Diane Obomsawin
Quebec author, illustrator and animated filmmaker
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| Intro | Quebec author, illustrator and animated filmmaker | |
| Places | Canada | |
| is | Comics artist | |
| Work field | Humor | |
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| Birth | Canada |
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Biography
Diane Obomsawin (born 1959) is a Quebec author, illustrator and animated filmmaker, often known by her pseudonym, Obom.
Her recent works have explored the issue of lesbian first love, including a 2014 graphic novel, published in French as J'aime les filles by L'Oie de Cravan and in English as On Loving Women by Drawn & Quarterly. J'aime les filles was adapted as a 2016 National Film Board of Canada animated short, which received the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short at the 40th Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Comic books
- À chier, volume 2 numéro 2, Iceberg, autumn 1991.
- Greta et Poutine, La Paryse, 1995.
- Plus tard, L'Oie de Cravan, 1997.
- (Sans titre) in Cyclope, t.2 : L’enfance du cyclope, Zone convective, 2002.
- Kaspar, L'Oie de Cravan, 2007.
- Pink mimi drink, L'Oie de Cravan, 2010.
- À chier, reprint of 1991, Colosse, 2011.
- J’aime les filles, L'Oie de Cravan, 2014.
- On Loving Women, Drawn and Quarterly, 2014