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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!
In the catalog:
TEGN – Redux (2024)
Decade (2020)
TEGN – Book 3 (2018)
TEGN – Book 2 (2018)
TEGN – Book 1 (2017)
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, where he developed a passion for the ruins and castles of the medieval and romantic ages. This passion has permeated his art, from the sinister medieval setting of the esoteric thriller Le Troisième Testament (1997-2003, co-written with Xavier Dorison) to the primitive, mythical world of Siegfried (2007-2011), an operatic retelling of the Norse saga of the famous dragon slayer. His interests range from film and animation to painting and illustration (he has received two Spectrum Fantastic Art awards for his covers), fine art and sculpture. He exhibited Siegfried pieces with French sculptor Christophe Charbonnel in 2015. His Siegfried was also produced as a video performance set to Wagner’s music performed by the Orchestre National de Lyon.
His current series is his most personal work to date. In The Castle in the Stars, he draws inspiration from Jules Verne and 19th-century romanticism to create a world of adventure and wonder in watercolor that will enchant adults and young readers alike. A special exhibition on the series was produced in 2017 by the Angoulême International Comics Festival, featuring 70 pieces of original art as well as costumes, props and models. It was followed by two solo exhibitions at Galerie Maghen in Paris (in 2018 and 2020). His works have been translated into 19 languages.
In the catalog :
Castle in the Stars: The Universe in 1875 (2023)
Castle in the Stars: Prototypes (2023)
Castle in the Stars – Coffret Deluxe (2023)
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.
In the catalog:
Remains of the Journey (2022)
Ce qui reste du voyage (2021)
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…), he worked with Juanjo Guarnido to create Les Indes Fourbes (and les Editions Caurette are really happy to publish the Artist Edition of this masterpiece!).
PS : Jean-Christophe Caurette will challenge in a corkscrew duel every single reader who will not idolize Alain Ayroles.
In the catalog:
Les Indes Fourbes – Tirage de Luxe (2020)
Born in 1987 in Grenoble, Mathieu Bablet graduated from ENAAI in Chambéry. 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 fable Adrastée, a post-apocalyptic fiction. In 2015, he participated in the eighth volume of DoggyBags. In 2016 he published the SF phenomenon Shangri-La, selected in 2017 at the Angoulême festival, which sold 75,000 copies. In 2018, he launched the fantasy series Midnight Tales. In 2020, his new anticipation comic, Carbone & Sicilium (one shot) was published, still on the Label 619, and earned Bablet the Prix de la BD Fnac France Inter 2021.
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.
In the catalog:
Gürlz (2022)
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.
In the catalog :
Pinocchio – Tirage de Luxe (2022)
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. In the 90’s he collaborated with Vincent Mike Deporter on the Dingo-pubs series for Spirou and with Michel Rodrigues on the pieds nickelés series published by Vent d’Ouest.
In 2003, he created with the danish scriptwriter Jan Rybka the H.C. Anderson junior series. He is very productive in the 2000’s, and works on several series both in Scandinavia and France. He has drawn, among other Les aventures du p’tit Chabal published by Vent d’Ouest, he is inspired by Norwegian cult characters such as : Flåklypa and the adventures of Petzi with a first comic book which is entitled Petzi et le volcan. The book is released in several countries and in France at Chours publishing house, branch of the Paquet Group.
Since the beginning of the 2010’s, he has worked on many Danish historical comic books and has collaborated once more, in 2017, with his drawing partner Vincent Deporter on a book entitled Le Roi et le Moine.
In the catalog :
Les vacances de Petzi (2023)
Petzi voyage sous terre (2023)
Petzi et le détective (2023)
Petzi fait la moisson (2023)
Petzi se mouille (2022)
Petzi fermier (2022)
Petzi et le volcan (2022)
Le Noël de Petzi (2021)
Petzi alpiniste (2021)
Petzi et le cochon volant (2020)
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. In the early 1980s, the discovery of the great masters of comics and the meeting of the new generation led me to try my luck in this field while leading a scientific career in parallel. This career, and the associated travels, took over and occupied me until the 2010’s, period during which the birth of my children led me to settle down. In 2018, my daughter Swann, left a book lying around whose title caught my eye: “The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly”. I read it in less than an hour and the magic happened. I “saw” this book in comics. Not knowing the author, Luis Sepulveda, nor his reputation, I said to myself that it was the occasion to start drawing again. Some research on the internet allowed me to contact Luis who, after seeing some sketches, accepted that I adapt his book. The unfailing help and support of Anne-Marie Métailié, the advice of Louis-Antoine Dujardin and the welcome of Jean-Christophe Caurette did the rest…
In the catalog:
Histoire d’une mouette et du chat qui lui appris à voler (2021)
Pierre Christin needs no introduction. Okay? If you instist… He completed a PhD in Compartive Literature, following studies at the Sorbonne and Sciences Po in Paris. He founded, and then oversaw, the Journalism School of Bordeaux. A regular contributor to Pilote magazine, he has worked with Jacques Tardi, François Boucq and Enki Bilal. In 1967 he created, with long time friend Jean-Claude Mézières, the celebrated Valerian series! He also loves Jazz music. We are exceedingly proud to be working with such a talented author!
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! These cartoons have been published in more than 400 newspapers including the Washington Post, the Globe & Mail, the Chicago Tribune and the New Yorker. In 2009, he received the Reuben Award for Best Comic Drawing.
Amparo CRESPO
Amparo Crespo is a Spanish comic book colorist.
Cromwell is a troublemaker at heart. Son of a Foreign Legion officer, he was forbidden from reading reading comics. He succeeded in not following in his father footsteps and went to the prestigious Gobelins School where he discovered animation and made friends with Riff Reb’s, with whom he founded Azylum Studios. His subversive style has made him one of the most influential French comic artists and illustrators today.
In the catalog:
EndZone (2020)
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. Delmas is an accomplished artist, having put his name to videos, sound sculptures and poems.
He has been found drawing in museums since his childhood. After high school he enrolled in life-drawing courses at the Beaux-Arts, as well as the University of Letters, in Toulouse. Luc Peltriaux, at the Académie de Dessin, taught him the grammar of academic drawing. Driven by his curiosity and the desire to expand his knowledge, Delmas is learning a variety of other trades, such as painting restoration.
In 1995 he enrolled in the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris to specialise in drawing, painting, engraving and anatomy.
Gabriel Delmas published his first comic strip, Le psychopompe, with Delcourt in 2002. In 2004, again through Delcourt, he launched a Lovecraft-inspired fantasy series. He then worked with Humanoïdes (Totendom, 2005), with Carabas (Moloch Jupiter Superstar and Grangousiers in 2005, Orycteropus in 2007), Hollow Press (Largemouths and Fobo in 2015, Plutonium and Xuwwuu in 2016), Le Garage L (Grinder et Gnast in 2017), and Six Pieds Sous Terre (Fille d’Œdipe in 2018).
In the catalog:
Circé la magicienne (2022)
Julien Delval was born in 1972. After studying fine art, he began as an illustrator for role-playing company Multisim. Connections he made at the firm led to the realization of numerous bookcovers for different publishing houses. Today, after stint in comics, he continues to work in the gaming sector, mainly with Days of Wonder, and spends time on personal work, which is supported by the Daniel Maghen Gallery. He produces scenes from ancient worlds, mythology and fantasy inspired by classical painting and imagery of the 20th century.
In the catalog:
Othello (2023)
La Monographie (2020)
L’intégrale : La Monographie et les Etudes (2020)
Les Entretiens (2020)
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. His formative years were supervised by the world famous and dearly lamented late Jean “Moebius” Giraud. Established in Hollywood, he has created story-boards for filmmaker David Fincher, on Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ video and worked with pop star Michael Jackson to develop video concepts before the release of his album, Dangerous. At the end of the 1990’s, Sylvain was engaged by filmmaker Ridley Scott, and contributed to the development of full-length feature films and advertisements. For the past two decades, his name has appeared on the credits of movies such as Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter, The Fountain, and Alien Resurrection. He lives in Los Angeles, London, and Paris.
In the catalog:
Los ángeles (2020)
Chris Dunn is an English illustrator working mainly in watercolor. A phenomenal artist, he has collaborated with prestigious names in the UK such as the BBC and the Times. His work has been exhibited in several galleries in the UK, including London’s Bankside Gallery, and the Victoria Gallery in Bath, as well as in Paris at Galerie Daniel Maghen.
In the catalog:
La visite de Noël (2022)
The Wind in the Willows (2022)
Le vent dans les saules (2021)
Léa Lapin et le concours de cabanes (2021)
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 currently lives in Copenhagen.
In the catalog:
Elsewhere (2019)
Anato has been working in illustration and concept-art for nearly a decade. 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!)
He worked on licenses like Sekiro, Lord of the rings or The Witcher, and mainly works for Wizards of the Coast on Magic: The Gathering maps and Dungeons and Dragons illustrations.
In the catalog:
The Witch King (2022)
Jérémie Fleury is a versatile illustrator. After graduating from Emile Cohl, a private school for illustration in Lyon, he began applying his gifts as a concept artist and 3D graphic designer to video game studios like Ubisoft. He illustrated his first children’s book in 2012, an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’. Fleury now works for several publishing houses and game studios, including Flammarion, Nathan, Bayard, Auzou, Days of Wonder, Bombyx, and Ravensburger.
In the catalog:
Cool Girls (2019)
Xavier Fournier is a French writer, journalist and lecturer specializing in the comics universe; he has been writing articles on that subject since 1993. After his début article in USA Magazine, he has contributed to Comic Box, a magazine devoted to… comics! YEA! and has published four books: Super-Héros : Une histoire française, Super-Héros Français : l’Anthologie, Super-Héros l’Envers du costume and Comics en guerre. If he has more than one super power, we are not sure, but he is the one we call when we need help regarding anything to do with comics!
In the catalog:
Kirbysphère (2020)
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. He worked in the advertising industry for some years but came back to his first love, comics, in 1995 when he began to work on the “Guardians of the Maser”, a saga that would keep him busy for over 10 years!
In the catalog:
Les Gardiens du Maser – Intégrale (2018)
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.
Before becoming interested in video games, animation and advertising media, he illustrated books for children with various French publishing houses. Currently, Armel teaches traditional techniques of observation, perspective and anatomy at The George Méliès Institute of Animation in Paris and works with many great publishers such as Caurette, Glénat and Bragelonne, illustrating stories from Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, among other great writers.
In the catalog:
Dans l’atelier d’Armel Gaulme (2022)
The Man Who Would Be King – LUXE (2021)
The Man Who Would Be King (2019)
The Bestiary #1.1 (2021)
The Bestiary#1 (2018)
Born in 1967 in Grenada, Spain, Juanjo Guarnido is a well-known comic book illustrator, well celebrated for his most famous series Blacksad, which he co-created with Juan Diaz Canales. He is also the force behind the project Sorcelleries, based on the storyline of Teresa Valero, and the musical video Freak of the Weel from Freak Kitchen.
In the catalog:
Les Indes Fourbes – Tirage de Luxe (2020)
Hicham is a Concept and Comic Artist born and raised in Morocco currently living in the Bay Area of California. He worked on many well-known IPs such as League of Legends, Overwatch, Borderlands 3, Batman Comics, Spawn Comics, and more… He currently works as Principal Concept Artist for Riot Games. He immerses himself in everything related to comics and video games, especially their creative and concept development. His artworks and creativity reflect many references to comics, advertising, video games, and urban life.
In the catalog:
KHAT (2022)
Eric Hérenguel is a self-taught French illustrator. He began his career by drawing short stories for “Tintin” magazine. He has worked for all the major French comicbook publishing houses such as Glénat, Vents d’Ouest, Delcourt and Soleil. His latest works Kiliwatch and The Kong Crew are published by Caurette Editions.
In the catalog:
The Kong Crew – Ep. 6 (2024)
The Kong Crew – Ep. 5 (2023)
The Kong Crew – Édition de Luxe (2021)
The Kong Crew – Ep. 4 (2022)
The Kong Crew – Ep. 3 (2021)
The Kong Crew – Ep. 2 (2019)
The Kong Crew – Ep. 1 (2018)
Kiliwatch (2017)
Björn Hurri is an award-winning concept artist and art director. He has worked for all major publishers with over 100+ titles. He has been teaching artists since 2008 and has taught a highly popular character design class at CG Master Academy. Björn regularly shares his knowledge with thousands of people in lectures, workshop demos, and related art events in multiple countries.
Björn and his family live in Latvia. He is often invited to international events for lectures and portfolio reviews and is participates in many local community-driven activities.
In the catalog:
ORO (2023)
Abominations (2021)
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.
In the catalog:
Inspire (2018)
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. Between 2008 and 2010 he illustrated 6 volumes of Tiger the Long Tail, written by Seung-Jin PARK. This story first came into existence as a an online comic and was later published in printed form by CNC Revolution. KIM Jung Gi also illustrated 2 novels by French author Bernard WERBER: “Paradise” (2010) and “Third Humanity” (2013).Kim Jung Gi was probably the most famous illustrator in the world, his talent was beyond all human comprehension and was held in the highest of esteem by fans and fellow artists alike. His skills were absolutely incredible. His ability to render extremely complicated scenes near-perfectly from memory, without the aid of references, stretched the boundaries of what many artists believed was possible. He sadly passed away in October 2022.
In the catalog:
McCurry, NYC, 9/11 (2017)
Alex Konstad is from the forests of Portland, Oregon. He is both a concept artist and an illustrator currently working for Netflix and living in Los Angeles. In the past, Alex worked for Blizzard Entertainment, Games, Reelfx, Psyop FX, Games Workshop, SpinMaster Toays and Sony Online Entertainment, to name a few.
In the catalog:
Hell of a Story (2023)
Obliskura (2021)
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. A keenly talented portrait artist, he has undertaken commisssions for numerous clients, including a portrait of Sir Paul Smith, which featured in his recent book “Hello my name is Paul Smith”.
In the catalog:
The Big Kopinski – Vol. 1 (2019)
Stefan Koidl is a freelance illustrator, concept artist, and an avid 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!
Passionate about digital horror, he likes to create very dark settings: “I need my images to tell stories and I truly believe that a painting should make its audience feel something, that it should lead to a reflection. I especially like to paint scary and dark scenes – I find it exciting to “play” with fears…!”
In the catalog:
The Art of Stefan Koidl (2022)
Raphaël Lacoste, born in Paris, 1974 is a French artistic director and illustrator. He studied at Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux and la Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l’Image d’Angoulême in order to learn 3D animation. After his studies, he joined the video games society Kalisto as an environment artist. A few years later, he was selected to become the artistic director for the production of the game Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time by Ubisoft.
His work on the trailers of Prince of Persia : The two Thrones won him the VES Award and joined the RodeoFX team of Montreal, as matte painter and concept artist. He worked on full-length feature films such as Terminator Salvation, Journey to the Center of the Earth and the excellent Jupiter Ascending. Nowadays, we see his name on the Assasin’s Creed’s franchise.
In the catalog:
Worlds (2021)
“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. What to show, what to hide and what to imply just enough to let the viewer’s imagination find its own path. That’s what has always fascinated me. Even with artists whose finished work I love, I make an effort to seek out their sketches and doodles. Insights into how they solve problems and build worlds. […] And so I hope you enjoy the little journeys and the epic adventures penciled and inked and painted within this collection. And I hope they might inspire you to seek adventures of your own.”
In the catalog:
Daya (2021)
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.
Her greatest inspirations are fairytales, folklore, and ghost stories. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, the Brothers Grimm, Shirley Jackson, Angela Carter, and many classic gothic works of fiction, such as Dracula and Frankenstein have always stirred her imagination.
Abigail’s work has been shown extensively throughout America, from NYC to Los Angeles, as well as galleries in London, Paris, and Madrid. Her illustrations have been featured in various publications including ImagineFX, Clip Studio, Spectrum Fantastic Art, Art Fundamentals, The Graphic Canon of Children’s Literature, Rue Morgue, and Digital Artist. She’s worked with DC/Vertigo, DC kids, Universal, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Titan Comics, Pelican Books, SYFY, and Sideshow Collectibles.s.
In the catalog:
Sketch.Box: Abigail Larson (2023)
Crimson (2021)
Bastien Lecouffe Deharme was born on the shores of Brittany, France, in the early eighties. His artwork manifested at the crossroads of modern and ancient myth, legend, forgotten tales, and tragedies. Bastien creates dark and symbolic pictures, blending the contrast of beauty and decadence. He tells stories to give his inside worlds an existence. Drawing, painting, and photography are among the mediums he likes to mix into his digital creations. From cursed medieval symbols to Noir SciFi, the same themes remain between the lines.
He moved from France to the US in 2010. He also teaches Digital Painting, Illustration, and figure drawing.
In the catalog:
BL8D (2023)
Dutch photographer Nona Limmen is based in Amsterdam, but her marvelous photos capture visions of a vast, mystical world nebulously bordering our own. This mysterious land, woven of dreams and memories, is inhabited by powerful women, liminal creatures wielding arcane forces so great they sometimes fracture their very being.
In the catalog:
Age of the Succubus (2022)
Peter Madsen is an artist, illustrator, author, filmmaker and lecturer. He had his first comic strips published at the age of fifteen, but then chose to study medicine instead. He gave up his studies, however, to concentrate on directing the animated feature film Valhalla. He is probably best known for the comicbook series of the same name (1979-2009), humourous comics about the Norse gods. He has also published graphic novels, The Son of Man, The Story of Job, and children’s titles, Signe’s Christmas, The Journey to Jerusalem and The Fairy Tale Book.
In the catalog:
Valhalla – Artist’s Edition (2019)
Vincent Mallié is a French comic artist known for Hong Kong Triad, L’Arche, Les Aquanautes, Avant la Quête and Le Grand Mort (the 8th volume was published in 2019).
In the catalog:
Entre Deux Cases (2019)
Stan Manoukian is a French artist of worldwide reknown, whose main preferred drawing subjects are imaginary monsters. His art is nearly exclusively black and white, and his inimitable pencil stroke, make him an illustrator with an unmistakable style, similar to the Lowbrow Art Movement.
His obsession with monsters began in 2007, when he challenged himself to draw an original monster each day, which is something he actually then did for the next three years. These drawings were published as an artbook in 2009 by Ankama under the title Diary of inhuman species. Stan had already collaborated with publishers such as Glénat and Delcourt when he worked with Vince, publishing Vortex, Les Chronokids… They received the Fauve jeunesse award at the festival international de la BD d’Angoulême in 2011!
Stan Manoukian’s works are regularly showcased in many international exhibitions in Japan, the US, and throughout France and Europe.
In the catalog:
Mini Encyclopedia of Monsters (2022)
Bunny! (2022)
Meelo’s Big Adventure (2022)
Sketchbook 1 (2022)
Species Vol.2 (2022)
Species Vol.1 (2022)
A Sparkle in the Night – Time Limite Art Print en collaboration avec Geek Art (2021)
Andrew MAR is an american illustrator and concept artist from Dallas who has created many fantasy illustrations. Follow his work on his own website and Instagram.
In the catalog:
Aphos (2020)
Richard Marazano is a prolific French writer with more than forty titles to his name!
Curious by nature, he is interested in classical Greek, Persian and Roman cultures, as well as Stoicism and Cynicism, and also enjoys reading travelogues dating from Antiquity through to the middle of the 19th century.
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 Angoulême.
He then moved to Belgium to experience Brussels cinema with its three daily screenings of silent films.
Marazano has worked with Soleil (Absolute Zero, a series published in the late 90s), Humanoïdes (Dusk, 2000-2002), Glénat (Cuervos, 2003-2006) and Dargaud (The Chimpanzee Complex, 2007-2008; Dream of the Butterfly, 2010-2014; Memories from the Civil War in 2017; Milo’s World, 2013 – 2021).
Circe is his second collaboration with Gabriel Delmas.
In the catalog:
Circé la magicienne (2022)
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. A freelance career in L.A.’s film and advertising industry followed. Some clients included: Lorne Michaels, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, the Grammy Awards, Mattel, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Disney Magazine, Lightstorm Entertainment, Marvel Comics and directors James Cameron and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, for which he did commissions. For over 20 years he has worked as a background painter, visual development artist, texture and matte painter for Walt Disney Feature Animation and DreamWorks Animation, on films such as: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Tarzan, Treasure Planet, Over the Hedge, Shrek Forever After, Puss in Boots and How to Train Your Dragon I and II.
Throughout his career, he has maintained his commitment to teaching and working on his own art. He is an Artist member of the California Art Club, has exhibited at the Springville Art Museum, the Salmagundi Club, the Santa Paula Art Museum, and has also participated in a three-man show at the Morris Graves Art Museum.
He has taught at the Art Center College of Design, California State University Long Beach, Concept Design Academy, Laguna College of Art and Design, and Associates in Art, and has also written a graduate-level course on the history of visual development for the Academy of Art University. Additionally, he has conducted painting and drawing workshops for the artists at DreamWorks Animation.
He is currently a faculty member in the illustration department at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida.
In the catalog:
Muse (2021)
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 Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, published by Dargaud). Her career would undoubtedly be artistic, but between illustration and animated films, her heart swayed…
After passing her baccalauréat in literature, she studied academic drawing, illustration and animation at the Émile Cohl school in Lyon. When it came to choosing her speciality, she was more attracted by the feel of paper than to computer screens, and finally opted for publishing.
For almost ten years, she has published numerous children’s books in France and abroad, notably with Penguin Random House (The Last Rabbit), Lire c’est partir (La Moufle), MK Kids Books (Tizzy Throws a Fizzy) and Fleurus Mame (Les belles histoires de grand-mère).
Loyal to her brushes and traditional techniques, she loves to use watercolors to depict tender, mischievous animals. Drawing her inspiration from her two little boys, Julie seeks to bring a certain narrative, to suggest an emotion, a trait or an attitude characteristic of childhood in each of her illustrations.
Au catalogue :
Instants (2023)
Jean-Claude Mézières is the creator, along with Pierre Christin, of the celebrated Valerian and Laureline series. In 1984, he received the Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 1987, he co-directed Lady Polaris with Pierre Christin and later worked with Jean-Luc Besson on The Fifth Element. Mézières is a pioneer of the 9th art, a man of vision and imagination, and it is our great honor to be working with him!
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.
Since the age of 14, he has filled sketchbook after sketchbook with every possible kind of drawing. His goal: to capture the very essence of his surroundings.
After obtaining his Master of Arts in animation in Brussels, he moved to Los Angeles to work for Riot Games. Rembert Montald is currently Senior Storyboard / Concept Artist at Lightspeed, another LA.-based video game studio.
We at Caurette are very proud to publish his first artbook!
In the catalog:
Figured Out (2024)
Moon began his artistic journey practicing graffiti in the 1990s. After a few years of self-taught drawing, he attended art school, which led him to work as a graphic designer and art director, before teaching graphic design for a few years. Early in his career, under the pseudonym Moon, he developed a personal universe in his drawings and paintings. Today, he devotes himself entirely to its expansion.
His creations are broadly described as “Polychröm Symbiosis” where the main theme is the illustration of dream-like, surrealist symbioses of humans and plants. The maxim that a picture is worth a thousand words, were never truer than when in reference to Moon’s drawings, which reveal torment, expectation, encounters, doubt… Life in its widest emotional range. His universe is expressed through illustrations presented on social networks, in galleries and happily for everyone, through artbooks!
In the catalog:
Drizzle (2024)
Squares 2 (2024)
Squares 1 (2023)
British-born, Kyiv-based artist Mark Neville makes work at the intersection of art and documentary. He creates films, photographs, and books that he often disseminates for free to a target audience to have an impact on social issues.
Neville was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize (2013), the Aperture Photo Book Award (2017), the Time Magazine Photo Book Award (2017), and The Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation Prize (2020). Stop Tanks With Books was nominated for both the Arles Photo Book Award and the Paris Photo Book Award in 2022.
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Neville has lived in Kyiv since 2020, where he co-founded and now runs the hybrid humanitarian aid and photography project Postcode Ukraine.
In the catalog:
Ukraine 2022-2024: Diary of an Aid Worker
Belen Ortega is a Spanish artist born in 1986. While a student at the University of Granada, she bacame obsessed with Japanese culture and lived in Japan for a year after her studies. Ortega is a member of the Kamikaze Factory Studio, a group of authors with whom she has worked on many projects in various mediums, including magazines, posters, websites, and books. She also worked with Sylvain Runberg between 2016 and 2018 as an illustrator for 3 volumes of Millenium (Dupuis). Since 2021, she has been drawing Batman for DC comics, and joined forces again with Sylvain Runberg for Patriarchy published by Caurette Éditions.
In the catalog:
Patriarchy – T.2 : La Fureur (2023)
Patriarchy – T.1 : Le Châtiment (2022)
Hardcover – Collectif (2019)
Dan Piraro comes from Missouri. With cartoons published daily in numerous American newspapers, his drawings have been shared across the Internet. Among the multitude of awards in his cabinet are numerous Reuben Awards for Best Cartoonist. Come discover his wacky and offbeat universe, you will never want to leave!
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.
In the catalog:
La visite de Noël (2022)
Léa Lapin et le concours de cabanes (2021)
Alberto was born in Ecuador and has worked as a freelance artist ever since moving to New York City as a teenager. He is the founder, president, and editor of BrandStudio Press, Trinquette Publishing, and Xupuy Editions. Ruiz has spent more than 30 years in the fields of illustration, animation, and graphic design as a production artist and art director. As a freelance designer, he has distinguished himself working for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Nickelodeon, Hallmark Entertainment, VIACOM Networks, New York Magazine, among others.
In the catalog:
Line & Mass (2022)
Sylvain Runberg was born in Belgium in 1971 and has published over 70 comic books, translated into 15 languages. His scenarios are spread across all kind of genres. He is famous for Orbital, Reconquêtes, Face Cachée, which won Silver in Tokyo’s International Manga Award in 2011, Les Carnets de Darwin, London Calling, Warship Jolly Roger; as well as the adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Bestseller, Millenium.
In 2011, Sylvain began work for Glénat on a dark fantasy comic book series inspired by Scandinavian mythology, specifically Konungar. Since then, he has published L’Ombre des Shinobis with Zhifeng, set in medieval Japan, Sonar with Chee, where he was able to display his interest in mermaids; Le Chant des Runes, a fantastic detective story set in modern day Sweden; and so many more!
Jaouen was born in 1979 in Ganges, Hérault. As a child, he dreamed of becoming Olympic 1000-meter champion. Later, at the age of 15, he discovered drawing… And it was drawing that finally won out!
Remaining faithful to this second passion, Jaouen entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Nîmes for a year, before completing his studies at the Ecole Emile Cohl in Lyon.
In 2007, he published his first album, Nova, with Éditions Soleil.
The following year, he took part in the “Hanté” project with a group of authors including Christophe Bec; a Carthago spin-off, Bluff Creek, emerged from this encounter in 2011.
Between 2014 and 2017, he drew the Eternum series, again with Christophe Bec. Since 2017, he worked closely with the Carbone magazine exploring Pop Culture.
In early 2021, he signed the first volume of Elecboy, a post-apocalyptic western published by Dargaud.
In the catalog:
Dreambook (2019)
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 penchant for writing have led her to write for various genres such as comedy, anticipation, drama or youth literature.
Born 1949 in Chile, Luis Sepúlveda is a widely renowned writer. Ex-footballer and activist for many political and ecological causes, he made the choice of writing. Repeated themes, including the repression of dictatorships, the harm of pollution, and values such as tolerance, are found throughout his work. He was imprisoned for more than two years under Pinochet’s dictatorship because of his support for President Allende. Since then, Luis Sepúlveda was involved in various struggles within global organizations, Greenpeace, International Federation for Human Rights, UNESCO etc. and journalistic institutions, the Diplomatic World – Chilean edition, emphasizing the need for various freedoms.
His first novel, The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, was a huge success that placed him among the international writers, with more than one million copies sold worldwide. In 1996, he wrote The Story of A Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly, which promotes values of tolerance and criticizes mass pollution.The award-winning book was adapted into an animated film a few years later.
Luis Sepúlveda sadly died in April 2020 from Covid-19.
In the catalog:
Histoire d’une mouette et du chat qui lui apprit à voler (2021)
