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Guy Delisle is credited as a comics artist, film director and animator. Guy Delisle was born on January 19, 1966 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The age as of 2026 is 60. Awards on record include Shuster Award for Outstanding Cartoonist (2017) and Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album (2014). Notable works include Shenzhen, Pyongyang and Louis au ski.
My Take
Guy Delisle is, to me, one of the most quietly important storytellers in modern comics. While most cartoonists invent worlds, he ventures into the difficult real ones, Pyongyang, Shenzhen, Burma, Jerusalem, and renders them with deadpan honesty and disarming humor. His animator's eye gives him a precision of observation that turns mundane bureaucratic absurdities into sharp commentary on closed societies. The 2012 Angoulême Prize for Best Album confirmed what readers already knew. I value him as a kind of gentle documentarian, someone who maps the world's stranger corners in a soft, unhurried line and leaves us genuinely changed.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Guy Delisle
- Name (Japanese)
- ギィ・ドゥリール
- Reading
- ぎぃ・どぅりーる
- Born
- January 19, 1966 (age 60)
- Origin
- Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Occupation
- comics artist / film director / animator / colorist / comics writer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Shuster Award for Outstanding Cartoonist
- 2014 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album
3. Works & records
Filmography / notable works
| Category | Title |
|---|---|
| Notable work | Shenzhen |
| Notable work | Pyongyang |
| Notable work | Louis au ski |
| Notable work | Burma Chronicles |
| Notable work | Chroniques de Jérusalem |
4. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.guydelisle.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/guy._.delisle_/
- Xhttps://x.com/guy_delisle
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Delisle
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525837
5. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Guy Delisle born?
Guy Delisle was born on January 19, 1966 and is 60 years old.
Where is Guy Delisle from?
Guy Delisle is from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
What does Guy Delisle do?
Guy Delisle works as comics artist, film director, animator, colorist, comics writer.
What is Guy Delisle known for?
Guy Delisle's notable works include Shenzhen, Pyongyang, Louis au ski.
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