Richard Marazano

After studying physics and astrophysics at the University of Orsay, Richard Marazano turned to comic art and enrolled in the highly prestigious Angoulême Fine Arts workshop, then spent several years at the Sanzot workshop. His first album, Humain trop humain, illustrated by Éric Dérian, was published in 1995 by Le Cycliste. The following year, he collaborated with Christophe Bec to publish the first volume of the series Zéro absolu, through Soleil, with the next two volumes released in 1998 and 1999. At the same time, he published the two-part series Sidney et Howell, illustrated by Moraes, also through Soleil. 

Marazano then joined the publishing houses Les Humanoïdes Associés and Carabas to publish, among other works, the Dusk series (two volumes released between 2000 and 2002), illustrated by Christian De Metter, and Le Bataillon des lâches, a one-shot in which he demonstrated his versatility as a complete artist, proving equally at ease with writing, drawing, and coloring. 

In 2003, he created the series Cuervos, illustrated by Michel Durand, with four volumes published between 2003 and 2006. The series was a major critical success and won prestigious awards, such as the prize for Best Comic Book Adaptable for Film at the 2006 Monaco Film and Literature Festival. 

Richard Marazano achieved popular success with the science fiction series Le Complexe du chimpanzé (2007–2008, Dargaud), illustrated by Jean-Michel Ponzio. This series won the Grand Prize for Comic Art from the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, and Marazano himself received the award for Best Script. Since then, he has worked on numerous projects.