Boum was born in Montreal in 1985. Holder of a college diploma and a bachelor's degree in Traditional Animation, she has been devoting herself to comics since 2011. Author of La petite révolution (Front Froid) and Nausées matinales et autres petits bonheurs (La Pastèque), she is best known for her series Boumeries, winner of the Bédélys Independent Award in 2021.
Boum has been suffering from various eye diseases for more than fifteen years. In March 2021, she permanently lost the use of her right eye. Her latest award-winning book, La méduse (Pow Pow), is inspired from her health issues.
La méduse
Sessions in which Boum participates
Saturday 20 April, 2024
À bord du tapis roulant, Spock, Astérix, Jean-Paul II, Mick Jagger, Bill « Spaceman » Lee, Bob Barker, Greta Thunberg et bien d’autres sont convoqués tour à tour pour illustrer l’impasse vers laquelle se dirige la société de consommation. La méduse est un récit qui témoigne de l’importance de prendre la main qui nous est tendue pour que les ténèbres de la maladie et du deuil se dissipent enfin.Les bédéistes Paul Bossé et Boum ...
These remarkable works address the pressures of conformity, exile, lifelong disentanglement, and grappling with darkness. Join our four authors as they share what we don't always see on the page.