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The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed monster.. In Animus, a beautiful but spooky young adult graphic novel of everyday hauntings, Antoine Revoy delivers an eerie tale inspired by the Japanese and French comics of his childhood.
About the Author
Antoine Revoy is a French author/illustrator and graphic novelist, raised in Japan, Mexico and Spain, based in the U.S. East Coast. Born in 1977 on Rue Gustave Doré in Paris, Antoine has lived, studied and worked in 7 countries on 3 continents and speaks 6 languages.Having earned a BFA in Animation at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999, Antoine worked for 9 years as a designer and art director in Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France, founding a design agency at the age of 26 and leading the design of BNP Paribas' group company intranet, used daily by 201,700 employees in 84 countries. During this time, Antoine designed hundreds of logos, websites, online/desktop applications and print materials, receiving a Gold Award from Graphis and distinction from the Pepin Press in the Netherlands.Upon returning to the United States in 2009, Antoine started a career as a full-time freelance illustrator, creating editorial and product illustrations as well as character designs and concept art for clients worldwide, including The New York Times, Samsonite and various publications of Der Spiegel. Within the first 2 years of this commitment, Antoine's illustration work won recognition from the industry's preeminent juries and publications, notably the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Freistil, 3x3 Magazine and Spectrum.On the side of his activity as an artist, Antoine is also a teacher in RISD's Illustration Department, where he has twice been nominated for the school's Excellence in Teaching award (2015, 2017) . He is also a writer for various publications on design and the creative industry. He lives and works in Providence, RI, with his wife, illustrator Kelly Murphy, and their many animal companions.
