Biography.
 

Jean Bastide is a French comic book artist and colorist, born in Albi - South of France.

In 2003, he won the Alph'Art prize for school comics - Angouleme International Comics Festival. In 2004, he moved to Brussels to join the École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc. From 2005 to 2009 Jean Bastide collaborated with Yslaire, working on "La Guerre des Sambre" series. He then participated in the adaptation of "Notre-Dame de Paris" into a comic book. 

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Since 2016, he has taken over the characters of "Boule et Bill" succeeding Laurent Verron. Since 2021, he has also been one of the illustrators for the series "Idéfix et les Irréductibles."

 

On tour in the United States every year since 2018, and in China in 2019, Jean Bastide has contributed to the international recognition of "Boule et Bill".

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Since 2020, he is the patron of the traveling Comic Arts festival Les Troubadours, initially in Seattle and then across the United States.

He has promoted Franco-Belgian comic books during Les Troubadours de la BD in various cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Seattle.

He has been also president of the jury of the Concours BD International since 2020.

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