Meet Lewis Trondheim

Born in 1964.

Co-founder of French publishing house L’Association in 1990.

Co-founder of the “OUvroir de BAnde Dessinée POtentiel” (Potential Comics Workshop).

Founder and director of the Shampooing label.

Author of around 125 comic strips (65 of them in collaboration with 27 authors).

Script director for the "Allez Raconte" comic series for 2 seasons (prod. Les Armateurs) and "OVNI". (prod. Blue Spirit).

Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) in 2005.

Grand Prix at the Angoulême Festival in 2006.

Creator of the Angoulême Festival mascot, “Le Fauve” (The Wildcat).

National cherry stone spitting champion!