Réal Godbout is a Quebec writer and comic book illustrator, best known for his Michel Risque and Red Ketchup series which he co-created with his long-time friend Pierre Fournier.

He joined the magazine Croc with its first issue where, with his friend Pierre Fournier, he co-created, co-wrote and illustrated the Michel Risque and Red Ketchup series.

More recently, his work has contributed educational strips to the young readers’ magazine Les Débrouillards, and he made headlines with his award-winning adaptation of Kafka’s novel Amerika.

In 2015, collaborating with his daughter Adèle, Godbout wrote and illustrated a fable, Avant l’Apocalypse, and in 2023, he launched Heureux qui comme Ugo, a graphic novel that he co-created with his son Robin.

[2][3][4][5] Both Réal Godbout and Pierre Fournier have received the Joe Shuster Award with their induction, individually, into the Canadian Comic Book Creators Hall of Fame.