Editing Emmanuel Larcenet

{{Short description|French cartoonist}}
[[File:Mlarcenetnancy.JPG|thumb|right|Larcenet in 2007]]

'''Emmanuel Larcenet''', known as '''Manu Larcenet''' (born 6 May 1969) is a French cartoonist. He worked with [[Fluide Glacial]] magazine from 1995 to 2006 and with ''[[Spirou (magazine)|Spirou]]'' magazine from 1997 to 2004. He has also founded the French publisher Les Rêveurs in 1998. Since 2000, he mostly works with [[Dargaud]].

==Biography==
Emmanuel Larcenet, also known as Manu Larcenet, was born in [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]], [[Hauts-de-Seine]], France. He studied graphic art at the [[Sèvres]] [[Secondary education in France|lycée]] and then went on to art school. While spending time as a singer in a punk-rock band, he published his first drawings in comics and rock fanzines. In October 1994, he was published in the French magazine [[Fluide Glacial]] (issue #220) with ''L'Expert comptable de la jungle'', a first story rapidly followed by other complete ones, and republished later in comic books, in the series ''Soyons fous'', ''La Loi des séries'' and ''Bill Baroud''. Meanwhile, Larcenet was also actively working for Les rêveurs de rune. For this magazine and label specialising in fantasy, he created games called ''Raoul'', ''D'ac Raoul'', and, in 1997, ''Dallas cowboy''.

From that year on, alone first and then with Gaudelette, he worked for [[Spirou (magazine)|''Spirou'' magazine]], publishing ''Pedro le Coati'', among others. In 1998, still for [[Dupuis]] but with Jean-Michel Thiriet, he created ''La vie est courte''. His other drawings were independently collected and published in 1996 and 1998 in ''30 millions d'imbéciles'' and ''Ni dieu, ni maître, ni croquettes'' by [[Glénat (publisher)|Glénat]].

In 2000, he met Guy Vidal who would become responsible for the label Poisson Pilote at [[Dargaud]]. He became friends with him and started contributing to the Poisson Pilote label, drawing ''Les cosmonautes du futur'' based on a script by [[Lewis Trondheim]], and later on ''Les Entremondes'' with his brother Patrice Larcenet. In June 2001, he left [[Paris]] for [[Lyon]], keeping contact with Vidal. On a scenario by [[Jean-Yves Ferri]], he participated in ''Le retour à la terre''. Finally, he signed alone his next books : the ''Une aventure rocambolesque de...'', ''Le combat ordinaire'' (this last one being granted an award by the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Comic Book|Prize for Best Album]] at the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]]) and ''Nic Oumouk'' series.

In 2024, Larcenet ''[[The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation]]'', which is based on [[Cormac McCarthy]]'s ''[[The Road]]'' and was published in English translation by [[Abrams Books|Abrams ComicArts]] the same year.<ref>{{Cite book|last=McCarthy|first=Cormac|date=September 17, 2024|title=''The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation''|url=https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/road-a-graphic-novel-adaptation_9781419776779/|publisher=[[Abrams Books|Abrams ComicArts]]|isbn=978-1-4197-7677-9 }}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''30 millions d'imbéciles: Encyclopédie à poils et à vapeur'' (with Patrice Larcenet) (Glénat, 1996)
* ''La loi des séries'' (Fluide Glacial, 1997)
* ''Dallas cowboy'' (Les rêveurs de runes, 1997)
* ''Ni dieu ni maître ni croquettes'' (with Patrice Larcenet) (Glénat, 1998)
* ''Presque'' (Les rêveurs de runes, 1998)
* ''A l'ouest de l'infini'' (drawings by Julien Solé) (Fluide Glacial, 1999)
* ''On fera avec'' (Les rêveurs de runes, 2000)
* ''La vie est courte'' (Dupuis, 1998–2000)
** ''Jusqu'à présent'' (with Jean-Michel Thiriet) (1999)
** ''Profitons-en'' (with Jean-Michel Thiriet) (1998)
** ''Rien ne va plus'' (with Jean-Michel Thiriet) (2000)
* ''L'artiste de la famille'' (Les rêveurs de runes, 2001)
* ''Les superhéros injustement méconnus'' (Fluide Glacial, 2001)
* ''Les entremondes'' (Dargaud, 2000–2001)
** ''Lazarr'' (with Patrice Larcenet) (2000)
** ''Les eaux lourdes'' (with Patrice Larcenet) (2001)
* ''Soyons fous'' (Fluide Glacial, 1996–2002)
** ''Volume 1'' (1996)
** ''Dans la dignité'' (2002)
* ''Bill Baroud'' ([[Fluide Glacial]], 1998–2002)
** ''Espion'' (1998)
** ''A la rescousse'' (1999)
** ''La dernière valse'' (2000)
** ''La jeunesse de Bill Baroud'' (2002)
* ''Pedro le coati'' ([[Dupuis]], 2001–2002)
** ''Volume 1'' (with Gaudelette) (2001)
** ''Volume 2'' (with Gaudelette) (2002)
* ''Les cosmonautes du futur'' (Dargaud, 2000–2004)
** ''Volume 1'' (with [[Lewis Trondheim]]) (2000)
** ''Le retour'' (with [[Lewis Trondheim]]) (2001)
** ''Résurrection'' (with [[Lewis Trondheim]]) (2004)
* ''Une aventure rocambolesque de...'' (Dargaud, 2002–2004)
** ''Sigmund Freud: Le temps de chien'' (2002)
** ''Vincent Van Gogh: La ligne de Front'' (2004)
** ''La légende de Robin des bois'' (2003 – added to the serie in 2009)
** ''Soldat Inconnu – Crevaisons'' (with Daniel Casanave, 2009).
*''Les pénibles aventures de Critixman le superhéros super suffisant'', (Les Rêveurs, 2006)
* ''[[Dungeon (comics)|Donjon parade]]'' ([[Delcourt (publisher)|Delcourt]], 2000–2007)
** ''Un donjon de trop'' (with [[Joann Sfar]] and [[Lewis Trondheim]]) (2000)
** ''Le sage du ghetto'' (with [[Joann Sfar]] and [[Lewis Trondheim]]) (2001)
** ''Le jour des crapauds'' (with [[Joann Sfar]] and [[Lewis Trondheim]]) (2002)
** ''Des fleurs et des marmots'' (with [[Joann Sfar]] and [[Lewis Trondheim]]) (2004)
** ''Technique Grogro'' (with [[Joann Sfar]] and [[Lewis Trondheim]]) (2007)
* ''Nic Oumouk'' ([[Dargaud]], 2005–2007)
** ''Total Souk pour Nic Oumouk'' (2005)
** ''La France a peur de Nic Oumouk'' (2007)
*''De mon chien comme preuve irréfutable de l'inexistence d'un dieu omniprésent'', (6 pieds sous terre, 2007)
* ''Le retour à la terre'' (with [[Jean-Yves Ferri]], Dargaud, 2002–2008)
** ''La vraie vie'' (2002)
** ''Les projets''  (2003)
** ''Le vaste monde'' (2005)
** ''Le déluge''  (2006)
** ''Les révolutions'', (2008)
* ''[[Ordinary victories|Le combat ordinaire]]'' ([[Dargaud]], 2003–2008)
** ''Le combat ordinaire'' (2003)
** ''Les quantités négligeables'' (2004)
** ''Ce qui est précieux'' (2006)
** ''Planter des clous'' (2008)
*''L'Angélus de Midi''  (Les Rêveurs, 2008)
** ''Volume 1'', (2008)
*''Blast'' (Dargaud, 2009-2014)
** ''Grasse Carcasse'', (2009)
** ''L'Apocalypse selon Saint Jacky'', (2011)
** ''La Tête la première,'' (2012)
** ''Pourvu que les Bouddhistes se trompent,'' (2014)
*''Chez Francisque'' (with Yan Lindingre,  Fluide Glacial  vol. 1 and 2, Dargaud, vol. 3 and 4 – 2006–2010))
** ''Tome 1'', (2006)
** ''Tome 2'', (2007)
** ''Une année vue du zinc'', (2009)
** ''Tout fout le camp'', (2010)
*''Le sens de la vis'' (with Jean-Yves Ferri, Les Rêveurs, 2007–2010)
** ''Le sens de la vis'', (2007)
** ''Tracer le cercle'', (2010)
* ''Peu de gens savent'', (Les Rêveurs, 2010)
* ''[[The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation|La Route]]'' (''The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation'') (Dargaud, 2024)

==Awards==
* 2001: nominated for the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival Humour award|Humour Award]] and the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Comic Book|Best French Comic Book Award]] at the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]], France
* 2002: nominated for the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Artwork|Best Artwork Award]] at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
* 2003: nominated for the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize Awarded by the Audience|Audience Award]] at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
* 2004: '''[[Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Comic Book|Best Comic Book Award]]''' at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
:: – nominated for the Audience Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
* 2006: nominated for Best Comic (French language) and Best Story at the [[Prix Saint-Michel]], [[Belgium]]
* 2010: French Comics Library Prize for Best Comic Book for the first volume of Blast.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090217015945/http://manularcenet.com// |title=Official website (in French) |date=2009-02-17}}
* [http://larcenet.mania.free.fr/ Non official website (in French)]

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