Carthago First Cycle

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”.

Born in 1974, Éric Henninot studied to become an engineer in Marseille, working for scientific companies like Cemagref and SITA, but his passion for art eventually led him to a career in comics. In 2007 he collaborated with Christophe Bec to create the series 'Carthago' for Humanoids, which was a bestseller. In 2010 he drew 'Little Jones', the third installment in Dargaud's 'XII Mystery' series.

Born in what was formerly known as Yugoslavia, Milan Jovanovic became interested in comics at age 13 and published his first stories in the late 1980s. After studying graphic design, he worked at an animation studio as well as in advertising. In 2001, he co-founded the comics magazine Bager and collaborated with writer Frank Giroud on The Snake in the Ice in the series 'Secrets' at Dupuis. He joined the Carthago series on the third book, collaborating with Christophe Bec. He now lives in Belgrade, where the French Institute held an exhibition of his work in April 2016.