Shovel, 1966-

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(lcsh) Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.
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Fantasy fiction, French

found: Le monde de Ÿar. 1, Le sang de l'hymen, 2015:title page (Shovel) page 4 of cover (he is also a draftsman and writer and Delcourt and Soleil editions (Dwarf, 4-volume saga; Le hêtre du voyageur); he is a specialist in fantastical medieval sagas and Nordic and Celtic legends; he is also an applied arts teacher, and illustrator for the world of pin-up and bikers, under the name of Kay [not found in OCLC])

found: Wikipedia, French version, June 7, 2018(Shovel, formerly Shovel Tattoos, real name Mario Sénéchal; French nationality; born in Amiens in 1966; degrees from école d'architecture de Lille in interior architecture, and from the école nationale d'art et d'images d'Angoulême; he has resided on the island of La Réunion since the mid-1990s; he first worked as a tattooer, an occupation that he continues to practice along with his activity as a comic strip author; his pseudonym refers to his favorite Harley-Davidson model, the Shovelhead, which came out the year of his birth; he began as a cartoonist in the American magazine Easyriders; in 2003 his first volume, Totoss your mother (series Invincibles, tome 1), came out in 2003; he signed with Delcourt for a heroic fantasy series, Dwarf, which first appears in 2010; novels Le monde de Ÿar (tomes 1-2, 2015-2016); since 2006 he teaches drawing at école supérieure des Beaux-Arts de La Réunion; he also teaches at an apprentice training center, and runs a comic strip workshop at Université de La Réunion)