
They returned to science fiction for 'Metalfer' (Dargaud, 2013) and 'Now Future' (Glénat, 2016), the latter being another collaboration with Benoît Deléphine.
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Stan and Vince have furthermore participated in the series 'L'Atelier Mastodonte', a collective comic series about a fictional comics atelier (Dupuis, 2013-2014). Stan and Vince then teamed up with Swiss comics legend Zep for the creation of 'Les Chronokids' (Glénat, 2008-2014), a children's comic about two time travelling kids. The book reveals their inspirations (cartoons, cinema, animation, advertising, science fiction) and show their talent and fantasy. An art book of their work called 'Time Capsule' was published by Delcourt in 2006, with a foreword by Lewis Trondheim. Their work in France continued with a couple of collaborations with French comedian and film director Benoît Deléphine, such as the science fiction comics 'L'Imploseur' (Albin Michel, 2000), 'La Bombe' (Albin Michel, 2001) and 'Godkiller' (Albin Michel, 2005). They also provided artwork for 'The Rocketeer Adventure Magazine' (based on Dave Stevens' classic comic book hero) and covers for 'Star Wars' and 'Ghost'. This was followed by the crossover 'The Shadow and Doc Savage' (two issues, 1995) with Steve Vance, and a run on 'Tarzan' with Lovern Kindzierski in 1996. Their work was picked up by Dark Horse Comics in the United States, who assigned them to draw 'The Shadow and the Mysterious 3' (1994), a graphic novel starring the 1930s pulp novel hero, written by Mike Kaluta and Joel Goss. Working from their Parisian studio, Stan and Vince contributed stories to magazines like L'Echo des Savanes, Spirou and Fluide Glacial, while continuing to work on commercial projects. Vortex - 'Tess Wood, Prisonnière du Futur', drawn by Vince (1993). Stan and Vince's passion for American pop culture was also evident in their parody comic album 'Putain de télé!', which was published by Albin Michel in 1995.

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The series about the hunt for time traveling Nazis is full of tributes and references to the American comic books and pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s.

Each story of the science fiction series 'Vortex' (Delcourt, 1993-2003) was told twice: once from the perspective of character Campbell (drawn by Stan) and once from that of Tess Wood (drawn by Vince). Their first joint comics project was a remarkable one. Stan produced the fantasy album 'Parasite' at Zenda in 1992, while Vince created 'Eden' for the same publisher at the same time. Their first comic books were solo efforts, however. Vortex - 'Campbell, Voyageur du Temps', drawn by Stan (1993). Among their creations were the designs for the characters and backgrounds of the puppet series 'Les Bestioles'. The duo started working together after their graduation in 1988, doing designs for the press, concept and character design for animation projects and animated films. They enrolled at the Estienne art school in 1985, where they quickly joined forces. Their best known series is the science fiction saga 'Vortex' (1993-2003).īoth artists were born in Paris in 1969 Vince in August and Stan in October. In 2016, Feroumont made a comic book starring Dupuis' classic characters 'Spirou & Fantasio', in which Fantasio is getting married.Stanislas Manoukian and Vincent Roucher are two French comic authors, who are known for their collective oeuvre as Stan & Vince. In 2013, he releaed 'Giselle & Béatrice' in Dupuis' Aire Libre collection, an erotic tale tinged with humor and social satire. The same publisher launched the first book of 'Le Royaume', Feroumont's solo children's series about a peaceful kingdom, in 2009. Two books were published by Dupuis in 20. Feroumont and Vehlmann came up with their first series, 'Wondertown', in 2000. His film 'BZZ' was featured on the Cannes Film Festival of 2000, and Feroumont subsequently participated in the creation of Sylvain Chomet's animated film 'Les triplettes de Belleville' (2003).įrom 1997, he has also drawn short comic stories for the magazine Spirou, mostly from scenarios by Fabien Vehlmann. From 1992, he has worked on a variety of animation projects, such as 'Les Gens' (1992), 'Chapeaux' (1992), 'Madame O'Hara et Chabada Bada' (1994) and 'Un Ange Passe' (1995). He subsequently enrolled at the La Cambre School of Animation in Brussels.

His graduation project was a 2D short film called 'This Strange Zwan Saucisse Suicide'. Born in Aye, a tiny town near Marche-en-Famenne, Benoît Feroumont studied comic art and illustration at the École Supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc in Liège.
