Brecht Evens

Brecht Evens (born 1986)[1] is a Belgian graphic novel artist and illustrator living in Paris.

Several of his graphic novels have been translated into French, English, German, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Italian, Russian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian and Ukrainian and have received international acclaim.

Evens uses dynamic lines and flowing shapes to bring his characters and landscapes to life.

2009 saw his breakthrough when winning the first Willy Vandersteen prize and when nominated for a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for "The Wrong Place" (Original title Ergens Waar Je Niet Wil Zijn).

[7][8] In 2021 his awarded comic Les Rigoles was released in English (The City of Belgium, Drawn&Quarterly).