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Sophie Bedard completed studies in graphic design before launching her breakthrough webcomic Almost Summer at just 19 years old. She then went on to earn a BA in sexology prior to starting Lonely Boys, winner of the Doug Wright Award for Best Book in 2021. She lives in Montreal with her cat Jacques and hopes that obtaining a degree will not become a prerequisite for every new book she writes. Robin Lang has been translating graphic novels for Pow Pow Press alongside Helge Dascher since 2017. Recently she was lead translator onFruit SaladandThe Adventures of Sgoobidooby Cathon, and Lonely Boys by Sophie Bedard, winner of the 2021 Doug Wright award for best book. Robin was the winner, along with Helge Dascher, of the 2025 Sophie Castille Award for their translation ofThe Jellyfishby Boum. Other works she has co-translated includeThe Pineapples of Wrath by Cathon and the Almost Summer series by Sophie Bedard. Robin runs a cut-flower farm in the Eastern Townships during the growing season and translates from French to English in the winter. She thoroughly enjoys the intricacies involved in translating graphic novels and draws great satisfaction from helping these stories reach new readers.
It’s Romeo and Juliet—or rather Juliet and Juliet—if one of them were covered in fur and the other were wandering the streets of Montreal at night with a crossbow. The illustrations are absolutely charming; Freddie the wolf is adorable, not a bit mean. The love story is like a gentle spring breeze. It’s very tender, even a little sensual at times... What more could you ask for in a love story? — Claudia Hébert, Radio-Canada Praise for Sophie Bédard's Doug Wright Award-winning graphic novel Lonely Boys: ""Bédard makes lovely comics, with fully formed characters jumping into our brains from the moment they appear. It's a mixture of simple line work, expressive faces and body language, and odd behaviour, all adding up to give us that comic-book thing: unusual content that somehow has universal appeal."" —Mike Donachie, The Toronto Star ""Starting from the first page, these characters grip the reader with emotion."" —Amy Barlow, Canadian Literature ""...It's compulsively readable; once you start, you don't want to put it down. It's fun to spend time with these three frustrating but ultimately lovable protagonists... This is a mainstream comic in the best sense of the word."" —Rob Clough, High-Low
