Tales from the Brothers Grimm (Classics Illustrated Deluxe Graphic Novels)
Pierre Lavaud (a.k.a. Mazan) studied Plastic Arts and Fine Arts before he made his comics debut in 1990. His first work can be found in the first volume of Delcourt’sChildren of the Nile,as well as in several German periodicals. That same year, Mazan took onThe Winter of the World, a series published by Delcourt until 1995. In late 1996 and for the same publisher, he createdThe Brave Little Tailor, a comic adaptation of a tale by the Brothers Grimm, which appears in Papercutz’ Classics Illustrated Deluxe #2: “Tales from the Brothers Grimm.” Continuing to work in the young adult genre, Mazan completed an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm’sLearning to Shiverin 1998,which also appears in Classics Illustrated Deluxe #2.            Mazan continued to work for Delcourt following his Grimm’s Tales adaptations, and completedPhilbert: The Pig’s All Goodin 2000. A second volume of this title followed in 2004. The following year, he illustrated the first volume in the widely popularDonjon Monstresseries from a script by Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. He also contributed to the pocket bookThe Originaland created a series of comic strips ofThe Dwarves GardenforLe Cycliste. Mazan is one of the founding members of the Workshop Sanzot, a studio based in Angoulême where he lives and works today.Philippe Petit is not the same Philippe Petit who performed a high-wire tightrope walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. Philippe Petit of Delcourt was born on June 17, 1966 in Angers, France, about 200 miles Southwest of Paris. After completing his baccalauréat (a test required for all French students at the end of high school), Petit began work at the Museum of Fine Arts of Angoulême where he remained until 1992. He moved on to work as an illustrator for various French fan magazines and drew a short story inChildren of the Nile, published by Delcourt. He worked for five years in various animation positions before adaptingHansel and Gretelfor Delcourt, which appears in Papercutz’Tales from the Bothers Grimm. He lives in France and continues to work in graphic novels and animation.Cécile Chicault worked as a drawing teacher after completing her art studies. She quit teaching after the birth of her daughter and started drawing comics and studying fine arts at the Museum of Fine Arts of Angoulême. She joined the Mazan’s Workshop Sanzot, where she worked together with Mazan, Isabelle Dethan, and Jean-Luc Lover. Chicault was later commissioned to complete several projects for various communications companies. Her first comic was the Grimm adaptation of the Brothers Grimm’sThe Devil’s Three Golden Hairs, which appeared in the collectionYouthfrom Delcourt in 1999. She began theZélieseries in 2000, three different volumes of which have subsequently been published in France, where she continues to live and work.