Carthago Adventures

About AlcanteChristophe BecGiles DaoustGiles Doust

Christophe Bec is a writer and artist. Born in France he spent the first few months of his life in Morocco due to his parent's work. Attracted to comics from an early age he began his career by producing fanzines one of which earned a Best Fanzine nomination at Angoulême Comics Festival. He joined the Comics School of Angoulême the next year. Known for the art behind Absolute Zero Sanctum and Prometheus he is also the author of Pandemonium Shadows of Salamanca and Carthago. Sanctum earned him nominations for Best Comic Album at both the Cognac Detective Film Festival and the Jules Vernes Film Festival. He also won the Uderzo Prize for his series Lent.Jaouen was born in 1979 in Ganges in the Hérault. As a child he dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion in the 1000-meter race. It was later at the age of 15 that he discovered drawing... Remaining faithful to this second passion Jaouen entered the school of Fine Arts of Nimes for one year before going to finish his studies at the Emile Cohl school in Lyon. In 2007 he published his first album Nova with Éditions Soleil. The following year he participated in the project Hanté in collaboration with a group of authors including Christophe Bec. From this meeting emerged a spin off of Carthago: Bluff Creek. In order to explore all the richness of drawing Jaouen has also worked for the press youth illustration advertising and is considering teaching.