Michel Gagné
Autor de The Saga of Rex
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Stumptown Comics Fest 2006, photo by Joshin Yamada
Series
Obras de Michel Gagné
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Gagné, Michel
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1965
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Quebec, Canada
- Lugares de residencia
- Bellingham, Washington, USA
- Educación
- Sheridan College School of Visual Arts
- Ocupaciones
- writer
artist
sculptor
illustrator
animator - Premios y honores
- Annie Award nomination (4)
- Biografía breve
- 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]
Miembros
Reseñas
The Saga of Rex por Michel (Con) Gagne Michel Gagne
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.
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.… (más)
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.… (más)
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!
… (más)
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!
… (más)
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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- Obras
- 20
- También por
- 8
- Miembros
- 318
- Popularidad
- #74,348
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 8
- ISBNs
- 26
- Idiomas
- 1