La Pastèque
Status | Active |
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Founded | July 1998 |
Founder | Martin Brault Frédéric Gauthier |
Country of origin | Canada |
Headquarters location | Montréal, Québec |
Distribution | Canada and Europe |
Publication types | French-language Comics |
Official website | www |
La Pastèque is a
Québec
.
Overview
La Pastèque ("The Watermelon" in English) was founded by
Québec in July 1998, and their first publication, the first volume of Spoutnik, appeared that December.[1]
The establishment publisher arose from talks between Brault and Gauthier about the state of comics in Québec around 1997. Things seemed pessimistic, and it seemed unlikely that the small market in the province could sustain itself. The two wanted to invigorate comics publishing in Québec, and chose to adopt a different approach to that of
Franco-Belgian or American comics by publishing artists who had more personal work. They are the main French-language publisher of a number of artists such as Michel Rabagliati, and have also revived older albums, such as Jean-Paul Eid's Jérôme Bigras and Réal Godbout & Pierre Fournier's Red Ketchup.[1]
Recognition
La Pastèque has received support from the
Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles ("Society for the Development of Cultural Enterprises") and the Government of Quebec's tax credit program for support of book publishers. In 2010, La Pastèque won the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Publisher.[1]
Published work
See also
References
- ^ a b c Boyd, Kevin (2010-06-21). "Outstanding Publisher 2010: Montreal's La Pastèque". The Joe Shuster Awards. Retrieved 2012-01-14.