Born in 1965 in Rouen, France, Frédéric Duval first studied history. He completed his master's degree by studying the caricatures of a newspaper during the Dreyfus Affair. He published his first book, "500 fusils, " in 1995. In 2008, for comics publisher Delcourt, he published the science fiction series "Meteors, " illustrated by Philippe Ogaki, before tackling an old dream with illustrator Zanzim: to adapt "Tartuffe" as a graphic novel.
In 2010, he then published the first volume of the speculative fiction series "Nico" (Dargaud), alongside Philippe Berthet. In 2016, he wrote the tenth volume of "XIII Mystery" (Dargaud; Europe Comics/Cinebook in English), under the direction of Jean Van Hamme. The year 2018 marked the release of his latest science fiction series, "Renaissance" (Dargaud; Europe Comics in English), alongside Emem and Fred Blanchard.
His most recent work is the masterful literary adaptation "Nymphéas Noirs" (Dupuis; "Black Water Lilies, " Europe Comics), illustrated by Didier Cassegrain. In 2022, he teamed up with Michel Bussi and Noë Monin to create "Cinq Avril" (Dupuis; Europe Comics), a new series set during the Renaissance.
Michel Bussi was born in France in 1965. He was a geography professor at the University of Rouen before publishing his first novel in 2006 ("Code Lupin"), and is now one of the most widely read French authors, most notably for his crime novels.
In 2011 he published the award-winning mystery "Nymphéas noirs, " adapted as a graphic novel in 2019 by Fred Duval and Didier Cassegrain (Dupuis; "Black Water Lilies, " Europe Comics). His books have been translated in dozens of languages around the world.
Didier Cassegrain was born in France in 1966. He studied at a vocational drawing school as well as at the Gobelins school in Paris. He then went to work on television series for France Animation before joining Disney Studios for a year, followed in turn by a stint with a company called Story.
That's where he met Fred Blanchard and Olivier Vatine, who pushed him into the comics world. "Tao Bang" was soon born (Delcourt, 1999). In 2019, in collaboration with Fred Duval, he illustrated the masterful literary adaptation "Nymphéas Noirs" (Dupuis; "Black Water Lilies, " Europe Comics).
