ROMAIN RENARD 

Born in 1975 and a graduate of the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels, Romain Renard is a comic strip author, set designer, graphic artist and musician. He has worked on video games, designed shows with Franco Dragone and Pascal Jacob and is a songwriter, notably for the rock group ROM. His work for Casterman includes ‘American Seasons’ (based on a screenplay by Yves Vasseur), which won Best Album at the Cognac Polar Festival in 2005, ‘The End, Jim Morrison’ in 2007, the adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's novel ‘Un hiver de glace’ in 2011 and illustrations for the City-Guide Montreal/Québec published by Lonely Planet/Casterman. He then signed the ‘Melvile’ series for Lombard, a work comprising 4 stories that testifies to his undeniable artistic maturity.

In the same vein as ‘Melvile’, Romain Renard is bringing out his latest book, ‘Revoir Comanche’, a graphic novel in homage to Greg and Hermann's ‘Comanche’ (a cult western series from the ‘70s and ’80s), but in a completely different style. ‘Revoir Comanche’ features a black-and-white drawing with a very cinematic tone, and invites us on a road-movie in a mysterious atmosphere with end-of-the-world overtones. A poignant book and a visual slap in the face that won the 'Coup de Coeur' award at the Quai des Bulles Festival 2024 and is nominated for the Comic Strip's Victor Rossel award 2024.

To coincide with the release of this book, Atlantic12 is proud to publish a series of illustrations from the world of ‘Revoir Comanche’. These drawings are previously unpublished and mostly in colour, although the book is entirely in black and white. Printed in digigraphy (high-definition digital printing with pigment inks) on sumptuous natural white Arches BFK Rives paper, the prints are limited to 15 copies each and offer a breathtaking rendering.