Bernard Swysen, born in Brussels in 1964, is a Belgian artist. He took his first steps in the world of comics with publications in weekly magazines, before becoming an assistant for the series "Chlorophylle" and "Modeste et Pompon, " at Hergé's and Peyo's studios-meeting, at the latter, André-Paul Duchâteau, with whom he created the series "Rouletabille, " recognized at the 1990 Festival du Crime in Saint-Nazaire (France).
A prolific creator, Swysen has published almost a dozen titles, including French adaptations of several American cartoons, collaborations with the filmmaker Claude Lelouch, as well as publications of his own (including "Les aventures de Capucine, " inspired by his eldest daughter). Currently, Swysen is working on the equally historical and hysterical non-fiction series "Les méchants de l'Histoire" (Dupuis; "History's Greatest Villains, " Europe Comics), with volume one, "Dracula, " released in 2018 in collaboration with artist Julien Solé.
Bruno Bazile was born in 1961 in Saint-Nazaire and was an assiduous student at a fine arts school in Rennes, Brittany, until 1985.
This is where he was first introduced to the world of comics, and joined Jean-Claude Fournier's artist workshop. Since then, he has collaborated with some of the finest authors in the genre throughout his long career, and has published works with the major French and Belgian publishers, including Dargaud, Dupuis, Soleil, Delcourt, Glénat, and more. In October 2019, he began a collaboration with scriptwriter Bernard Swysen on the collection "The Stars of History, " published by Dupuis -- and Europe Comics in English -- which revisits the lives of some of the most colorful figures in the history of cinema.
