Benjamin Lacombe

Benjamin Lacombe is one of my favorite illustrators. I discovered his wonderful works in a book shop in Bergamo. He has been illustrating a lot of known books, at the same time both writing and illustrating his own books, like "Cherry and Olive".

His biography:
Benjamin was born in Paris in 1982. In 2001, he attended the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris. (ENSAD) where he pursued his artistic education. At the same time, he worked as an advertising and animated movie artist before completing his first comic series at the age of 19, along with a few other illustrated books...
"Cherry and Olive" became his first children's book and published in France by Les éditions du Seul in March 2006. The folling year, it was released by Wlker Books (USA) and nominated one of the top 10 children's books for the year 2007 by the weekly news magazine Time.
Since then, he has written and illustrated a lot of book. Also he exhibits his works on a regular basis.

This is Benjamin Lacombe, from his own web site: http://www.benjaminlacombe.com

"Les funerailles des Blanche Neige", 2011 / "Funerals of Snow White", 2011