RABAGLIATI Michel
Photo by, Richmond Lam. Taddle Creek, 46, Winter 2020/21: 21.
“You can’t pretend to be international. You have to be local. It’s Michel Tremblay who said that: The best way to have international success is to stay local. I’m from Montréal and I’m not someone who travels a lot, so my stories are rooted in Québec and the language I use is also very Québécois. The narration is proper international French but the dialogue is more Québécois and Montréalaise.” Michel Rabagliati, Globe & Mail, 12 Sept. 2015: E6.
Born 1961 in Montréal.
Initially a graphic designer and illustrator, he did not begin cartooning until his thirties when He was inspired by the work of Gregory Gallant (Seth) and Chester Brown.
His central character “Paul” is semi-autobiographical. It narrates of the everyday experiences of a Québécois and through it celebrates Québec culture. In 2001, Michel won the Harvey Award for “Best New Talent”. He received the 2006 Doug Wright Best Book Award for Paul Moves Out, an English translation of Paul en appartement.
His 2009 graphic novel Paul à Québec earned the Prix du Public at the Angoulême and was turned into a live action motion picture which opened September 2015.To accompany the film, the Musée national des beaux-arts opened a exhibition of Michel’s art. He won the 2013 Doug Wright Award Best Book of The Song Of Roland an English translation of Paul à Québec. and the 2015 Doug Wright Best Book Award for Paul Joins the Scouts, an English translation of Paul au Parc. The 2017, He was made a Compagnon des arts et des lettres du Québec.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
BOOK GRAPHIC:
Content novel & Cover book front: All French editions published by Les Éditions de la Pastèque and all English translations published by Drawn & Quarterly except where otherwise noted..
Paul à la champagne. Col., Catherine Drolet., 2013. 15e anniversaire.
Paul à la maison, 2019. English translation Paul at Home. Trans., Helge Dascher & Rob Aspinall. 2020.
Paul dans le Nord. November 2015.
Paul à la champagne. English translation Paul in the Country. Trans., Helge Dascher. Let., Dirk Rehm., 2000.
Paul au Parc, 2011. English translation Paul Joins the Scouts.. Trans., Helge Dascher. Conundrum Press, 2013
Paul en appartement, English translation Paul Moves Out. Trans., Helge Dascher. Let., Dirk Rehm. May, 2005.
BOOK GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Drawn and Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years …. Drawn & Quarterly, May 2015: “Paul Goes Fishing”: 349-357.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Drawn & Quarterly v. 3. May 2000: “Paul apprentice typographer”: 130-144.
Drawn & Quarterly v. 5: August 2003: “Paul in the Metro”: 76-90.
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Cover front:
Taddle Creek, 39, Summer 2017. “Paul Goes West”.
Content novel excerpt:
Taddle Creek, 34, Winter 2014-2015: “Paul dans le Nord”: 27-33. An excerpt from the novel.
ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL TEXT ANTHOLOGY:
Content essay:
Maclean’s, 3 December 2001: “The nation’s Hippest station”. Writ., John Geddes: 10.
Maclean’s, 14 October 2002: “Life As An ‘Astronaut’”. Writ., Lena Sin: 64.
PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content game:
Owl, 26-7, September 2001: “Dinner at Café Bizarre”: 14-15.
SOURCE:
Article book:
BDQ: Essays & Interviews On Quebec Comics. Ed., Andy Brown. BDang/Conundrum, 2017: “Michel Rabagliati.” Interview Conan Tobias. Trans., Michelle Winters. 190-193. An email interview conducted as background for a profile that appeared in the Quill & Quire, May 2016.
The Canadian Alternative: Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels. Ed., Dominick Grace & Eric Hoffman. University Press of Mississippi. 2018: “Michel Gets A Comic Job.” Writ., Paddy Johnston: 70-82.
Paul at Home, 2020: Back page.
Paul in the Country. 2000: Back page.
Drawn & Quarterly v. 5: August 2003: 76.
Article periodical:
Canadian Review Of Comparative Literature, 43-1, March 2016: “‘Paul À Québec’, Le Génie Des Lieux Comme Patrimoine Identitaire.” Writ., Sylvie Dardaillon & Christophe Meunier. 87-102.
Taddle Creek, XX1-1, 40, Winter 2017/18: “The Ephemera: Man About Town.” Writ., S. Gilbert: 5-6.
Taddle Creek, 46, Winter 2020/21: “Solitary Man.” Writ., Conan Tobias: 20-25.
Article newspaper:
Globe & Mail, 12 Sept. 2015: “Comic book captures ‘quintessential Quebec’.” Writ., Allen Woods: E6.
GALLERY:
Maclean’s, 14 October 2002: 64.
Taddle Creek, 34, Winter 2014-2015: 32. An excerpt from Paul dans le Nord.
Taddle Creek, 34, Winter 2014-2015: 33. An excerpt from Paul dans le Nord.
Taddle Creek, 39, Summer, 2017: Front cover.