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Joann Sfar

Born

in Nice, France

August 28, 1971

Website

http://www.joann-sfar.com/

Genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

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Joann Sfar (born August 28, 1971 in Nice) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, and film director.

Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.

Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph ...more

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Did you notice it’s cold? According to some psychologist’s article I read in the newspaper, “the French population overreacts to unusual temperatures”. I can tell you he’s not from Nice! Well, how are you anyway? I’m fine. Hey, I read such a cute thing! A very well informed guy wrote in another newspaper that I was “from now on, a movie-oriented artist”, like “Sfar ain’t doing any m

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Average rating: 3.99 · 47,700 ratings · 4,006 reviews · 486 distinct works • Similar authors

	Le Petit Prince 4.23 avg rating — 7,032 ratings — published 2008 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rabbi's Cat (The Rabbi's Cat, #1-3) 4.06 avg rating — 7,206 ratings — published 2001 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Bar-Mitsva (Le Chat du Rabbin, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,046 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Professor's Daughter by Joann Sfar, Emmanuel Guibert 3.41 avg rating — 2,429 ratings — published 1997 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vampire Loves (Grand Vampire, #1-4) 3.79 avg rating — 1,263 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rabbi's Cat 2 (The Rabbi's Cat, #4-5) by Joann Sfar, Alexis Siegel (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 1,087 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Malka des Lions (Le Chat du Rabbin, #2) by Joann Sfar, Brigitte Findakly (Colorist) 4.02 avg rating — 861 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Chat du Rabbin (Intégrale des tomes 1 à 5) 4.37 avg rating — 704 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Exode (Le Chat du Rabbin, #3) by Joann Sfar, Brigitte Findakly (Colorist) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the Wild East (Klezmer #1) 3.89 avg rating — 651 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Joann Sfar

Grand Vampire (7 books)
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3.80 avg rating — 1,906 ratings

Petit Vampire (13 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 1,360 ratings

Klezmer (5 books)
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Joann Sfar

3.89 avg rating — 931 ratings

Socrate le demi-chien (3 books)
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Christophe Blain

3.78 avg rating — 537 ratings

Donjon (7 books)
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Lewis Trondheim,

Boulet (Illustrator)

4.20 avg rating — 411 ratings

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Quotes by Joann Sfar (?)

“You've been the rabbi here for thirty years and these guys who've never set foot here want to decide who should be rabbi or not. And to lead prayer in Hebrew for Jews who speak Arabic, they want you to write in French. So I say they're nuts.”
― Joann Sfar, The Rabbi's Cat

tags: prayer, rabbis, tests

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“I believe God loves those moments when we do without him.”
― Joann Sfar, Tales of the Wild East

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“...by the time you've finished naming a thing, it has already changed and the name you gave it no longer defines it exactly...”
― Joann Sfar

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