Background
Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in Mont-de-Marsan, grew up in the Landes and the Savoie.
Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in Mont-de-Marsan, grew up in the Landes and the Savoie.
He studied in Nantes.
Yvan Delporte dubbed him "The René Goscinny of the third millennium". He started writing comics in 1996, but only got to work for Spirou magazine the next year, where he provided very short stories for the weekly summary of the magazine. Soon, some stories of a few pages followed, with artwork by a number of different artists, including Eric Maltaite and René Follet.
His first recurring series was Green Manor with Denis Bodart.
With Bruno Gazzotti he created Seuls. In January 2009, it was announced in Spirou magazine #3694 that Jean-David Morvan and José-Luis Munuera would be succeeded as the creative team behind the series Spirou et Fantasio by Yoann and Vehlmann, who had together created the first volume of Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par.
Their first album in the regular series is announced for October 2009.
2002: Iris award at the Prix Saint-Michel for Le Marquis d"Anaon 2002: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Scenario for Green Manor 2002: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for First Comic Book for Samedi et Dimanche 2005: nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for Best Scenario for Le Marquis d"Anaon 2006: nominated for Best comic (French language) at the Prix Saint-Michel for Seuls 2007: Prix des libraires Bachelor's Degree, awarded by Canal Bachelor's Degree, for Les cinq conteurs de Bagdad 2008: nominated for Best Youth Comic at the Prix Saint-Michel for Seuls 3.
