Joann Sfar

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August 28, 1971 in Nice, France

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http://www.joann-sfar.com/

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Joann Sfar (born August 28, 1971 in Nice) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, and film director.

Sfar 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 Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.

Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph...more

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News from November 22nd, 2011

Dear Web site,

Here comes a new part in the "they're-really-going-to-enjoy-printing-that-stuff-at-Gallimard's"series: bits for the cover of Klezmer 4. I took the first picture when it was unfinished, and the other afterwards. It's gouache, spread out with bad brushes. Then it's inked with a quill, without waiting for the gouache to dry. I also send you two or three bits from Klezmer5. How are yo...

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Books by Joann Sfar

Average rating: 3.90 · 7,338 ratings · 929 reviews · 159 distinct works

	The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar, Alexis Siegel (Translator), Anjali Singh (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 1,399 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Le Petit Prince 4.16 avg rating — 1,208 ratings — published 1943 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Professor's Daughter by Joann Sfar, Emmanuel Guibert 3.40 avg rating — 817 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Vampire Loves 3.71 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Rabbi's Cat 2 4.07 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Le Chat Du Rabbin, Tome 1: La Bar Mitsva 3.94 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Dungeon Zenith Vol. 1: Duck Heart by Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim 4.21 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Klezmer, Book One: Tales of the Wild East by Joann Sfar, Alexis Siegel (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 196 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Little Vampire 3.78 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	La Princesse des barbares (Donjon Zénith, #3) by Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim 4.09 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Series by Joann Sfar

Le Chat du Rabbin (5 books)
by Joann Sfar, Brigitte Findakly

3.99 avg rating — 2,165 ratings

Grand Vampire (6 books)
by Joann Sfar

3.71 avg rating — 479 ratings

Dungeon Zenith (3 books)
by Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim

4.13 avg rating — 365 ratings

Donjon Zénith (6 books)
by Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, Boulet

4.13 avg rating — 305 ratings

Dungeon Twilight (3 books)
by Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim

3.98 avg rating — 183 ratings

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“...by the time you've finished naming a thing, it has already changed and the name you gave it no longer defines it exactly...”
― Joann Sfar

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“I believe God loves those moments when we do without him.”
― Joann Sfar, Klezmer, Book One: Tales of the Wild East

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