French artist Emmanuel Lepage learned the finer points of the comic book profession from Jean-Claude Fournier. His first illustrations appeared in Ouest-France in 1983, later that year self-publishing the book La Fin du Monde aura-t-elle Lieu? He created La Terre Sans Mal with Anne Sibran in 1999; his watercolor illustrations earned him several awards and the recognition of both critics and readers. An avid traveler, he chronicled his travels in the nonfiction comics Voyage aux îles de la Désolation in 2011 and Un printemps à Tchernobyl in 2012.