Geneviève Castrée
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Geneviève Elverum （born Gosselin; April 9, 1981 – July 9, 2016）, also known as Geneviève Castrée, was a Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician from Quebec.
An early admirer of comics, she began creating them at a young age.
L'Oie de Cravan published her first book, Lait Frappé, in 2000.
By 2004 she had released three more books—Die Fabrik, Roulatheque Roulatheque Nicolore and Pamplemoussi.
The latter is considered her artistic breakthrough.
Her 2012 book Susceptible gave her international success and was followed by a book of poems in French entitled Maman Sauvage in 2015.
Her next two works A Bubble and Maman Apprivoisée were both released posthumously.
She also recorded a total of eight albums under the name Woelv and Ô Paon （stylized in all caps）.
In 2003, Castrée met musician Phil Elverum, and the two married the following year.
In 2015, she gave birth to their first child.
That same year, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
She succumbed to the disease in 2016.
Elverum later recorded a series of albums centered around her life and death.
Loretteville, Quebec, where Castrée was born Geneviève Gosselin was born in Loretteville, Quebec, in 1981.
She grew up reading Tintin comics from an early age, so much so that she eventually entered, studied for, and won a Tintin competition.
From an early age, she was drawing comics influenced by artists she loved, including Hergé, Renée French, Chester Brown, Julie Doucet, and Argentinian artist Quino.
Doucet in particular had a significant influence on Castrée, influencing her character design and lettering style.
When Gosselin was five, her father left her and ...