." (1993, republished in 2003)
** "Je sais que tu viendras" (1990, republished in 2003)
** "Plus ne m'est rien" (1986, republished in 2003)

* "Cousensac et Baladin" (Point image, 2002)
** "Au pays de Tahétéhus" (2002)

* "Bidouille et Violette" (Dupuis, 1981-1986)
** "la Ville de tous les jours" (1986)
** "la Reine des glaces" (1984)
** "les Jours sombres" (1982)
** "les Premiers Mots" (1981)

Awards

* 1979: Best Comical Story at the Prix Saint-Michel, Brussels, Belgium
* 1986: Grand Prix St-Michel at the Prix Saint-Michel
* 1987: Libération Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
* 1998: Best Drawing at the Haxtur Awards, Spain:: - nominated for Best Long Comic Strip and Best Script at the Haxtur Awards
* 2004: nominated for the Audience Award and the Best Series Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
* 2004: nominated for Best International Series at the Prix Saint-Michel
* 2006: Best Story at the Prix Saint Michel:: - nominated for Best Artwork at the Prix Saint-Michel:: - nominated for Best Adult Album at the Albert Uderzo Awards, France [ [http://gb.asterix.com/prix/prix2.htm Uderzo Awards 2006 nominations] Last accessed September 30th, 2006]
* 2007: nominated for best artwork at the Prix Saint-Michel [cite web |url=http://cfbelgium.free.fr/blogfestival/download/Saint_Michel_2007_Sint_Michiels.pdf |title=Les nominés 2007 |accessdate=2007-10-15]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.xxeciel.com/ XXe ciel.com website (in French)]
* [http://www.yslaire.be/ Official website & blog (in French)]