Julie Doucet

Julie Doucet (born December 31, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian cartoonist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary.

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December 31 - 1965 - Montreal - Quebec - Canada - Cartoonist

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She began cartooning in 1987, with her work owing an obvious visual debt to R. Crumb. Her efforts quickly began to attract critical attention, and she won the 1991 Harvey Award for "Best New Talent".

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1987 - R. Crumb - 1991 - Harvey Award - Best New Talent

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Shortly thereafter, she moved to New York. Although she moved to Seattle the following year, her experiences in New York formed the basis of the critically-acclaimed My New York Diary. She moved from Seattle to Berlin in 1995, before finally returning to Montreal in 1998. Once there, she released the twelfth and final issue of Dirty Plotte before beginning a brief hiatus from comics.

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New York - Seattle - Berlin - 1995 - 1998

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She returned to the field in 2000 with The Madame Paul Affair, a slice-of-life look at contemporary Montreal which was originally serialized in a local weekly. At the same time, she was branching out into more experimental territory, culminating with the 2001 release of Long Term Relationship, a collection of prints and engravings.

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2000 - 2001

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She remains a fixture in the Montreal arts community, and is continuing to produce autobiographical comics.

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