Vanyda created her first comic book at the age of six. So it's only natural that she should later go on to specialize in comic book art at the Fine Arts Academy of Tournai (Belgium). When she finished her studies in 2001, she moved to Lille with four friends from her student days: François Duprat, David Bolvin, and Rod and Nicolas Delestret.
With Duprat, Vanyda produced the trilogy "L'année du dragon" (Carabas).
She also produced two other trilogies by herself: "L'immeuble d'en face" (La Boîte à bulles) and the black-and-white "Celle que...", later republished in color as "Valentine" (Dargaud; Europe Comics 2016, "Valentine").
In January 2014, Vanyda created the wonderful "Un petit goût de noisette" (Dargaud), a black and white graphic novel of love stories.
Two years later, she was back again with a new one-shot, "Entre ici et ailleurs" (Dargaud).
She's received awards at numerous comic book festivals, been nominated several times at Angouleme, and has also been recognized for the English edition of "L'immeuble d'en face" ("The Building Opposite, " Fanfare/Ponent Mon), which won the manga of the year award from "Publishers Weekly." Her recent work includes the drama and humor series "Mia & Co, " which follows teenager Mia and her high school friends.
Born in Amiens in 1978, Nicolas Hitori De has been interested in comics and illustration from a very young age.
In 2001 he began publishing his own books and fanzines and studied fine arts in Paris.
In 2004 he interned at the Disney Accademia in Milan and began publishing his work in children's magazines, advertisements, television, on websites and in the music industry. He has participated in a great number of exhibitions and festivals and remains active in the life of his hometown. In 2008, for example, he drew half of a fresco covering construction work happening in the center city, and has designed posters for important cultural events in Amiens.
He is currently working on several comics projects, including the series "Mia & Co" with the writer/artist Vanyda (Dargaud 2016, Europe Comics 2017).
