About the Author

Jean Van Hammewas born in 1939 in Belgium. His major breakthrough came in 1977, when he created the Vikinghero Thorgalfor Grzegorz Rosinski. The mix of medievallegends and heroic fantasysoon became a huge success, with major awards following. He is also the creator of the bestselling series Largo Winchand XIII(published in English by Cinebook). Grzegorz Rosinskiis one of the most popular artists of comic books in Western Europe. Among his later works are the series Chninkel(with Van Hamme) and a series titled Lamentof the Lost Moors(with Jean Dufaux). In 2001, the Rosinski/Van Hamme duo published yet another comic book titled Western, based in the American Old West.