Having always been drawn to the world of children, Bénédicte Carboneill, aka Carbone, made the logical choice when it came time to decide on a profession, becoming a teacher. After joining the teaching ranks in 1995, she would go on to become principal before writing entered her life and quickly took over. Starting with publications on education ("La Classe Maternelle, " Jocatop/Bordas), she soon developed her own publishing house, Pas de l'échelle, which brought together comics and education.
Editor and author, Bénédicte began writing for young children and teenagers, including books published by various French-language publishers (Fleurus, Larousse, Mijade). In 2015, she tried her hand as a comics author with "Le Pass'Temps" (published by Jungle), taking on the pen name Carbone. She soon followed with "La boîte à musique" (Dupuis; "The Music Box, " Europe Comics), with Gijé, a hit adventure story that has already led to two more series with the same publisher: "Les Zindics anonymes" ("Snitches Anonymous, " Europe Comics) and "Dans les yeux de Lya" (Europe Comics 2019).
Jérôme Gillet, aka Gijé, was born in 1988 in Lubumbashi (Congo).
Following his studies at the Saint-Luc Institute in Liège (Belgium), specializing in illustration, he moved to Luxembourg to continue his training in animation. After graduating in 2012, he started out as a freelance 2D artist before joining Zeilt Production as a computer graphics designer, and gained experience working on advertising campaigns, short films (such as "Long Live New York") and animated series ("Barababor, " "Prochain arrêt").
The year 2018 marks a major evolution in his career, as Gijé turns to the comics world with the adventure series "La boîte à musique, " written by Carbone and published by Dupuis (Europe Comics in English, "The Music Box").
