A scriptwriter for "great masters" such as Raymond Poïvet or René Follet, Rodolphe has collaborated with a number of great authors of the 9th art: Léo, Jacques Ferrandez, André Juillard, Annie Goetzinger, Max Cabanes, Griffo, Vink and Michel Faure!
Many times nominated in Angoulême and winner of several awards, he has also worked in the children's book sector, writing the scripts for "Tom-tom et Nana" and even "Mickey."
Aside from comics (numbering over 150 titles), he has also worked in YA novels and thrillers as well as books dedicated to rock music and the '60s.
Dargaud has recently celebrated his crossing the threshold of 100 thousand sales for his series "Kenya" (also published in English by Cinebook), illustrated by Léo.
In another partnership with Léo, he has also worked on the "Trent" series, recently re-published in English by Europe Comics and Cinebook (2017-2018).
Luis Eduardo de Oliveira, or simply Leo to comics fans, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1944. A drawing enthusiast, he first went to university to study engineering, and in 1971, a few years after earning his diploma, and becoming involved in the political left, he was forced to leave Brazil to escape the repression of the dictatorship.
He moved to Chile and Argentina before finally returning secretly to Brazil in 1974, at which point he left politics behind to concentrate on his art.
Leo began his drawing career with an American company before turning to press illustrations and then comics. His first full-length comic book was published in the mid-'70s, and after discovering the richness of the comics scene in Europe with publications like 'Pilote' and 'Métal hurlant, ' he decided to try his chance in France, moving to Paris in 1981.
After a hesitant beginning with a few comics publications, Leo turned to advertising for work before finally breaking through in the late '80s.
It was then that he met the writer Rodolphe, who invited him to collaborate on his new series "Trent." The first album appeared in 1991 with Dargaud (now republished in English by Europe Comics and Cinebook), launching Leo's comics career for good.
And since then, Leo hasn't looked back, offering readers over the years a seemingly endless string of remarkable comics series, including the long-running "Aldebaran" series, "Trent, " "Kenya, " "Terres lointaines" ("Distant Worlds"), and "The Mermaid Project, " all with Dargaud, and the majority of which have been translated into English by Cinebook and Europe Comics.
And the list goes on, as the artist's passion for comics only continues to grow.
