Bastien Vivès
Bastien Vivès is a French comic book artist.
Life and career
Born in Paris, Vivès spent his childhood drawing with his younger brother. He took live model classes from the age of 10 years. Vivès studied Applied arts at the Institut Sainte Geneviève Paris and three years at the Penninghen School of Graphic Arts in Paris and eventually Gobelins School, still in Paris, where he studied animation.He achieved success first on the internet under the pseudonym "Chanmax" with the character Poungi la Racaille
His first album, Elle, published in 2007 by Casterman under the KSTR label and when he was 25 years old, in January 2009, Vivès received the Angoulême Festival Revelation Award for his album A Taste of Chlorine.
In 2010 and 2011, he participated of the online drama Les Autres Gens, written by Thomas Cadène, drawing seven episodes.
In 2013, he published the "French manga" series Lastman, together with Michaël Sanlaville and Balak.
Works
| Title | Date | Author | Publisher | Notes |
| Poungi la racaille | 2006 | Éditions Danger Public | Under the pseudonym Bastien Chanmax | |
| Elle | 2007 | Editions KSTЯ | ||
| Hollywood Jan | 2008 | Michaël Sanlaville | Éditions KSTЯ | |
| A Taste of Chlorine | 2008 | Éditions KSTЯ | Official selection of the Angoulême Festival 2009 | |
| La boucherie | 2008 | Editions Warum | ||
| Dans mes yeux | 2009 | Editions KSTЯ | ||
| Juju Mimi Féfé Chacha | 2009 | Alexis de Raphelis | Editions Ankama | |
| Pour l'empire - Tome 1 : L'honneur | 2010 | Merwan Chabane Sandra Desmazières | Poisson Pilote collection, Dargaud | |
| Tranches Napolitaines | 2010 | With Anne Simon, Alfred and Mathieu Sapin | Dargaud | |
| Pour l'empire - Tome 2 : Les femmes | 2010 | Merwan Chabane Sandra Desmazières | Poisson Pilote collection, Dargaud | |
| Polina | 2011 | Éditions KSTЯ | Adapted into the film Polina | |
| Pour l'empire - Tome 3 : La fortune | 2011 | Merwan Chabane Sandra Desmazières | Poisson Pilote collection, Dargaud | |
| Les Autres Gens - Tome 1 | 04/2011 | Collective | Dupuis | |
| La Famille | Delcourt | |||
| Les Melons de la Colère | 2011 | Les Requins Marteaux | ||
| L'Amour | Delcourt | |||
| Lastman | 2013 | With Michael Sanlaville and Balak | Éditions KSTЯ | Volume #6 won the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for a Series in 2015. |
| Une sœur | 2017 | Casterman | ||
| Attention chien méchant | 2017 | Casterman | ||
| La décharge mentale | 2018 | Les Requins Marteaux | ||
| Le chemisier | 2018 | Casterman | ||
| Petit Paul | 2018 | Glénat | ||
| Le Football | 2019 | Delcourt |