Pierre-Henry Gomont (born in 1978) is a French comics creator and illustrator. His works include the comics Pereira prétend (2016), Malaterre (2018) and Soviet Land (2022–2024).

Early life

Gomont was born in January 1978. He studied at business school and prepared a doctoral thesis in sociology, though he did not defend it. As an artist, he is self-taught. He has cited Gipi's , Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes, Mike Mignola, and Charles Burns among his influences.

Career Gomont worked in several fields, including sociology, before becoming a comics creator. His work includes original albums, collaborations with writers, and adaptations of literary works.

Gomont debuted as a comics creator in the 2010 anthology 13m28. He published his first comic album, Kirkenes, with Jonathan Châtel in 2011. The same year, he published Catalyse. In 2014, he illustrated the crime comic Rouge Karma, written by Eddy Simon.

He received wider attention with Pereira prétend, his adaptation of Antonio Tabucchi's novel Pereira Maintains, which received the in 2016. He received the same award in 2018 for Malaterre. His later work includes the historical album La Fuite du cerveau and the three-volume Slava series, set in Russia in the 1990s. For Pereira prétend, Gomont won the 2017 at the Festival in Blois.

In 2018, Gomont published Malaterre, which was inspired by his own youth and took eight years to complete.

In 2020, he published La Fuite du cerveau, inspired by the theft of Albert Einstein's brain by pathologist Thomas Stoltz Harvey.

In 2026, he illustrated Nicolas Mathieu's daily Eurosport column Sur la ligne during the French Open.

Works

French language bibliography In order of publication

Châtel, Jonathan, and Pierre-Henry Gomont. Kirkenes. Les Enfants rouges, 2011. . Gomont, Pierre-Henry. Catalyse. Manolosanctis, 2011. . Borg, Éric, and Pierre-Henry Gomont. Crématorium. KSTR, 2012. . Simon, Eddy, and Pierre-Henry Gomont. Rouge Karma. Éditions Sarbacane, 2014. . Gomont, Pierre-Henry. Les Nuits de Saturne. Adapted from *Carnage, constellation* by Marcus Malte, Sarbacane, 2015. . Gomont, Pierre-Henry. Pereira prétend. Adapted from Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi, Sarbacane, 2016. . Gomont, Pierre-Henry. Malaterre. Éditions Dargaud, 2018. . Gomont, Pierre-Henry. La Fuite du cerveau. Dargaud, 2020. . Mathieu, Nicolas and Pierre-Henry Gomont. La Grande École. Actes Sud Junior, 2020. Mathieu, Nicolas and Pierre-Henry Gomont. Le Secret des Parents, Actes Sud Junior, 2021. Gomont, Pierre-Henry. *Slava, Tome 1: Après la chute. Dargaud, 2022. . Gomont, Pierre-Henry. Slava, Tome 2: Les Nouveaux Russes. Dargaud, 2023. . Gomont, Pierre-Henry. Slava, Tome 3: Un enfer pour un autre. Dargaud, 2024. .

Comics and graphic novels Year Title Role Publisher Notes 2011 Kirkenes Artist; written by Jonathan Châtel Les Enfants rouges First full album 2011 Catalyse Writer and artist Manolosanctis 2012 Crématorium Artist; written by Éric Borg KSTЯ (defunct Casterman imprint) 2014 Rouge Karma Artist; written by Eddy Simon Éditions Sarbacane Winner, 2015 Prix SNCF du polar, comics category 2015 Les Nuits de Saturne Writer and artist Sarbacane Adapted from the novel by Marcus Malte 2016 Pereira prétend Writer and artist Sarbacane Adapted from Antonio Tabucchi's novel, won 2016 Grand prix RTL de la bande dessinée 2018 Malaterre Writer and artist Éditions Dargaud Winner, 2018 Grand prix RTL de la bande dessinée 2019 La Fuite du cerveau Writer and artist Dargaud English translation published as The Brain Drain 2022–2024 Slava Writer and artist Dargaud Trilogy: Après la chute, Les Nouveaux Russes, and Un enfer pour un autre; published in English in the United States as Soviet Land

Children's books Year Title Author Publisher Role 2020 La Grande École Nicolas Mathieu Actes Sud Junior Illustrator 2021 Le Secret des Parents Nicolas Mathieu Actes Sud Junior Illustrator

Awards and recognition Year Award Work Result 2015 Prix SNCF du polar, bande dessinée category Rouge Karma Won 2016 Grand prix RTL de la bande dessinée Pereira prétend Won 2017 Prix Château de Cheverny de la bande dessinée historique Pereira prétend Won 2017 Grand prix de la critique ACBD Pereira prétend Finalist 2018 Grand prix RTL de la bande dessinée Malaterre Won 2019 Prix de la BD Fnac France Inter Malaterre Finalist

Year Work Award or selection Status 2015 Les Nuits de Saturne Prix BD Ellipses Selected 2016 Les Nuits de Saturne Prix Interpolart Reims Selected 2017 Les Nuits de Saturne Prix Mor Vran du Goéland Masqué Selected

References

Further reading

External links 13m28 (Gomont's first credit and collaboration in comics creation)