Mélanie Utzmann-North lives and works as a cartoonist and illustrator in Brussels, Belgium. She regularly contributes to the press (Society, Vice, Médor) and undertakes various editorial illustration commissions. A dedicated fanzine enthusiast, she has contributed to collective works such as Femixion and Fanatic Female Frustration (which received the Fauve de la BD alternative award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2025). Additionally, Censored Magazine published an extract from Erosion Avenue in its "Holy Night" issue. This folk horror story explores the end of a friendship and the excesses of alpine tourism. Her first graphic novel, Maren 4ever, is set to be published in June 2026 by En 3000

Exhibition / Event :


Collective exhibition for Fanatic Female Frustration at Neurotitan (Berlin, 2026)
Collective exhibition for Fanatic Female Frustration at Formula Bula (Paris, 2025)
Release Gossips for Breakfast #3 at la Polyclinique (Brussels, 2024)
Parcours d’artistes de Saint Gilles (Brussels, 2022)
Solo show at the Sterput, (Brussels, 2022)
Release Gossips for breakfast #2 at Lombric (Brussels, 2022)
FC11 - collective exhibition of visual artists at the C12 (Brussels, 2018)
Cosmic factory - collective exhibition for the annual cosmic pop records festival at LaVallée (Brussels, 2018)

Clients :


Agir par la culture, Alter Echos, Bike for Brussels, L'îlot asbl, La brèche, Les halles de Schaerbeek, Le Vif, Médor magazine, Mortier Brigade, Panthère première, Society, Vice.

crédit photo : Johan Poezevara