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Michel Gagné

Auteur de The Saga of Rex

20+ oeuvres 313 utilisateurs 8 critiques

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Crédit image: Stumptown Comics Fest 2006, photo by Joshin Yamada

Séries

Œuvres de Michel Gagné

The Saga of Rex (2010) 91 exemplaires
Insanely Twisted Rabbits (2001) 47 exemplaires
Parables: An Anthology (2004) 29 exemplaires
Freaky Flora: From A To Z (2004) 20 exemplaires
Odd Numbers (2005) 20 exemplaires
Zed: Volume One (2002) 18 exemplaires
ZED: A Cosmic Tale TP (2013) 18 exemplaires
Frenzied Fauna: From A to Z (2002) 16 exemplaires
The Towers of Numar (2003) 14 exemplaires
The Mystery of He (1999) 3 exemplaires
The Great Shadow Migration (2000) 2 exemplaires
Zed #3: Condemned (2002) 2 exemplaires
Zed #1 (2001) 2 exemplaires
Zed #7 1 exemplaire
Zed #8 1 exemplaire
Zed (2006) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

Flight, Volume Two (2005) — Contributeur — 662 exemplaires
Flight, Volume Three (2006) — Contributeur — 481 exemplaires
Flight, Volume Four (2007) — Contributeur — 341 exemplaires
Flight, Volume Five (2008) — Contributeur — 290 exemplaires
Explorer: The Lost Islands (2013) — Contributeur — 251 exemplaires
Flight, Volume Six (2009) — Contributeur — 178 exemplaires
Flight, Volume Seven (2010) — Contributeur — 144 exemplaires
Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics (2012) — Directeur de publication — 39 exemplaires

Étiqueté

Partage des connaissances

Nom canonique
Gagné, Michel
Date de naissance
1965
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Canada
Lieu de naissance
Quebec, Canada
Lieux de résidence
Bellingham, Washington, USA
Études
Sheridan College School of Visual Arts
Professions
writer
artist
sculptor
illustrator
animator
Prix et distinctions
Annie Award nomination (4)
Courte biographie
Michel Gagne was born in Quebec, Canada. He studied animation at Sheridan College School of Visual Arts in Ontario, Canada and in 1985, began a highly successful artistic career.

Renowned for his unique vision, Michel has lent his talent to several animation companies, such as Don Bluth Studios, Warner Bros., Disney, Pixar, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, etc. His creative work can be seen in over twenty feature films including: The Iron Giant, Osmosis Jones, and Ratatouille. His short films, Prelude to Eden and Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets are favorites among animation students and teachers, and have played in festivals throughout the world. He was honored by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, with four Annie Award nominations. He continues to create animation, special effects and conceptual designs for companies all over the world.

Michel is also very active in the publishing world having written and illustrated a dozen books, as well as two ongoing comic series: ZED and The Saga of Rex. His work has been published by DC Comics, Image Comics, Random House as well as Michel's own imprint, GAGNE International Press.

Among his other creative endeavors, Michel has experimented in a variety of projects in various media including video games, art shows (paintings, sculptures and mixed-media), trading card games, etc.

Simply put, Michel loves what he does!

He lives peacefully with his Family, in the Pacific Northwest, USA.    [from Amazon.com, retrieved 7/20/2019]

Membres

Critiques

Probably would've gave this 2 stars if the art wasn't so beautiful. Not entirely sure who this story is for - the cover makes it look like a kids book but I don't think kids will actually get the story. I'm not sure if I did either.
 
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scout101 | 4 autres critiques | Sep 15, 2020 |
Okay, this was cuter than expected. Also, no quote this time because this book is 98% no text.

STORY:
In The Saga of Rex by Michel Gagné (200 pages), basically, a frog-like God of some alternative universe akin to Noah's ark created and paired animals together (the beginning had me confused but who cares). Also, somehow the God collected/teleported real creatures to the world. Anyway, Rex, a cute little fox creature, got teleported to the weird world and was paired with a purple-shapeshifting squirrel-fox, Aven. Rex doesn't have a clue about his new surroundings, but he just wants to follow his new mate.

I hadn't expected there to be such a violent part in the book (a creature was about to be sacrificed, a creature was pierced through the stomach with a bloody knife, and a creature died), but it was okay because nothing stayed too sad for long.

ART:
The art was very beautiful! There's a climatic part when Rex loses a unicorn horn that is just mesmerizing to see. When Rex and his mate become one (nothing vulgar or sexual; kids won't even pick up on the symbolism) was another beautiful part. I loved the color direction in this book as well.

CHARACTERS:
Rex was an absolute cutie and Aven seemed to be a lot of fun.

OVERALL:
To sum this book up, it's message was "travel all you can with the one you love." Or maybe it was really "this book was kind of weird and I didn't understand most of it, but I loved the pictures." Either way, it's worth picking up! I found the ending so sweet.
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DestDest | 4 autres critiques | Oct 11, 2018 |
I got a e-copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for a unbiased review.

My first reaction, and the reason why I requested this book, was, "ZOMGHEISSOCUTEWHATISTHIS?" I pretty much had the same reaction while reading the book from frame to frame. The alien Zed is super cute, even when he's traumatized.

Speaking of him being traumatized, this is SUCH a sad story. Sad and violent, probably two moods that describe the human race. You see mob mentality, how easily we can get swept along in rhetoric even when our inner voices are telling us to back up.

The story was fluid and sad; cute and gory. The appearance of God was unexpected seeing as how it's a cosmic tale.

All in all, it was a enjoyable read and one that really needs to be physical to appreciate the artwork. I will be buying this book!

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a_tiffyfit | 2 autres critiques | Sep 21, 2013 |
This was just not my thing. The illustrations were great, but I didn't really understand the story. I can definitely see why other people like it. Rex is adorable.
 
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TheMadHatters | 4 autres critiques | Apr 3, 2013 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
20
Aussi par
8
Membres
313
Popularité
#75,401
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
8
ISBN
26
Langues
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