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My Take
Trondheim is the kind of artist I admire most: one who refuses to wait for permission. Co-founding L'Association in 1990 was an act of quiet defiance against the mainstream, and the Angouleme Grand Prix he later won feels like vindication. But what really grabs me is his silent comic La Mouche, telling whole stories with no words at all. Anyone who can make you laugh or ache using only ink and timing is a master storyteller in the purest sense. I find his career a reminder that craft and independence can coexist, and that the bravest creators build their own stage.
Overview
Laurent Chabosy (French: [ʃabɔzi]; born 11 December 1964), better known as Lewis Trondheim (French pronunciation: [lewis tʁɔ̃dɛm]), is a French cartoonist and one of the founders (in 1990) of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput & Zösky have been made into animated cartoons.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lewis Trondheim
- Name (Japanese)
- ルイス・トロンダイム
- Reading
- るいす・とろんだいむ
- Born
- December 11, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- comics artist / screenwriter / cartoonist / editor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2006 Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême
- 2000 Inkpot Award
- 2005 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for a Series
- 1994 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Comics artist — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from France →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.