Comix 2000 is an international one-shot independent comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 published by L'Association

L'Association

L'Association is a French publishing house which publishes comic books. It was founded in May 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu, Lewis Trondheim, David B., Mattt Konture, Patrice Killoffer, Stanislas, and Mokeït, who left soon thereafter...

 (France) in November 1999 and distributed in the United States by Fantagraphics Books

Fantagraphics Books

Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint...

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All the cartoons featured in Comix 2000 are wordless in order to accommodate readers of any nationality. The book's layout resembles that of a dictionary

Dictionary

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, with 2000 pages of comics depicting the work of 324 authors from 29 different countries, plus an introduction—in ten different languages—and a bibliography for each contributor.

Authors

A:Jessica Abel Jessica Abel Jessica Abel is an American comic book writer and artist, known as the creator of such works as Life Sucks, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, Soundtrack, La Perdida, Mirror, Window, Radio: An Illustrated Guide , and the omnibus series Artbabe.Abel has stated that her major work is not... , Filipe Abranches, Peggy Adam Peggy Adam Peggy Adam is a French comic book artist and illustrator. She studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Étienne, at the OCAD University in Toronto, and at the ESI in Angoulême.... , Dario Adanti, Kalah Allen, Suzy Amakane, Ambre, Max Andersson Max Andersson Max Andersson is a Swedish comic creator and film maker, mostly doing "underground style" and "artistic" comics. His comics have mainly been published in Swedish albums, and in the Swedish art magazine Galago.... , Andreas Andreas (comics) Andreas, pen name for Andreas Martens, born January 3, 1951 in Weißenfels , studied at the St. Luc comics school in Belgium, assisting Eddy Paape on Udolfo, before relocating to France... , Anne-Fred, Craig Au Yeung Ying Chai, Diego Aranega, Popay Ayguavives, François Ayroles, B:Rafaele Bacchetta, Alex Baladi, Edmond Baudoin Edmond Baudoin Edmond Baudoin is an artist, illustrator, and writer of sequential art and graphic novels. Baudoin left school at the age of 16 and went into military service. He later worked as an accountant at the Palace de Nice . At 33, he left the accountant trade to pursue drawing... , Fred Belonie, Olle Berg, Nick Bertozzi Nick Bertozzi Nick Bertozzi is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and best new series. His project, The Salon Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970)... , Frederique Bertrand, Brian Biggs, Clement Bikao, Christophe Blain, Matthieu Blanchin, Stéphane Blanquet, Blex Bolex, Frédéric Boilet Frédéric Boilet Frédéric Boilet is a French cartoonist and a manga artist.-Biography:Frédéric Boilet's debut in comic art was in 1983 with La Nuit des Archées.... , Paz Boïra, Pakito Bolino, David Bolvin, Conrad Botes, Simon Bossé, Denis Bourdaud, Jean Bourguignon Jean Bourguignon Jean-Jules Bourguignon was a Belgian inventor. Having left school at the age of 16, he had a variety of jobs while developing his inventing skills.... , Émile Bravo, Matt Brinkman, Lætitia Brochier, Matt Broersma, Emmanuel Brughera, C:Max Cachimba, Julio Caetano, Calpurnio, Captain Cavern, Jean-François Caritte, Rémy Cattelain, Géraldine Cavalli, Florence Cestac, Chauzy, Mariana Chiesa Mateos, Lee Chihoi, Laurent Cilluffo, Cizo, , David Collier David Collier (cartoonist) David Collier is a Canadian alternative cartoonist best known for his fact-based "comic strip essays."- Biography :As a child, Collier was introduced to the work of Robert Crumb, whose work has been a significant influence... , Colonel Moutarde Colonel Moutarde Colonel Moutarde is a visual artist, mostly known for her comic books and work in the advertising.-External links:* * on Lambiek Comiclopedia... , Greg Cook Greg Cook Gregory Lynn Cook , is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback.-Early career:... , Marco Corona, Philippe Coudray, D:David B. David Beauchard Pierre-François "David" Beauchard , who uses the pen name David B., is a French comic book artist and writer, and one of the founders of L'Association.-Biography:... , Étienne Davodeau, Frédéric de Broutelles, Jan-Willem de Vries, Ludovic Debeurme Ludovic Debeurme Ludovic Debeurme is a French comic artist who has gained popularity in the US by his release of the English language comic, 'Lucille'.Debeurme is a French graphic novelist and illustrator who was born in 1971... , Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Guy Delisle Guy Delisle Guy Delisle is a comic book author from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He studied animation at Sheridan College in Oakville, near Toronto, and then worked for the animation studio CinéGroupe in Montreal... , Jean-Claude Denis, Denis Deprez, Mike Diana Mike Diana Michael Christopher "Mike" Diana is an underground cartoonist who became the first artist ever to receive a criminal conviction for obscenity for artwork in the United States.-Early life:... , Joe Dog, Gaëtan Dorémus, Julie Doucet Julie Doucet Julie Doucet is a Canadian former underground cartoonist and artist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary... , Olivier Douzou, Boyan Drenec, Jean-Pierre Duffour, Jean-Yves Duhoo, Charles Dutertre, Sophie Dutertre, E:Édith Edith Edith is a female given name, derived from the Old English words ead, meaning 'riches or blessed', and gyð, meaning 'war', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form, also a common name in French, is Édith... , Mauro Entrialgo, F:Yann Fastier, Faujour, Ester Ferrandiz, Feuchtenbergerowa, Alex Fito, Sylvie Fontaine, Vincent Fortemps, Émile Franc, Frankyravi, Fredox, Renée French Renée French Renée French is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's book author.Her work includes The Soap Lady , The Ticking , and Micrographica , "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory... , Ursula Fürst, G:G.G., Gérard Gaillard, Anne Gallet Anne Gallet Anne Gallet is a Swiss harpsichordist and musicologist.Gallet was born in Geneva. At the age of 20 she won the first prize for virtuosity at the Conservatoire de Genève in the class of Isabelle Nef. Subsequently she studied at the Wiener Musikakademie , and further, under Gustav Leonhardt... , Line Gamache, Sergio García Sergio García Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings... , Alain Garrigue, Jochen Gerner, Dominique Goblet, Philippe Gerbaud, Golo, Grabowski, Julie Graux, Guillaume Guerse, Emmanuel Guibert, Aurélie Guillerey, Thierry Guitard,

H:Matti Hagelberg Matti Hagelberg Matti Hagelberg is a Finnish comic book artist, illustrator, graphical designer and teacher. He attended the University of Art and Design in Helsinki and achieved a Master of Arts degree. Hagelberg is the only famous Finnish author to use scratch cardboard as his medium and has won a Puupää hat... , Kazuichi Hanawa, Tom Hart Tom Hart (comics) Tom Hart is an American comics creator best known for his Hutch Owen series of comics.-Career:Tom Hart began making mini-comics while living in Seattle in the early 1990s... , Maaike Hartjes, Hendrik Hegray, Mark Hendriks, William Henne, Manolo Hidalgo, Hideshi Hino Hideshi Hino Hideshi Hino is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in horror stories. His comics include Hell Baby, Hino Horrors, and Panorama of Hell... , Dylan Horrocks, Milan Hulsing, I:Imius, Ivang, J:Benoît Jacques, Caroline Jaegy, Adam Jamieson, Jason, Brad Johnson, Joko, Louis Joos, Josépé, Olivier Josso, Denis Jourdin, Juanjo el Rápido, K:Kafka, Kakouwo, Hyuna Kang, Megan Kelso Megan Kelso Megan Kelso is an American comic book artist and writer.Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the minicomic Girlhero, which won her a Xeric Foundation grant in 1993. She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother... , Hironori Kikuchi, Patrice Killoffer Patrice Killoffer Patrice Killoffer, better known simply as Killoffer, is an writer and artist of comics. He was co-founder of the independent comics publisher L'Association in 1990, and has been a part of Oubapo since its creation in 1992.-Career:Patrice Killoffer studied at the School for Applied Arts Duperré in... , Kamel Khalif, Chris Knox Chris Knox Chris Knox is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist, and DVD reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love. After Toy Love disbanded in the early 1980s, he formed the group Tall Dwarfs with guitarist Alec Bathgate, much loved for their honest,... , James Kochalka James Kochalka James Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal... , Kohell, Yoshihiro Koizumi, Mattt Konture Mattt Konture Mattt Konture is a French underground comics author and musician. He is one of the founders of the French publishing house L'Association and is a forerunner of the French autobiographical comics movement.- Biography :... , Kati Kovács, Erik Kriek Erik Kriek Erik Kriek is a Dutch artist who writes and draws the comic book Gutsman.-References:... , Krystine Kryttre, L:La Sofrocogedec, Éric Lambé, Sergio Langer, Roger Landridge, Chris Lanier, Larcenet Emmanuel Larcenet Emmanuel Larcenet, known as Manu Larcenet is a French comics writer and artist. He worked with Fluide Glacial magazine from 1995 to 2006 and with Spirou magazine from 1997 to 2004. He has also created the French publisher Les Rêveurs in 1998... , Karel Lauwers, Lauzán, Yannick Lecoeur, Étienne Lécroart Étienne Lécroart Étienne Lécroart is a French cartoonist. He is a founder and key member of Oubapo association, Ouvroir de BAnde dessinée POtentielle. He has composed cartoons that could be read either horizontally, vertically, or in diagonal, et vice-versa... , Matthias Lehmann Matthias Lehmann Matthias Lehmann is a German football midfielder who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... , Sandrine Lemoult, Léo, Håkan Lindgren, Linhart, Liniers Liniers Liniers is a barrio of Buenos Aires on the edge of the city, centered on Rivadavia Avenue. It is also an important train station and bus hub, connecting western Gran Buenos Aires with the Buenos Aires Metro... , Lolmède, Jean-Christophe Long, Xavier Löwenthal, Lubie Lubie Łubie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zbrosławice, within Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Zbrosławice, west of Tarnowskie Góry, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of... , Maximiliano Luchini, Gunnar Lundkvist, M:M. Culbuto, Nicolas Mahler, , Pauline Martin, Gérard Marty, Marc-Antoine Mathieu, Mathis, Mats?!, Michaël Matthys, Massimo Mattioli Massimo Mattioli Massimo Mattioli is an Italian cartoonist.Mattioli debuted in 1965 in the periodic comic book Il Vittorioso with Vermetto Sigh. He was also published in Corto Maltese and Frigidaire. Three years later he moved to London, where he made comics for the Mayfair magazine. In the early 70s, he created... , Pierre Maurel, , Mazan, Jean-Christophe Menu Jean-Christophe Menu Jean-Christophe Menu is a French underground cartoonist, graphic designer, writer and publisher best known for being one of the founders of L'Association, an influential comic book and art book publishing company from France often regarded as one of the key figures in the independent comic... , Mezzo, Sasha Mihajlovich, , , Harry Morgan, Morvandiau, Ricardo Mosner, Hideyasu Moto, Lillian Mousli, Mutis, Muzo Muzo Muzo is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. It is widely known for the nearby emerald mines containing arguably the world's highest quality gems of this type. The Muzo mines are situated in the western foothills of the... , N:Nash, Morgan Navarro, Neurone Pipéro, Carlos Nine, Nicoulaud, Hans Nissen, Noyau, Nuvish, Terhi Numminen, O:Okuda Robot, Olaf, Javier Olivares, Annmari Olsson, Thomas Ott, Pierre Ouin,

P:P.Gui, Pajak, José Parrondo, Pascal, Frederik Peeters Frederik Peeters Frédérik Peeters is a contemporary graphic novelist. He received his degree in visual communication from the École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués in Geneva in 1995... , Pepe Farruqo, Jean-Michel Perrin, Renaud Perrin, Ethan Persoff, Lorenz Peter, Phil, Marc Pichelin, Elenio Pico, Michel Pirus, Placid Placid Placid is a masculine given name, and may refer to:* John Placid Adelham , English Protestant minister* Saint Placid , Italian Christian monk* Father Placid J Podipara , Indian Catholic priest... , Frédéric Poincelet, Carlos Portela, Pyon, R:Pascal Rabaté, Ibn Al Rabin, Brian Ralph Brian Ralph Brian Ralph is a U.S. alternative cartoonist. His illustrations have appeared in Wired and the New York Post. His debut graphic novel Cave-In was nominated for three Harvey Awards, one Eisner Award, and listed as one of the Comics Journals "five best comics of 1999". His second graphic novel... , Nadia Raviscioni, Jake Raynal, Ron Regé Jr. Ron Regé Jr. Ronald J. Regé, Junior is a cartoonist and musician from Plymouth, Massachusetts.-Artistic career:Regé began publishing his own minicomics while attending Massachusetts College of Art in 1988. He has since been published by Highwater Books, Fantagraphics, Buenaventura Press, McSweeney's and Drawn... , Rémi, Axel Renaux, Helge Reumann, Sandrine Revel, Stefano Ricci, Fabrice Rivière, Rocco Rocco Rocco is an Italian given name or surname, and may refer to:* Rocco Baldelli, Major League Baseball player and coach for the Tampa Bay Rays* Rocco Buttiglione, Italian politician* Rocky Colavito, given name of a Major League Baseball player... , Jenni Rope, Stéphane Rosse, Marcel Ruijters, S:David Sandlin David Sandlin David Sandlin is a Northern Irish-born American artist. His drawings, prints, paintings, and installations are in private and public collections worldwide, and his limited-edition artist's books are in the collections of several prominent libraries, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New... , Sanghon, Pablo Sapia, Matthieu Sapin, Lorenzo Sartori, Charlie Schlingo, Bart Schoofs, Géraldine Servais, Joann Sfar Joann Sfar Joann Sfar is a French comics artist, comic book creator and film director.-Life and career:Sfar was born in Nice. He is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by... , Tamir Shefer, Natacha Sicaud, Allan Sieber, R. Sikoryak Robert Sikoryak Robert Sikoryak , a.k.a. R. Sikoryak, is a comic book artist who specializes in making comic adaptations of literature classics, producing a mashup of high and low cultures... , Siris, Lars Sjunnesson, Anna Sommer, Stanislas, Ted Stearn, Michaël Sterckeman, Florence Sterpin, Richard Suicide, Caroline Sury, T:Mathew Tait, Alfonso Tamayo, Tanitoc, Hervé Tanquerelle, TG, Tom Tirabosco, Tofépi, Antonella Toffolo, Esteban Tolj, Tomasz Tomaszewski, Martin Tom Dieck, Touïs, Rick Trembles, Lewis Trondheim Lewis Trondheim Lewis Trondheim , born 11 December 1964, is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons... , Troub's, Katja Tukiainen Katja Tukiainen Katja Maarit Tukiainen is a Finnish artist and cartoonist. She was the regional artist of Uusimaa from 1999 to 2001 and the 2003 winner of the Finnish Comic Society's annual Puupää award. In 2007 she received the Finnish State Prize for Design.... , Typex, U:Ulf K, V:Rodéric Valambois, Valkeapää Valkeapää People with the surname Valkeapää include:*Nils-Aslak Valkeapää*Pertti Valkeapää... , Anne van der Linden, Stefan J. H. van Dinther, Peter Guido van Driel, Thierry Van Hasselt, David Vandermeulen, Vincent Vanoli, Jean-Emmanuel Vermot-Desroches, Laurent Verron, Martin Veyron, Vladimir, Berend J. Vonk, Ben Vranken, W:Chris Ware Chris Ware Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois... , Muddy Wehalla, Lorcan White, Willem, Skip Williamson Skip Williamson Skip Williamson is an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement.Williamson is known for being the most political and satirical cartoonist of the underground comix movement.- Childhood :... , Winshluss, Nikola Witko, Wostok, Y:Hok Tak Yeung, Yoan, Yülle, Z:Zanzim Glouton, Danijel Zezelj Danijel Zezelj Danijel Zezelj is a Croatian comic book artist, painter and illustrator and author of a number of graphic novels.-Biography:Zezelj studied classical painting, sculpting and printing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia.... , Fabio Zimbres, Zou, Alexandar Zograf