'Boogy'.
Fabien Rypert is a French comic artist, inker, colorist and illustrator. He is best-known for his funny animal comic 'Boogy' (1996- ), about an anthropomorphic frog.
Early life and career
Fabien Rypert was born in 1964. He initially studied to become an electrotechnician, but dropped out of his studies to pursue a more artistic career. He had been drawing posters for the theater club of his high school, and eventually found employment at a drawing studio. He provided inks for projects related to Albert Uderzo's 'Astérix' and for Disney material. In 1988, he became a freelancer and started working for international clients. He made posters for the Swedish market, and games for French Disney publications and Éditions Nathan.
Boogy
Rypert's character 'Boogy' first appeared on a set of postcards for a US company, and then on a set for Éditions Dalix. Rypert's frog character received a sidekick, Rana, and the first book of 'Boogy & Rana' was published by Éditions Coeur de Loup in 1996, with a preface by André Franquin. The first four books (1996-2002) were made with writer Brice Tarvel, and Rypert continued on his own at Joker Éditions from 2006 on.
Graphic contributions
Rypert participated in the collective album 'Chirac Dans Tous Ses États' (Pictoris Studio, 1997), a satire of French president Jacques Chirac. Rypert was also one of the artists in the books '62 Auteurs de Boulogne Dessiné' (Les Amis de la B.D., 2010) and 'Les Nouvelles Aventures de Dupa Grave et de la Petite CChatte Mimine' (Editions de la Débrouille, 2010). With Adeline Blondieau, he made two children's books about the creatures 'Les Pochitos' for aFR in 2013 and 2014.
Coloring
Rypert is also active as a comic colorist for smaller publishing labels like Daric, Grrr...Art Éditions and Kazenplus Editions. This includes coloring Behem's series 'Les Aventures de Mékaly' (1996-2001) and 'Gaspard de Besse' (since 2000), Paul Glaudel's soccer comics, 'Les Aventures de Tristan Queceluila' by Philippe Caupenne (2008-2011) and 'Les Lions de Maczek' by Jeff Baud (2014).
Inking
Rypert has inked 'Cosmos Café' by Tristan Demers (Boomerang Éditeur Jeunesse, 2010).
Comic workshops
Rypert also gives comic workshops in schools and libraries since 1998.