Louis Paradis is a Canadian comics artist, writer and illustrator from Montmagny, Quebec, Canada. He is considered as a master in the realism comics field in Québec.
Biography
Very young at the age of 15, Louis Paradis published his first comic book in 1974. After he obtained his Degree in graphic design from CEGEP of Rivière-du-Loup, he learned the craft of comic book especially by observing the work of artists like John Buscema, Harold Foster, Burne Hogarth, Jean Giraud dit Moebius, Jack Kirby, Barry Windsor-Smith, and also André Juillard. He made a few illustrations for the Québec science fiction magazine Solaris in the early 1980s. In 1984, Louis Paradis wins first prize in the Comic art Contest " Les Grands Voiliers ", jointly organized by the daily newspaperLe Soleil and the Salon international du livre de Québec. He participated in the exhibition Et Vlan ! On s'expose... 15 ans de bande dessinée dans la région de Québec organized by the Société des Créateurs et Amis de laBande Dessinée in 1985. Later, Louis Paradis participated in the creation of the magazine Sextant, Québécois Comics periodical publication launched with the help of graphic design students in 1986. This does not prevent him from also contribute to the Québec comics magazine, Bambou. He organized a major event, Le printemps de la bande dessinée which takes place over several weeks at the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent in Rivière-du-loup in 1987. On scripts from Anne Sigier, he produced comic albums in color on the theme of Christianity. He participated in the adventure of Zine Zag comics magazine in 1998. Louis Paradis then joined the group Grafik Sismik in the late 1990s.
1985 : Vlam ! We ehibit ourselves... 15 years of Comic Art in the Québec city's region, Art Gallery La Passerelle, Sainte-Foy and I st International Salon of the Comic Art Montréal and Science fiction and Fantastic Congress Boréal VII ;
1987 : The Spring of the Comic Art, Museum of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-loup ;
1999 : Week of the Québec Comic Art, Louvain-la-Neuve ;
2000 : Grafik Sismik, Bar Le Scanner, Québec city ;
2001 : Scientifiktion, Bar Le Scanner, Québec city ;
2009 : The 50 Years of Astérix and Obélix : a tribute, XXIInd Festival of the francophone comic art, Québec city.
Awards
1984 : Grand prix, Comic art Contest " Les Grands Voiliers ", Salon international du Livre de Québec, for the story published in the magazine Titanic and in the daily newspaper Le Soleil;
1984 : Prix Solaris in the comic art category, fifth distinction for the story L'Incident.
