{{Infobox comics creator| bodyclass=hlist|cartoonist = y| writer = y| penciller = y|image=File:Marc-Antoine_Mathieu_-_Salon_du_livre_de_Paris_2010.JPG|birth_date=3 June 1959|birth_place=Antony, France|notable works=''Julius Corentin Acquefacques, prisonnier des rêves''}} '''Marc-Antoine Mathieu''' (born 1959 in Antony) is a French comic book artist and writer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc-Antoine Mathieu |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mathieu_m.htm |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=lambiek.net |language=en}}</ref> He is notably known by his experimental series ''Julius Corentin Acquefacques, prisonnier des rêves''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Labyrinths and Metaphysical Constructions: An Interview with… |url=https://mascontext.com/issues/narrative/labyrinths-and-metaphysical-constructions-an-interview-with-marc-antonie-mathieu |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=MAS Context |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc-Antoine Mathieu {{!}} PAUL GRAVETT |url=http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/article/marc_antoine_mathieu |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=www.paulgravett.com}}</ref> He is also a set designer, through the Lucie Lom workshop, which he co-founded with Philippe Leduc.
== Life == Marc-Antoine Mathieu was born in 1959 in Antony. He grew up in Angers where he studied fine arts. He worked on graphic design and scenography in the "Lucie Lom" studio. He began by publishing in various magazines such as ''Marcel'', ''Le Banni'' and ''Morsures''. His first book was published by Futuropolis in 1988.
In 1990, he published ''L'Origine'' ''(The Origin)'' with Delcourt, the first volume of his series ''Julius Corentin Acquefacques,'' ''prisonnier des rêves (Prisoner of Dreams)'' The hero of the story, Julius Corentin Acquefacques, works at the Ministry of Humor. One day, he receives a letter containing plate No. 4 of a comic strip called "The Origin," which appears at the beginning of the story. Julius then begins to question the meaning of his world, destiny, and the existence of a higher being...
This album received the Alph-Art Coup de Cœur award at the 1991 Angoulême Festival<ref name="PriméAng">{{cite book|author=Thierry Groensteen et collectif |date=2003 |isbn=2-84856-003-7 |publisher=Éditions de l'An 2 |title=Primé à Angoulême : 30 ans de bande dessinée à travers le palmarès du festival}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>. Six additional volumes have followed to date: ''La Qu''..., ''Le Processus'' (Best Writing at Angoulême 1994), ''Le Début de la fin'', ''La 2,333ème Dimension'', ''Le Décalage'', and ''L'Hyperrêve''.
Marc-Antoine Mathieu also received the Best Album Award for Le Dessin at the Festival de Sierre in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herbez |first=Ariel |date=2002-05-31 |title=Grand Prix BD de Sierre, Marc-Antoine Mathieu tire son succès d'un mystérieux dessin |url=https://www.letemps.ch/culture/grand-prix-bd-sierre-marcantoine-mathieu-tire-succes-dun-mysterieux-dessin |website=Le Temps |language=fr}}</ref>
== Selected works== *''Julius Corentin Acquefacques, prisonnier des rêves'' (éditions Delcourt)
**# ''L'Origine'' 1990 <small>(ISBN 2906187798)</small> **# ''La Qu...'' 1991 <small>(ISBN 2906187690)</small> **# ''Le Processus'' 1993 <small>(ISBN 2840550113)</small> **# ''Le Début de la fin / La fin du début'' 1995 <small>(ISBN 2840550563)</small> **# ''La 2,333e Dimension'' 2004 <small>(ISBN 2847891609)</small> **# ''Le Décalage'' 2013 <small>(ISBN 978-2-7560-3108-8)</small>
*1999 - ''Memoire Morte'' (Delcourt) ** English edition:''Dead Memory''. Dark Horse, 2004
*2006 - ''Les sous-sols du révolu: Extraits du journal d'un expert'' (Futuropolis) **''The Museum Vaults: Excerpts from the Journal of an Expert''. NBM, 2008
*2011 - ''3" (Delcourt)'' **English edition: 3", Jonathan Cape, 2013
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