Marion Montaigne
French comics artist and popularizer of science
Marion Montaigne (born April 8, 1980) is a French cartoonist, known particularly for her popular science comics.
She was born in Saint-Denis de la Réunion. She studied animated cartoon at Paris Gobelins school. Her first famous work is the science blog BD Tu mourras moins bête, started in 2008. Tu mourras moins bête is now published as books and adapted since 2016 as an animated cartoon for TV channel Arte.
Bibliography
Panique organique, Sarbacane, 2007.
La Vie des très bêtes, Bayard, 2008.
La Vie des très bêtes. Ils reviennent !, Bayard, 2010.
Tu mourras moins bête...:
La science, c'est pas du cinéma !, Ankama, 2011.
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