The Race of the Century

Kid Toussaint, born in Belgium, is an author and translator who has also worked in the audiovisual sector. His specialty, it's safe to say, is comics, with an impressive and quickly growing collection of successful series. With Dupuis alone, his portfolio includes the collaborative project "Magic 7" (Europe Comics in English) as well as "Télémaque" ("Telemachus, " Europe Comics), a Homerian reboot created alongside Kenny Ruiz.
And in 2019, this list is set to grow further with "Kid Noize, " about the Belgian DJ phenom of the same name, and "Animal Jack, " bringing to life a young boy who just happens to be a shape-shifter, both published by Dupuis (Europe Comics in English). His most recent work with publisher Le Lombard includes the groundbreaking "Elle(s)" (Europe Comics in English), alongside artist Aveline Stokart; the fast-paced adventure series "Masques" ("Masks, " Europe Comics) with Joël Jurion; and the magical "Les Héricornes" ("The Unicorn Legacy, " Europe Comics) with Verónica Álvarez. José Luis Munuera was born in 1972 in southern Spain.
After studying fine arts at the University of Granada, he became an illustrator of historietas, as comics are called in Spain. But the 1990s would prove a difficult period for newspapers and comic book publishing. This pushed Munuera to leave Spain for Angoulême, France. His hard work convinced French publisher Delcourt to publish his first series, "Les Potamoks, " with Joann Sfar as the writer. When it met with limited success, the dynamic duo pitched their work to another publisher, Dargaud.
And thus came into being the adventures of "Merlin, " the famous magician who was never far from loyal companions Tartine the ogre and Jambon the pig. The series captured quite an audience, and when Sfar no longer had time to produce the scripts, their ongoing adventures came to be illustrated by Jean-David Morvan. This would be the beginning of a long artistic partnership between Munuera and Morvan.
Dupuis soon contacted the duo to take on the reboot of its hallmark character: Spirou. Later, with "Le Signe de la Lune, " co-written with his friend Enrique Bonet, Munuera really came into his own; the series was published as part of the Long Courier collection by Dargaud, and received rave reviews from both critics and the public at large. To this day his productive collaborations continue with the series "Sortilèges" (Dargaud; "Spellbound, " Europe Comics 2015), scripted by Jean Dufaux, and "Fraternity, " scripted by Juan Diaz Canales.
Also in 2014 he started a new creation of his own, taking care of both the art and script: the adventure series "Les Campbell, " published by Dupuis ("The Campbells, " Europe Comics 2017). In 2022, he teamed up with BeKa to create a series of contemporary tales, "Les Coeurs de ferraille" (Dupuis; "Hearts of Steel, " Europe Comics).