| Yvette Lapointe | |
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| Born | 19 August 1912 Montreal,Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 5 September 1994 |
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Notable works | Les Petits Espiègles |
| Awards | Prix Albert-Chartier |
Yvette Lapointe (19 August 1912 – 5 September 1994) was a designer, known as a pioneer ofQuebec comics, who made a career in comics and illustration from 1932 to 1943, then retired from publishing. She remains the first Quebec female comic book author,[1] even though somewhat forgotten.[2]
Yvette Lapointe was born 19 August 1912 inMontreal.[3] In 1932, she launched herself into comics and illustration, drawing on the relations between men and women and everyday life in the periodicalL'Illustration, where she contributed daily to the stripPourquoi?.[4] A year later, she began her most famous series in the pages ofLa Patrie:Les Petits Espiègles, whose heroes are "two rascals", Réal and his sister Mimi Pistache. The series ran from May to August 1933.[3][4] Lapointe then returned to more adult content forLe Samedi[2] andLa Presse.[3] At the same time, she was an illustrator and did advertising work.[1]
After her marriage in 1943, she ended her professional career and then raised four sons, all mathematicians. She died on 5 September 1994.[1]
In 2017, Lapointe's works were exhibited at the Quebec Francophone Comics Festival.[1] In tribute to Lapointe's career, the Quebec Francophone Comics Festival gave the namePrix Yvette-Lapointe to a youth comic book prize.[5]
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