Jean-Christophe Derrien studied scriptwriting for the cinema, which led him to animated cartoons (Bob Morane, Blake & Mortimer ...) then almost inevitably to comics, where he garnered acclaim for series Résistance and Poker. Frenchman Xavier Fourquemin went to Belgium to learn the art of bandes dessinées, and has since published several albums and series including Alban and La légende du Changeling.