# Patrick Baud

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{{short description|French writer and graphic designer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
|name                = Patrick Baud
|image               = Patrick Baud.jpg
|caption             = Patrick Baud in 2014.
|birth_date          = {{birth date|1979|6|29|mf=y}}
|birth_place         = [Avignon](/source/Avignon), France
|occupation          = Writer, [videographer](/source/videographer), [graphic designer](/source/graphic_designer), [folklorist](/source/folklorist)
}}

'''Patrick Baud''' (born June 30, 1979) is a French [graphic designer](/source/graphic_designer), writer, presenter, [folklorist](/source/folklorist) and [videographer](/source/videographer).

==Biography==
After hosting a [radio program](/source/radio_program) dedicated to the strange (Exocet) at the end of the 2000s, Patrick Baud created a blog called Axolot in 2009, in which he writes about astonishing facts and various historical and scientific curiosities.<ref name="avi">{{cite web|title=Avec Axolot, il étonne son monde|url=http://www.citylocalnews.com/actualite/2014/05/06/avec-axolot-il-etonne-son-monde/|author=City Local News|website=citylocalnews.com|date=May 8, 2014|access-date=May 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221142230/http://www.citylocalnews.com/actualite/2014/05/06/avec-axolot-il-etonne-son-monde/|archive-date=December 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="BM">{{cite web|title=''Axolot'' – Patrick Baud – Collectif|url=http://www.benzinemag.net/2014/10/30/axolot-patrick-baud-collectif/|author=Laurent Proudhon|website=benzinemag.net|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name="GP">{{cite web|title=Science et humour bien dosés|url=http://www.legrandpublic.fr/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=323:sciences-et-humour-bien-dos%C3%A9s&Itemid=130|author=Camille Raul|website=legrandpublic.fr|year=2014}}</ref> His first book, ''L’homme qui sauva le monde et autres sources d’étonnement'', was published in 2012. This book contains articles from his blog and some new stories. A second book, ''20 inconnus au destin hors du commun dont vous n’avez jamais entendu parler avant'', was published by AAARG! in June 2014.

François Theurel, known online as "Le Fossoyeur de Films" urged Patrick Baud, with whom he was sharing an apartment,<ref>{{cite web|title=Axolot : La FAQ d'anniversaire|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNCT_4YAf_M|author=Axolot|website=YouTube.com|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=2015-12-14}}</ref> to start making videos. Thus, starting June 2013, Axolot also became a web documentary channel on YouTube, where his videos have been viewed more than ten million times.<ref>{{cite web|title=Axolot – à propos|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/Axolotblog/about|website=YouTube|access-date=February 21, 2015}}</ref> Patrick Baud explains his success by man's fascination for the strange: "I think what people like, is to realize how wonderful, astonishing this world is. Plus, I do work a lot on the popularization and pedagogy, in particular on all scientific subjects so it can be understood by all."<ref name="pari">{{cite web|title=C'est le nouveau Bellemare|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/culture-loisirs/c-est-le-nouveau-bellemare-09-11-2014-4276967.php|author=Christophe Levent|website=leparisien.fr|date=November 9, 2014|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> Axolot, a comic adapting a few of these stories and illustrated by twelve different artists, was published in October 2014 by [Delcourt](/source/Delcourt_(publisher)).<ref name="Interview">{{cite web|title=Patrick Baud, auteur d'Axolot, en interview vidéo|url=http://www.madmoizelle.com/patrick-baud-axolot-interview-248262|author=Madmoizelle|website=[Madmoizelle](/source/Madmoizelle)|date=April 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name="BM"/><ref name="avi"/><ref>{{cite web|title=''Axolot, la critique''|url=http://www.9emeart.fr/post/critique/franco-belge/axolot-la-critique-2915|website=9emeart.fr|date=Oct 2014}}</ref> The second volume was released in November 2015,<ref>{{cite book|title=''Axolot T2''|url=http://www.planetebd.com/bd/delcourt/axolot/-/27730.html|website=PlaneteBD|date=November 2015}}</ref> illustrated by a new team of artists, but still in the form of a Cabinet of Curiosities.<ref>Laetitia Gayet [https://www.franceinter.fr/emission-bulles-de-bd-axolot-volume-2-de-patrick-baud Axolot : volume 2, de Patrick Baud], Bulles de BD, [France Inter](/source/France_Inter), December 11, 2015</ref>

Patrick Baud also presented a conference during the "Vulgarizators" event in the [École normale supérieure de Lyon](/source/%C3%89cole_normale_sup%C3%A9rieure_de_Lyon),<ref>{{cite web|title=Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon – Vulgarizators|url=http://www.ens-lyon.eu/actualites/vulgarizators-260347.kjsp?RH=ENS-LYON-FR|last=Thenaisie|first=Yohann|website=www.ens-lyon.eu|language=fr-FR|access-date=2015-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122082310/http://www.ens-lyon.eu/actualites/vulgarizators-260347.kjsp?RH=ENS-LYON-FR|archive-date=November 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a [TEDx](/source/TEDx) conference at the [Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon](/source/Institut_national_des_sciences_appliqu%C3%A9es_de_Lyon).<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/CJqcVvxpPac Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200227153312/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJqcVvxpPac&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1&bpctr=9999999999 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJqcVvxpPac| title = Comment votre idée folle peut changer le monde {{!}} Patrick Baud {{!}} TEDxINSA | website=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In November 2015, he created "la veillée" with Damien Maric. This was an event inspired by the American concept of "[The Moth](/source/The_Moth)", where participants come to tell extraordinary stories.<ref name="La Veillée">{{cite web|title=La Veillée, l'émouvante soirée de Damien Maric et Patrick Baud|url=http://www.madmoizelle.com/veillee-soiree-spectacle-damien-maric-patrick-baud-388221|author=Madmoizelle|website=[Madmoizelle](/source/Madmoizelle)|date=June 29, 2015}}</ref> In September 2016, he was co-organizer of the "Frames Festival" in Avignon, a convention dedicated to YouTubers.<ref name="Frames">{{cite web|title=Avignon : capitale du web, le temps d'un week-end|url=http://www.ledauphine.com/vaucluse/2016/08/30/capitale-du-web-le-temps-d-un-week-end|author=Le Dauphiné|website=[Le Dauphiné](/source/Le_Dauphin%C3%A9)|date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>

In November 2016, Patrick Baud published the third volume of the Axolot comic,<ref>{{cite book|title=''Axolot T3''|url=http://www.planetebd.com/bd/delcourt/axolot/-/31234.html|website=PlaneteBD|year=2016}}</ref> and a new book called ''Terre Secrète'', published by [Dunod](/source/Dunod), co-written with the geologist Charles Frankel and dedicated to the unknown and astounding wonders of nature.<ref name="inrocks">{{cite web|title=Rencontre avec Patrick Baud, le plus insolite des youtubeurs français|url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/2016/11/20/medias/rencontre-patrick-baud-axolot-plus-insolite-youtubeurs-francais-11880254/|author=Les Inrockuptibles|website=lesinrocks.com|date=November 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="latac">{{cite web|title=Terre secrète, merveilles géologiques de la planète|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/la-tete-au-carre/la-tete-au-carre-27-decembre-2016|author=[France Inter](/source/France_Inter) – La Tête au Carré|website=franceinter.fr|date=December 27, 2016}}</ref>

On March 31, 2017, Patrick Baud launched a [crowdfunding](/source/crowdfunding) campaign through [Ulule](/source/Ulule) to finance his documentary travel series ''Etranges Escales''. The main objective was reached in three hours.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick Baud (Axolot) à atteint l'objectif de financement participatif de sa série ''Étranges escales'' en trois heures|url=http://www.madmoizelle.com/axolot-campagne-ulule-reussite-780917|author=Marina|website=Madmoizelle|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=May 31, 2017}}</ref>

==Books==
* ''L'Homme qui sauva le monde et autres sources d'étonnement'', éd. [lulu.com](/source/lulu.com), 2012 {{ISBN|9781470999391}}
* ''20 inconnus au destin hors du commun dont vous n'avez jamais entendu parler avant'' (drawn by [Gwen Tomahawk](/source/Gwen_Tomahawk)), éd. [AAARG!](/source/AAARG!), 2014 {{ISBN|9782370310125}}
* ''Terre Secrète'' (in collaboration with [Charles Frankel](/source/Charles_Frankel)), éd. [Dunod](/source/Dunod), 2016 {{ISBN|9782100742257}}
* ''Lieux secrets – Merveilles insolites de l'humanité '', éd. [Dunod](/source/Dunod), November 2, 2017 {{ISBN|2100763814}}

==Comic books==
* ''[Axolot](/source/Axolot_(Comic_Book))''
**''Tome 1'' (scénario), éd. [Delcourt](/source/Delcourt_(publisher)), 2014 {{ISBN|978-2-7560-5075-1}}
**''Tome 2'' (scénario), éd. [Delcourt](/source/Delcourt_(publisher)), 2015 {{ISBN|978-2-7560-7193-0}}
**''Tome 3'' (scénario), éd. [Delcourt](/source/Delcourt_(publisher)), 2016 {{ISBN|978-2-7560-8004-8}}
**''Tome 4'' (scénario), éd. [Delcourt](/source/Delcourt_(publisher)), 2017 {{ISBN|978-2-4130-0278-9}}

==Web shows==
* 2005–2007 : ''Exocet'' (presenter with Thomas Bry and Mickaël Icard)
* 2013 : ''Axolot'' (YouTube channel about the strange and mysterious) : 
** 2013 : ''Axolot'' (writer, presenter, director) : various episodes about fascinating subjects
** 2014 : ''Étranges escales'' (writer, presenter, director) : astonishing and unknown places in famous cities around the world
** 2014 : ''Histoires de nuit'' (presenter, director)
** 2016 : ''Les Axoportraits'' (writer, presenter, director) : episodes dedicated to unknown people with wonderful destinies

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