Frédéric Boilet: key obituary facts
Is Frédéric Boilet dead? Yes. Frédéric Boilet died on November 10, 2026, at age 66.
Cause of death: Frédéric Boilet's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Frédéric Boilet known for?
He was a French cartoonist.
More about Frédéric Boilet
Born: 16 January 1960.
Place of birth: Épinal.
Gender: male.
Occupation: draftsperson, screenwriter, mangaka, comics artist, comics writer.
Nationality: France.
Education: École nationale supérieure d'art de Nancy.
Employer: Casterman, Imagerie d'Épinal.
Also known as: Frederic Boilet.
Frédéric Boilet, a French cartoonist and manga artist, died November 10, 2026, aged 66.
Born in Épinal on January 16, 1960, he studied at the École nationale supérieure d’art de Nancy. His debut in comics came in 1983 with La Nuit des Archées.
In 1987, he created Le Rayon vert, followed in 1990 by 36 15 Alexia. The two albums marked an experiment with a working method he continued to use: relying almost entirely on photographs and video. That method brought photographic and filmed material into the making of his albums, which set his work apart from approaches based chiefly on conventional drawing. Boilet’s professional work encompassed cartooning, manga, comic-book writing and screenwriting. His later titles included Tôkyô est mon jardin in 2011, L’épinard de Yukiko in 2017 and L’Immeuble d’en face in 2020. Across these works, he pursued a form of comics-making that drew on photography and video, a practice he had developed in his early albums. His career connected French cartooning with manga, while his work also reflected his training in art at Nancy.