Josephine Baker

About Jose-Luis Bocquet

José-Luis Bocquet published his first novel as part of the Black Series (Gallimard). Since then he has written several other novels for a number of publishers. He is also the author of monographs devoted to Henri-Georges Clouzot Georges Lautner André Franquin and René Goscinny. As a scriptwriter for comic strips his career began in the pages of Métal Hurlant and went on to include ten titles with artists Serge Clerc Arno Max Philippe Berthet Francis Vallès Andréas Geffe Stanislas and Steve Cuzor. He previously collaborated with Catel Muller on the acclaimed graphic biography Kiki de Montparnasse.Catel Muller co-authored Le Sang des Valentines with Christian De Metter published by Casterman (Peoples Choice First Prize at Angoulême 2005). For the same publisher she produced three volumes of the adventures of Lucie (with Véronique Grisseaux). Catels childrens illustrations include the Marion strip written by Fanny Joly for Bayard publishers. Heroines both great and small are a constant feature of her work as in Piaf for Nocturne publishers. In 2008 she pursued her study of the eternal feminine with Quatuor by adapting the texts of Pascal Quignard Jacques Gamblin Thierry Bellefroid and José-Luis Bocquet. She also collaborated with Bocquet onthe acclaimed graphic biography Kiki de Montparnasse.