NeoForest - Volume 1 - Cocto Citadel

Born in 1965 in Rouen, France, Frédéric Duval first studied history. He completed his master's degree by studying the caricatures of a newspaper during the Dreyfus Affair. He published his first book, "500 fusils," in 1995. In 2008, for comics publisher Delcourt, he published the science fiction series "Meteors," illustrated by Philippe Ogaki, before tackling an old dream with illustrator Zanzim: to adapt "Tartuffe" as a graphic novel. In 2010, he then published the first volume of the speculative fiction series "Nico" (Dargaud), alongside Philippe Berthet. In 2016, he wrote the tenth volume of "XIII Mystery" (Dargaud; Europe Comics/Cinebook in English), under the direction of Jean Van Hamme. The year 2018 marked the release of his latest science fiction series, "Renaissance" (Dargaud; Europe Comics in English), alongside Emem and Fred Blanchard. His most recent work is the masterful literary adaptation "Nymphéas Noirs" (Dupuis; "Black Water Lilies," Europe Comics), illustrated by Didier Cassegrain. In 2022, he teamed up with Michel Bussi and Noë Monin to create "Cinq Avril" (Dupuis; Europe Comics), a new series set during the Renaissance.

Originally from Toulon, Philippe Scoffoni currently lives in Paris where he devotes himself to the artwork of the NeoForest series (Dupuis; Europe Comics). With a passion for the 9th Art, Scoffoni first worked in advertising by creating storyboards. In 2007, he started working in comics with the scriptwriter Benoît Rivière on the series "Milo," published by Delcourt. In 2010, he started collaborating on the online comic "Les Autres gens" created by Thomas Cadène and published by Dupuis. From 2014 to 2018, he worked on the sci-fi series "EXO" with Jerry Frissen (Les Humanoïdes Associés).