# Blexbolex
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{{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](/source/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[{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blexbolex.htm|title=Blexbolex|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=17 December 2021}}]) is a French [comics](/source/comics) artist and illustrator. Born '''Bernard Granger''' in [Douai](/source/Douai), he studied [screen printing](/source/screen_printing) (''sérigraphie'') at the School of Fine Arts (''L'école européenne supérieure de l'image'') in [Angoulême](/source/Angoul%C3%AAme). His first works were [self-published](/source/self-published), and later he contributed to ''Popo Color'', ''Fusée'', and ''Ferraille''. His highly stylized, ''[ligne claire](/source/ligne_claire)'' illustration, inspired by the films of [Jacques Tati](/source/Jacques_Tati) and [whodunits](/source/detective_stories) of the 1950s and 1960s, gradually gained an audience. In [Germany](/source/Germany), he directed an art studio at the [Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee](/source/Kunsthochschule_Berlin-Weissensee) (School of Art and Design Berlin-Weissensee)[''La Gazette du comptoir : bulletin d'information du comptoir des indépendants'', janvier-février 2009, n° 76.] and he also worked regularly with a number of editors, including [Thierry Magnier](/source/Thierry_Magnier), [Pipifax](/source/Pipifax), [United Dead Artists](/source/United_Dead_Artists), [Les Requins-Marteaux](/source/Les_Requins-Marteaux), and [Cornélius](/source/Corn%C3%A9lius). 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](/source/Leipzig).
== Works ==
===Children's books===
* ''Les Souvenirs d'Elmir Grömek et de son chien Pikü : Rogaton Man'' / written by Frau Mental. [Éditions du Seuil](/source/%C3%89ditions_du_Seuil) jeunesse 2001
* ''L'Affaire Noël''/ written by Gérard Moncomble. Nathan jeunesse, 2003.
* ''Bim de la jungle''. [Thierry Magnier](/source/Thierry_Magnier), 2004. (Coll. "Tête de lard"; N° 43)
* ''Petites et Grandes Fables de Sophios''/ Michel Piquemal. [Albin Michel](/source/Albin_Michel) jeunesse, 2004.
* ''Les Petites Malices de Nasreddine'' / written by [Jihad Darwiche](/source/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](/source/Didier_L%C3%A9vy); 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](/source/Gecko_Press), 2010 {{ISBN|9781877467622}}[{{Cite web|title=Seasons {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/seasons/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Geckopress.com|language=en-US}}]
* ''People''. [Gecko Press](/source/Gecko_Press), 2011 {{ISBN|9781877467783}}[{{Cite web|title=People {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/people/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Geckopress.com|language=en-US}}]
* ''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}}[{{cite web|author=Blexbolex|title=The Holidays|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/the-holidays/|website=Geckopress.com|access-date=12 June 2018}}]
=== Graphic novels ===
*''Bad boy boogie''. Paris : Vermine, 2000.
* ''L'Enclos''. [Cornélius](/source/Corn%C3%A9lius_(%C3%A9diteur)), 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](/source/Nobrow_Press) 2012
=== Other ===
*"I Know How To Cook" by [Ginette Mathiot](/source/Ginette_Mathiot), designed English language edition, [Phaidon Press](/source/Phaidon_Press), 2009
==References==
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Category:French comics artists
Category:20th-century French illustrators
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Category:French children's book illustrators
Category:Pseudonymous illustrators
Category:Pseudonymous comics artists
Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:Gouden Penseel winners
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