Philippe Jarbinet

Born in 1965 in Liège, Belgium, Philippe Jarbinet published his first graphic novel in 1992 with Blanco: Sandy Eastern, based on a script by Franz. Three years later, he wrote the ten volumes of Mémoire de Cendres (Memory of Ashes), which he began illustrating in 1994 and which were published by Glénat between 1995 and 2007. Still with Glénat, he contributed to the collaborative crime thriller Une Folie très ordinaire (A Very Ordinary Madness), conceived by Christian Godard, and then, starting in 2003, wrote and illustrated three episodes of Sam Bracken. Upon joining Casterman in 2009, he shifted his style and technique. The Airborne 44 albums, for which he also provided both the artwork and the story, were produced using direct color. Structured as diptychs, these war stories are rooted in human drama. The success was immediate, establishing Philippe Jarbinet as one of the leading realist authors. Meticulous in his writing as well as in his artwork and coloring, Philippe Jarbinet skillfully carries on the tradition of classic realist comic art while infusing it with a touch of modernity.