1974 – Birth in Nice, by chance.

1974 – 1984 Lived in a circus (yes, really) wanted to become an artist-cowboy-secret agent in space when he grew up. Drew “darkvadors”.

1985 – Settled in Tours, traded drawings in the school playground. Drew pictures of Astérix and Lucky Luke…

1988 – 1993 Cannot remember much about this time, probably all acne and greasy hair. Drew girls (surprise, surprise).

1994 – 1997 Studied “visual communication”. Drew 15 x 15 logos.

1997 – 1999 First jobs: freelancing, design, packaging – English words that say what they mean. Drew grinning labradors on packaging for dog biscuits.

1999 – Graphic artist for a web design company. Drew with pixels.

2003 – Said “Yes, sounds good to me!” when Hervé Bourhis suggested creating a cartoon strip full of pop singers, Vietnamese people and dead saxophonists. Worked for Poisson Pilote and Youpi. Drew boxes and speech bubbles (at last!).