François Walthéry

François Walthery is hired by Studios Peyo (the creator of the Smurfs) at the age of 17. He takes over the series ‘Jacky et Célestin’ and draws 4 albums of ‘Benoit Brisefer’. His work is clearly influenced by Mittei and Peyo. In 1970 he scores a hit with a script by Gos and Delporte: ‘Natacha’.… Continue reading François Walthéry

Pierre Alary

Pierre Alary ( aka Stanley ) is a graduate of the prestigious graphic school les Gobelins in Paris. He got hired by the Disney studios in Montreuil, where he worked as an animator on long features such as Tarzan, Kuzco, The Jungle Book 2 and several short features before dedicating himself entirely to comic-strip. He’s… Continue reading Pierre Alary

Joan Urgell

Catalan Joan Urgell ( 1982° ) realizes at a very young age that he prefers drawing to school. His parents take the risky decision (but with an obvious payback) to register him at the Joso School in Barcelona, an art academy where Joan will spend 4 years. As time goes by, he decides to start… Continue reading Joan Urgell

Stephane Crety

Self-taught Stéphane Créty has always nourished a secret passion for the comics. He worked as an archeologist, a storekeeper and even a sewer man, before he ended up in a cartoon department, where he learned the arts of story-boarding, lay-out and illustration. It’s with Salem la Noire at Delcourt ( with Sylvain and Sandrine Cordurié… Continue reading Stephane Crety

Thomas Gilbert

After a year spent at the School of Fine Arts in Paris and 3 years at Saint-Luc in Brussels, Thomas Gilbert is spotted by Casterman for the series Bjorn le Morphir. At the same time, he publishes Oklahoma Boy at Manolosanctis, a publishing house based on sharing creations on a web platform. The sequel of… Continue reading Thomas Gilbert