Authors

Discover the exceptional talents behind our publications. From comics and literature to illustration and conceptual art, our selection of authors brings together creators with varied and inspiring backgrounds. Each brings a unique vision and expertise to his or her art. Explore their biographies, immerse yourself in their creative worlds and let their passion sweep you away.

 

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EVEN MEHL AMUNDSEN

Even Mehl Amundsen is a Norwegian concept artist. He has worked for Volta Studios, Blizzard, Riot, Wizards of the Coast and many others. His passions? Travelling, teaching and creating the world of TEGN!

Alex Alice is a French comic book author and artist, working in France and occasionally in the United States. Born in 1974, he grew up in the south of France and had the good fortune to travel throughout Europe… Read More

Jörg Asselborn, born in 1972, studied design, specializing in illustration. Today, he lives with his family in Wiesbaden (Germany) and works in a design studio. He is, without doubt, a talented watercolorist, urban illustrator, and sometimes even dares to call himself an illustrator.

ALAIN AYROLES

Born in 1968, Alain Ayroles is for sure a rare and precious story writer! Author of series which figure among the best of comic book’s History (Garulfo, De cape et de crocs, D
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Born in 1987 in Grenoble, Mathieu Bablet graduated from ENAAI in ChambĂ©ry. His first comic book, La Belle Mort, is the result of his end-of-study project and is published on Label 619 by Ankama Éditions. This was followed in 2013 by the breathtaking mythological fableRead More

Serge Birault aka Papa Ninja is an art director based in Montréal, currently working at Meduzarts. He previously worked for Warner Brothers, Sony, Ubisoft, Eidos, Netflix, and more. His first art book, Corpus Delicti, published in 2012 which featured his more rendered style, has been an international success.

Beatrice Blue is an author, illustrator and art director in the field of animation. She has worked on numerous award-winning projects.

 The Sun Room (2024)

LUCIEN BOTTARO

Luciano Bottaro is an Italian comic artist which began his career in 1949 with an Italian publisher for whom he wrote gags and short stories. In the early ’50s, he started a long and successful collaboration with the Italian branch of Disney, the magazine Topolino, thus writing his first Donald story.

THIERRY CAPEZZONE

Born in Lyon, France, on November 2nd 1963, Thierry Capezzone is a French comic book author who lives in Denmark. He started his career as Daniel Kox’s assistant in 1992 in Le Journal de Spirou for the Agent 212 series.Read More

PABLO CARPIO

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<p id=”bio-short-carpio” style=”text-align: justify;”>Pablo Carpio is a Spanish concept artist and art director who works in the video game and film industry for giants such as Netflix, Disney, Pixar and HBO. His passion for art began at a very young age… Read More

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CEVER

Cosmopolitan, born in Brussels in 1959, of French-Swiss nationality, I am a biologist by training and self-taught in drawing and comics. I started as a freelance cartoonist during my biology studies.Read More

PIERRE CHRISTIN

Pierre Christin needs no introduction. Okay? If you instist
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DAVE CORERLY

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<p id=”bio-short-coverly” style=”text-align: justify;”>Cartoonist Dave Coverly is from Michigan. Popular on the Internet, his drawings have been shared all over the world. His work has never been translated into French – until now! Read More

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AMPARO  CRESPO

Amparo Crespo is a Spanish comic book colorist.

CROMWELL

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<p id=”bio-short-cromwell” style=”text-align: justify;”>Cromwell is a troublemaker at heart. Son of a Foreign Legion officer, he was forbidden from reading reading comics. Read More

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DA COFEE TIME

Da Coffee Time has been an illustrator since 1998. He lives in south-west France. Attracted by urban scenes and the atmosphere they create, he has been immersed in skate culture since childhood. Always ready to seize the moment, he does a lot of on-the-spot sketches during his travels and free time.

PAULINE DARLEY

Pauline Darley is a French photographer and creator of #passionchateau. She is known for her sensitivity to literature and history, and for her quest for beauty and intimacy…Read More

Histories : MystĂšres et obsessions (2024)

GABRIEL DELMAS

French artist Gabriel Delmas specialises in drawing, painting, video and photography.
He has developed a graphic universe influenced by Goya, Rops, Munch, Le Greco, Redon, Corben, Druillet, Freida, and – of course – Jeffrey Jones. Read More

SYLVAIN DESPRETZ

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<p id=”bio-short-delval” style=”text-align: justify;”>Sylvain Despretz is an independant film director-scriptwriter who has worked for a long time in the United-States and in Europe on the fields of story-board and illustration.Read More

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CHRIS DUNN

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<p id=”bio-short-dunn” style=”text-align: justify;”>Chris Dunn is an English illustrator working mainly in watercolor who has already collaborated with prestigious names in the UK such as the BBC or the Times. His work has been exhibited in several galleries in London (Bankside Gallery), Bath (Victoria Gallery) and Paris (Galerie Daniel Maghen).

JESPER JSING

Jesper Ejsing is a Danish artist and illustrator. He has worked for companies such as Wizards of the Coast (on Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The Gathering), and Fantasy Flight Games. He lives in Copenhaguen

ANATO FINNSTARKY

Anato has been working in illustration and concept-art for almost 7 years now. He specializes in Fantasy & Dark Fantasy, with digital painting as his main medium, but he’s also a traditional painter (when he finds the time!)Read More

JÉRÉMIE FLEURY

Jérémie Fleury is a versatile illustrator. Having graduated from the Emile Cohl illustration school in Lyon,Read More

XAVIER FOURNIER

Xavier Fournier is a French writer, journalist and lecturer specialized in the comics universe; he has been writing articles on that subject since 1993.Read More

MASSIMILANO FREZZATO

Massimiliano Frezzato was born in Torino in 1967. He began drawing at an early age and had his first work published when he was just 17.Read More

GAULME Armel

ARMEL GAULME

Born in 1981, Armel Gaulme is a graduate of Penninghen-Académie Julian (Paris), where he now teaches classical drawing and perspective. Alan Lee, John Howe and European illustrators from the 1900s are his main sources of inspiration.Read More

NIKOLAY GEORGIEV

Nikolay Georgiev is a digital and traditional artist. Born in Bulgaria, his curiosity for fantasy worlds, comics and animation began as a child and continues to shape his work to this day…Read More

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JUANJO GUARNIDO

Born in 1967 in Grenade, Spain, Juanjo Guarnido is a well-known comic book illustrator. There is no need to present his most famous series Blacksad, which he has created with Juan Diaz Canales. He is also behind projects such as Sorcelleries, based on the storyline of Teresa Valero, as well as the musical video Freak of the weel of Freak Kitchen.

HICHAM HABCHI

Hicham is a Concept Artist and Comic Artist born and raised in Morocco and currently living in Bay Area California. He worked on many well-known IPs such as League of Legends, Overwatch, Borderlands 3, Batman Comics, Spawn Comics, and more
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Eric Herenguel

ERIC HERENGUEL

Eric HĂ©renguel is a self-taught French illustrator. He began his career by drawing short stories for “Tintin” magazine.Read More

JON HOWE

A master of fantastic illustration, John Howe is famous for bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s universe to life, both on film and in the prestigious editions of The Lord of the Rings…Read More

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BJÖRN HURRI

Björn Hurri is an award-winning concept artist and art director. He has worked for all major publishers and with over 100+ titles.Read More

VICTOR KALVACHEV

Viktor Kalvachev, born in Bulgaria, moved to the US in his 20s to begin a career in the entertainment industry. He has worked on movies such as Spiderman and The Incredibles. His career has allowed him to work all over the world, including the sets of Disney, Pixar and Spielberg movies.

KIM JUNG GI

KIM Jung Gi was a Korean artist and illustrator, born in 1975 in Goyang-Si, Kyongki, South-Korea. After graduating from art college with a Master’s in Art and Design, he spent 3 years at the reputable university of Dong-Eui in Busan.Read More

ALEX KONSTAD

Alex Konstad is from Portland’s forests (Oregon). He is both a concept artist and an illustrator. Read More

Karl Kopinski

KARL KOPINSKI

Born and raised in Nottingham, UK, Karl Kopinski has been working in the illustration industry since 1997. Largely self taught, using both traditional and digital media, he has worked with a great variety of clients including Peter Jackson, Sir Paul Smith, Hasbro, Ubisoft, Aboud Creative, Sixmorevodka, Wizards of the Coast and Games Workshop to name but a few.Read More

STEFAN KOIDL

Stefan Koidl is a freelance illustrator, concept artist, and also a Krampus masks creator. Based in Hallein, Austria, he has worked for many studios, such as Dark Horse Comics LLC, Hi-Rez Studios, Ravensburger, Rhino Games Inc; Adreama Games
 to name a few!Read More

RAPHAËL LACOSTE

RaphaĂ«l Lacoste is a French artistic director and illustrator who was born in Paris in 1974. He studied at the « Beaux-Arts » in Bordeaux and at the school of « la CitĂ© Internationale de la Bande DessinĂ©e et de l’Image d’AngoulĂȘme » in order to learn 3D animation. After his studies, he joined the video games society Kalisto as an environment artist.Read More

DANIEL LANDERMAN

“I have always had a love for sketches. I’d be lying if I said some of that didn’t stem from impatience, but it’s also the freshness of the marks and the artist’s hand that is so evident in the choices.Read More

ABIGAIL LARSON

Abigail Larson enjoys the strange and archaic, so when she’s not drawing, she can likely be found watching re-runs of Dark Shadows, traveling, researching bizarre myths and legends, or spending time with her favorite long-leggedy beasts, ghouls, ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night.Read More

BASTIEN LECOUFFE DEHARME

Bastien Lecouffe Deharme was born on the shores of Brittany (France) in the early eighties. His artwork evolves at the crossroad of modern and ancient myths and legends, forgotten tales, and tragedies. Read More

VANESSA LEMEN

Vanessa Lemen is a Californian artist who exhibits her work internationally. Her paintings are steeped in allegory, with an exploratory process that blends realism and abstraction to depict humanity.

NONA LIMMEN

Dutch photographer Nona Limmen is based in Amsterdam, but her marvelous photos capture visions of a vast, mystical world nebulously bordering our own.Read More

PETER MADSEN

Peter Madsen is an artist, illustrator, author, filmmaker and lecturer. He had his first strips published at the age of fifteen, but then chose to study medicine instead.Read More

VINCENT MAILLÉ

Vincent MalliĂ© is a French comic artist known for Hong Kong Triad, L’Arche, Les Aquanautes, Avant la QuĂȘte and Le Grand Mort (the 8th volume was published in 2019).

JEREMY MANN

After living in the San Francisco area for many years, Jeremy Mann moved to Barcelona at the end of 2023. Jeremy Mann (b. 1979) paints his muses and the landscapes of his daily life, as well as the people around him.Read More

STAN MANOUKIAN

For those who might not know him (yet), Stan Manoukian is a worldwidely reknown french artist whose main drawing subjects are imaginary monsters.Read More

ANDREW MAR

Andrew MAR is an american illustrator and concept artist from Dallas who created a lot of fantasy illustrations. You can follow his work on his own website or on his Instagram.

RICHARD MARAZANO

Richard Marazano is a prolific French writer with more than forty albums to his name!
A fan of Russian literature and classic cinema (Billy Wilder, Lubitsch, Manckievicz, Arthur Penn etc
), he left the realm of Physics and Astrophysics to join the comics workshop at the Beaux-Arts school in AngoulĂȘme.Read More

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JAMES MARTIN

James Martin earned his B.F.A. in illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Upon graduation, he worked for the comic legend Neal Adams as a storyboard and movie poster sketch artist. This culminated in a collaboration on a series of covers and illustrations with the artist.Read More

DOMINIK MAYER

Dominik Mayer is a German illustrator specializing in dark fantasy. His art is unique: he uses vibrant colors, dynamic compositions and geometric shapes that strike the viewerRead More

JULIE MELLAN

Born in Annecy, France in 1988, Julie Mellan has been drawing every day since she could hold a pencil. She spent her childhood fascinated by the animals in the Disney and Beatrix Potter classics; then, at the dawn of adolescence, by the characters in Blacksad (Juan DĂ­az Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, published by Dargaud).Read More

JEAN-CLAUDE MEZIERES

Jean-Claude MĂ©ziĂšres is the creator, along with Pierre Christin, of the celebrated Valerian and Laureline series. In 1984, he received the Grand Prix at the AngoulĂȘme International Comics Festival.Read More

rREMBERT MONTALD

Rembert Montald began drawing at an early age, in his grandmother’s art gallery where he spent a lot of time after school. By his early teens, it was clear to him that he would become an artist.Read More

MOON

Moon began his artistic journey by starting to practice graffiti in the 90s. After a few years of self-taught drawing, he attended art school, which led him to work as a graphic designer and art director and then taught graphic design for a few years.Read More

BELEN ORTEGA

Belen Ortega is a Spanish illustrator born in 1986. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Granada, and her passion for Japanese culture led her to live in Japan for a year.Read More

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OTHALAM

OthalaM started drawing at an early age, without ever seriously thinking that it could become a career. At first, her main mediums were graphite, colored pencil and watercolor, but she soon abandoned them in favor of a small drawing tablet, which was given to her by her parents.Read More

Gerald Parel

GERALD PAREL

GĂ©rald Parel is a French artist currently working as Art Director for HITZONE. He started out as a comic book artist for Marvel and DC before pursuing his career in advertising, film and video games with companies such as Riot Games and Netease.

SOMNATH PAL

Based in Mumbai, Somnath is fascinated by both mathematics and art. He pursued a career in electrical engineering, but later returned to his true calling as an artist by completing a two-year master’s program in animation at IIT Bombay’s IDC.Read More

DAN PIRARO

Alberto was born in Ecuador and has worked as a freelance artist ever since moving to New York City as a teenager.Read More

STEVE RICHARDSON

Steve Richardson is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and has been writing books for children for several years. His books Canlandia (2014), Lavender Blue (2013) and Paisley Rabbit and the Treehouse Contest (2018) have already won numerous awards.

Ruan Jia

RUAN JIA

Ruan Jia discovered the world of comic books at the age of seven. For over thirty years, he has been passionate about drawing, a passion nurtured by watching countless films (animated and otherwise) and playing numerous video games.Read More

ALBERTO RUIZ

Alberto was born in Ecuador and has worked as a freelance artist ever since moving to New York City as a teenager.Read More

SYLVAIN RUNBERG

Sylvain Runberg was born in Belgium in 1971. Since 2044, he published over 70 comic books. His work has been translated in 15 languages.Read More

JAOUEN SALAUN

Jaouen SlaĂŒn is a french drawer born in the south of France in 1979. He only discovered drawing in 1995 with MoĂ«bius, Gillon, Liberatore and Gimenez. From that point, he developed a passion for everything that is related with images. He followed a school curriculum at Emile Cohl’s School from 1999 to 2003.Read More

ANNA SAVEG

Anna Saveq was born in 1977 and became a scriptwriter in 2018. She writes for cinema, television, broadcasting platforms and comic books. Her curiosity and her taste for co-writing lead her to write for various genres such as comedy, anticipation, drama or youth literature.

LUIS SEPULVEDA

Born in 1949 in Chile, Luis SepĂșlveda is a renowned writer. Ex-footballer and activist for many political and ecological causes, he made the choice of writing.Read More

DORIAN VALLEJO

Born into a family of artists, Dorian Vallejo’s career began when he began illustrating book covers while a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York.Read More

ASHLEY WOOD

Ashley Wood is an internationally acclaimed and award wiining Australian painter, designer, art director, comic book artist, and all around creative force of nature.
Ashley Wood’s artwork has been recognized, nominated, and awarded by numerous prestigious institutes of pop culture, including winning the 2002 SPectrum Award o Excellence Illustration, The Spectrum Gold Award for Advertising, and the Spectrum Gold Award for Comics.Read More