Josephine Baker by Jose-Luis Bocquet

Josephine Baker by 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 (People’s Choice First Prize at Angoulême 2005). For the same publisher, she produced three volumes of the adventures of Lucie (with Véronique Grisseaux). Catel’s children’s 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.