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Eric Theriault ( born 1967 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
) is a cartoonist, best known for Veena
, his self-published comic book mixing autobiography, nostalgia,
time-travel and ghosts.
He began cartooning in 1982 , with his early work owing a visual
debt to Russ Manning, early Marvel comics and Metal Hurlant's
brand of ligne claire. His efforts immediately went to
self-publishing as a way to get the work out there without intermediary,
something he continued to this day, in webcomics.
His first fanzines (Meteor, Krypton, Rectangle), published with
the help of a group of friends (Gregoire
Bouchard, Siris,
Yvan Pellerin) quickly became the nexus that kickstarted a group
of alternative/underground cartoonists toward a wider recognition
as the Montreal Comic Scene.
Today, he share studio space with a group of fellow cartoonists
working for a variety of publishers, like Moonstone Books, Fantagraphic,
Wildstorm, Image, Dc, Dark Horse, Soleil. The group is made up
of Yanick Paquette, Michel Lacombe, Serge Lapointe, Stephane
Peru and Frefon.
When he has time, he works on a graphic novel of John Star, an
"existentialist" revision of space heroes like Flash
Gordon. Excerpts have been published in Legal
Action Comic 2.
He remains a fixture in the Montreal comic community, and is
continuing to produce personal comics when the opportunity comes.
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