Bruno Gazzotti

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Bruno Gazzotti (born 16 September 1970) is a Belgian comic book artist.

He has drawn several popular comic book series, such as Soda and .

Childhood[]

Gazzotti's Italian grandfather had been a miner, and his father lived in Belgium from a very early age.^[1] Both his parents were sport instructors, and comic enthusiasts.^[2] As a child, Gazzotti was himself very interested in Franco-Belgian comics such as Tintin. In 1988, he was hired by Spirou's editor in chief , who, after seeing the portfolio, commissioned a few illustrations.^[3] He had previously studied at in Liège.

Early career[]

Shortly after, he drew Le petit Spirou ( from the 20th strip onwards ), with writers Janry and Tome. It was with the latter he then became the artist for a Semi-realistic series about a New York policeman, Soda, in 1989.^[4]

2000 onwards[]

Gazzotti continued drawing Soda until 2005, with "", the series' 12th album.^[5] This was despite him saying, shortly after the comic's release, "I should normally continue the series, as we have found an agreement to continue that satisfies everyone." The comic was later continued by Tome and Dan Verlinden.^[6]

In January 2006, he and writer Fabien Vehlmann released the first episode of a new saga, , about a group of teenagers who try surviving in a world where adults have disappeared. It was very successfully both commercially and critically.

Prizes[]

2007: "Prix jeunesse du festival d'Angouleme"

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