{{short description|French comics artist and illustrator|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox comics creator | name = Bernard Granger | image = Blexbolex (born 1966) in the video 'Blexbolex - Le temps du capitaine Brett'.png | imagesize = | caption = In a 2025 interview | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = Douai, France | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = French | area = Cartoonist, illustrator | alias = Blexbolex | notable works = | awards = Best Book Design (Book Fair of Leipzig) }}
'''Blexbolex''' (born 1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blexbolex.htm|title=Blexbolex|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>) is a French comics artist and illustrator. Born '''Bernard Granger''' in Douai, he studied screen printing (''sérigraphie'') at the School of Fine Arts (''L'école européenne supérieure de l'image'') in Angoulême. His first works were self-published, and later he contributed to ''Popo Color'', ''Fusée'', and ''Ferraille''. His highly stylized, ''ligne claire'' illustration, inspired by the films of Jacques Tati and whodunits of the 1950s and 1960s, gradually gained an audience. In Germany, he directed an art studio at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee (School of Art and Design Berlin-Weissensee)<ref>''La Gazette du comptoir : bulletin d'information du comptoir des indépendants'', janvier-février 2009, n° 76.</ref> and he also worked regularly with a number of editors, including Thierry Magnier, Pipifax, United Dead Artists, Les Requins-Marteaux, and Cornélius. Blexbolex has contributed to the American publication ''The Ganzfeld''.
In 2009, he received a prize for "Best Book Design of the World" for his ''L'Imagier des gens'' (2008) at the Book Fair of Leipzig.
== Works == ===Children's books=== * ''Les Souvenirs d'Elmir Grömek et de son chien Pikü : Rogaton Man'' / written by Frau Mental. Éditions du Seuil jeunesse 2001 * ''L'Affaire Noël''/ written by Gérard Moncomble. Nathan jeunesse, 2003. * ''Bim de la jungle''. Thierry Magnier, 2004. (Coll. "Tête de lard"; N° 43) * ''Petites et Grandes Fables de Sophios''/ Michel Piquemal. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2004. * ''Les Petites Malices de Nasreddine'' / written by Jihad Darwiche. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2005. * ''La Longue-vue''. Thierry Magnier, 2005. (Coll. "Petite poche BD"). * ''De vert de rage à rose bonbon : toutes les couleurs de notre langue'' / Annie Mollard-Desfour, Bénédicte Rivière; illustrations de Blexbolex. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2006. (Coll. "Humour en mots") * ''L'Oncle américain d'Achille Pellison'' / Didier Lévy; illustrations by Blexbolex. Oskar jeunesse, 2006. (Coll."Histoires à lire et à écouter"". Benjamin; 3) * ''Peindre''. Thierry Magnier, 2006. (Coll. "Petite poche BD") * ''Mon ami triangle''. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2007. (Livres de bain). * ''Mon ami rond''. Albin Michel jeunesse, 2007. (Livres de bain). * ''L'Imagier des gens''. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2008. * ''Saisons''. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2009. * ''Seasons''. Gecko Press, 2010 {{ISBN|9781877467622}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seasons {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/seasons/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Geckopress.com|language=en-US}}</ref> * ''People''. Gecko Press, 2011 {{ISBN|9781877467783}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=People {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/people/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Geckopress.com|language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Romance''. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2013. * ''Nos vacances''. Albin Michel Jeunesse, 2017. English translation: ''Vacation''. Enchanted Lion Books, 2018. * ''The Holidays''. Gecko Press, 2018 {{ISBN|978-1-776571-93-2}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Blexbolex|title=The Holidays|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/the-holidays/|website=Geckopress.com|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref>
=== Graphic novels === *''Bad boy boogie''. Paris : Vermine, 2000. * ''L'Enclos''. Cornélius, 2001. (Coll. "Louise"; 3) * ''Dats Fun''. Éditions Le 9 Monde, 2006. (Livre en sérigraphie; 120 ex. numérotés & signés par l'artiste) * ''L'Œil privé''. Albi : les Requins-marteaux, 2006. (Coll. "Inox") * ''Destination Abecederia''. Les Requins Marteaux, 2008. * ''Crime chien''. Pipfax, 2008 (Livre en sérigraphie) * ''La Fêlure''. Ouvroir Humoir, 2009, 24 pl. {{ISBN|978-2-913063-36-5}} (screenprinting, 1000 ex.) * "No Man's Land" Nobrow Press 2012
=== Other === *"I Know How To Cook" by Ginette Mathiot, designed English language edition, Phaidon Press, 2009
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