XIII Mystery - Volume 12 - Alan Smith - E-book - Epub fixed layout

Daniel Pecqueur was born in Rouen in 1948. He first studied drama before dedicating himself to his other passion, car racing, taking part notably in the Formula 3 Championships. And it was his interest in the classic comics series "Michel Vaillant" that ultimately led him to his new life as a comics scriptwriter. His first work was "Légendes du chevalier Cargal, " a heroic fantasy series illustrated by Gilles Formosa.
In 1987, he then began the series "Thomas Noland" (Dargaud), illustrated by Franz, before creating "Marée basse" alongside Jean-Pierre Gibrat, as part of the "Long Courrier" collection (Dargaud). Following that, he joined up with publisher Delcourt to create the science fiction series "Golden City, " illustrated by Nicolas Malfin; "Tao Bang, " a two-part series co-written with Olivier Vatine and illustrated by Fred Blanchard and Didier Cassegrain; "Golden Club, " in which he returned to the subject of car racing; and "Arctica, " a fantasy series illustrated by Bojan Kovacevic.
In 2018 he was invited to write the script for the twelfth volume of "XIII Mystery" (Dargaud; Europe Comics/Cinebook in English), alongside artist Philippe Buchet. Philippe Buchet was born in 1962 in northeastern France. When he was in his last year of high school, he decided to give up his studies to devote himself to drawing. He settled in Paris were he first created illustrations for café storefronts.
Then, he won a drawing competition for the cinema and worked for several months on the scenery and costumes for a science fiction film, which unfortunately was never released. After that he became a freelance illustrator, followed by a decade working for a company where he created marketing and communication materials in the form of comics. It was during these years that he met the scriptwriter Jean-David Morvan, who proposed a collaboration on the series "Nomad" (Glénat).
Together, they then created "Sillage, " a long-running science fiction series, with Buchet working as illustrator and colorist. Two art books are dedicated to his wide-ranging works: "Blockbuster: Art of Buchet" and "1000 Nävis." In 1998, Philippe Buchet was crowned best colorist at the festival of Solliès-Ville for the first volume of "Sillage." In 2006 and 2008, he also won awards at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
In 2018 he was invited to illustrate the twelfth volume of "XIII Mystery" (Dargaud; Europe Comics/Cinebook in English), alongside scriptwriter Daniel Pecqueur.