Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école. After studying in Nice he became a teacher. He began to write for children and then wrote his book series "La Saga Malaussène", that tells the story of Benjamin Malaussène, a scapegoat, and his family in Belleville, Paris. His writing style can be humorous and imaginative like in "La Saga Malaussène", but he has also written essays, such as "Comme un roman", a pedagogic essay."La Débauche", written jointly with Jacques Tardi, treats the topic of unemployment, revealing his social preoccupations.

Jul est né en 1974. Avant de devenir dessinateur, il vagabonde dans de longues études, de Normale Sup' à l'agrégation d'Histoire, de la recherche en sinologie à l'enseignement universitaire... Mais son enfance passée dans une école alternative a semé des graines coriaces : défroqué de l'Education Nationale, il entre comme dessinateur au Nouvel Observateur, puis à Charlie Hebdo en 2001 où la joie du dynamitage hebdomadaire de l'actualité le conquiert définitivement. Il collabore en parallèle à maints journaux : Philosophie Magazine, Lire, Les Echos, l'Huma, Marianne, Le Point, Fluide Glacial... Depuis 2008, il dessine chaque semaine sur le plateau de La Grande Librairie sur France 5. Son premier album de bande dessinée, Il faut tuer José Bové, est une plongée délirante dans la jungle altermondialiste. Les lecteurs plébiscitent l'ouvrage. « Un autre succès est possible » : ce sera en 2006 avec La Croisade s'amuse, journal intime de Mme Ben Laden, qui parodie le choc des civilisations. Dès lors, le processus est enclenché : avec Le Guide du moutard pour survivre à neuf mois de grossesse, il reçoit le prix Goscinny en 2007. En 2009 : c'est la crise ? Jul investit dans l'âge de pierre ! Silex and the City est sa première série, saga familiale préhistorique et satire implacable de notre quotidien d'hommes modernes. 120 000 exemplaires et deux tomes plus tard, il revient à la racine de tout : la philosophie... http://www.dargaud.com/auteurs-bd/jul...

The Belgian author Morris (full name Maurice de Bevere) is best known for his humorous cowboy character, Lucky Luke. Morris started his career in 1945 in Le Moustique, creating various covers and illustrations. By the end of the 1940s, Morris met his colleagues Jijé, Franquin and Will. These four artists would be called "The Gang of 4", because they all worked in Jijé's studio at that time. The first episode of Lucky Luke, 'Arizona 1880', was published in L'Almanach Spirou 1947, and was later continued in Spirou. In his early 'Lucky Luke' comics, Morris was greatly inspired by animated cartoons à la Disney. In 1949, Jijé took Morris and Franquin to the US, where Morris met Jack Davis and Harvey Kurtzman, whom he helped with their plans for Mad Magazine. He also met René Goscinny in the US. In 1955, Morris returned to Europe and collaborated with René Goscinny on 'Lucky Luke'. Goscinny wrote the scenarios of over 35 stories, which led to the great success of the series. 'Lucky Luke' is one of the best-sellers i