Joann Sfar drawings

Documentary about Joann Sfar born August 28 1971 is a French comics artist comic book creator and film director He is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of FrancoBelgian comics His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall Chaim Soutine Will Eisner Hugo Pratt and John Buscema From 2009 to 2010 Sfar wrote and directed Gainsbourg Une Vie Heroique a biopic of the illustrious French songwriter and singer of whom Sfar is a selfconfessed fanatic The film which draws substantially on Sfars abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork animation and puppetry was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim