Florence Cestac

Florence Cestac (born 18 July 1949)^[1] is a French cartoonist and former publisher. She is the first woman to have won the prestigious Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême,^[2] in 2000, and was the only one until Rumiko Takahashi in 2019.

Career[edit]

Born in Pont-Audemer, Cestac initially worked as an illustrator. In 1972, she took over the bookstore "Futuropolis" with her husband Étienne Robial [fr], and transformed it into the comics publisher Futuropolis [fr].

She created the humorous detective stories of Harry Mickson [fr] for the comics magazines L'Écho des savanes, Charlie Mensuel, Pilote and Ah ! Nana [fr]. After Futuropolis was bought by Gallimard in 1994, she created the series Les Déblok [fr] for Le Journal de Mickey, working with Nathalie Roques [fr].

Her series Cestac pour les grands, aimed at an adult audience, brought her popular success and recognition. One album, Le Démon de midi [fr] (1996), was adapted for the stage and as the 2005 film The Demon Stirs.

Awards[edit]

• 1989: Alph-Art humour, festival d'Angoulême, for Harry Mickson vol. 5
• 1997: Alph-Art humour for Le Démon de midi
• 2000: Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
• 2014: Grand Prix Saint-Michel

Books[edit]

• Harry Mickson [fr] (1979-1988)
• Les Déblok [fr] (1994-2002) with Nathalie Roques [fr]
• Le Démon de midi (bande dessinée) [fr] (1996)
• Le Démon d'après midi... [fr] (2005)
• Le Démon du soir [fr] (2013)
• Les Ados [fr] (2006-2010)
• La Véritable Histoire de Futuropolis [fr] (2007)
• Je voudrais me suicider mais j'ai pas le temps [fr] (2009) written by Jean Teulé. Biographical graphic novel about the comics artist Charlie Schlingo
• Des salopes et des anges [fr] (2011) written by Tonino Benacquista
• Un amour exemplaire [fr] (2015) written by Daniel Pennac
• Un papa, une maman, une famille formidable (la mienne !) [fr] (2021)

References[edit]

• Jean-Pierre Mercier, Les Pieds de nez de Florence Cestac, Angoulême, Musée de la bande dessinée, 2001.

External links[edit]

• Official website