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Enrico Marini, an Italian national, was born on August 13th, 1969, in Switzerland, where he studied illustration at the Basel Academy of Fine Arts. His style is influenced by American comics, Italian fumetti, French bande dessinée and Japanese manga, and he is an admirer of authors such as Milton Caniff, Alex Toth, John Romita Sr., Mike Mignola, Hermann, Jordi Bernet, Hergé, Giraud and Otomo. His career was launched at the 1987 Festival de la Bande Dessinée in Sierre, where he would compete with the most promising emerging talents. His own talent was recognized immediately, and he was entrusted with his first series, "Olivier Varèse," based on a script by Thierry Smolderen, produced by Alpen Publishing. In 1992, Marini and Smolderen tried their hand at something totally different with "Gipsy" ("Gypsy"), a flesh-and-blood sci-fi adventure with a real badass hero. Marini would then enter the realm of vampires with "Rapaces" (Europe Comics, "Raptors"), this time alongside Jean Dufaux. With Stephen Desberg, he fulfilled his childhood dream of creating a western-style comic, "L'Étoile du désert" (Europe Comics, "Desert Star"). Together they co-wrote "Le Scorpion" ("The Scorpion," Cinebook), a massive swashbuckling adventure series. More recently, since 2007, Marini, now a full-fledged writer, has been bringing ancient civilizations back to life with the epic saga of "Les Aigles de Rome" (Europe Comics, "The Eagles of Rome"). He followed that with "Batman: The Dark Prince Charming" (published by DC), one of his most ambitious projects to date. His latest work includes the gritty and beautiful graphic novel "Noir burlesque" (Dargaud, Europe Comics in English). He is known to be one of the rare comic artists who inks and paints his original art by hand directly on the page.
Smolderen, Thierry Scénariste Né le 25/11/1954 en BELGIQUE Thierry Smolderen, est né le 25 novembre 1954 à Bruxelles. Après des études de cinéma d'animation à La Cambre (Bruxelles) et diverses expériences théâtrales (mises en scène et écriture en collaboration avec Pierre Steckx) et musicales (il est guitariste de jazz) durant les années 70, il commence à se consacrer entièrement à la bande dessinée au début des années 80, écrivant plusieurs essais et de nombreux articles (notamment dans les Cahiers de la BD de 1983 à 1988). Après cette période, Smolderen entame une carrière de scénariste. Il a publié quatre albums chez Glénat et près de vingt albums aux Humanoïdes Associés et chez Alpen Publishers. Plusieurs projets sont en cours aux éditions Dargaud (Gipsy avec Marini), Delcourt (une série avec Dominique Bertail) et aux Humanos (avec Jean-Philippe Bramenti). Marié et père de deux enfants, il habite Angoulême depuis 1994, où il est professeur de scénario à l'EESATI (Ecole de l'image). Série(s) réalisée(s) (AUT) Hergé Carnets volés du major (Les) Colère noire Dans l'ombre du soleil Dossiers d'Olivier Varèse (Les) Enfer des Pelgram (L') Gipsy Hybrides Karen Springwell Machinistes (Les) McCay Nombre Vauvert et Selena