Pierre Christin was born at Saint-Mand in 1938. In addition to the ongoing Valerian series, Christin has written several other comics oneshots, including The City That Didn't Exist, The Black Order Brigade and The Hunting Party, all illustrated by Enki Bilal.
Among the many European comics artist he has collaborated with are Enki Bilal, Jacques Tardi, Alexis, Raymond Po vet, Jij , Annie Goetzinger, Daniel Ceppi, and Fran ois Boucq. This is his first collaboration with Olivier Balez.
Olivier Balez is a longtime comics artist and children's book illustrator who resides in Chile. He has illustrated work in virtually every genre of comics, collaborating with Florence DeCamp, Eric Corbeyran, and Pascale Fonteneau, among many others.