A French comic artist and scriptwriter born in 1974, Alex Alice first gained recognition in the early 2000s with Le Troisième Testament (1997–2003, Glénat). He further established his talent with Siegfried (2007–2011, Dargaud), which won the Spectrum Gold Award, a global benchmark in fantasy illustration. With over a million albums sold and translated into some twenty languages, Alex Alice has embraced a fresh artistic direction with his new series for all ages, Le Château des étoiles (Castle in the Stars), which has achieved international success. In 2026, Alex Alice publlished, still with the publisher Rue de Sèvres, Le Cygne noir, in the same univers. The saga comprises seven albums, a spin-off series (Les Chimères de Vénus), and several related publications (art book, sketchbook, newsletters, special editions and complete collections).