Catel

(Catherine Muller)

(b. 27/8/1964, France)

Lucie, by Catel (Catel Muller)
Catherine Muler, also known as Cathy Muller, Catel Muller or simply Catel, studied at the School of Plastic Arts in Strasbourg, where she graduated in 1990. She specialized in illustrations for chilren, and cooperated with the publishers Nathan, Epigones and Hachette. In 1996, she made her first stories with the characters 'Bop et Flop' in cooperation with Paul Martin for the monthly Images Doc, published by Bayard Presse.

Present in Je Bouquine from 1999, she graphically creates the series 'Marion & Charles', based on two novel characters by Fanny Jolly. In 2000, she began the series 'Lucie' with writer Véronique Grisseaux in the collection Tohu Bohu of Les Humanoïdes Associés. The series was continued by the publishing house Casterman from 2003. Together with scriptwriter Sophie Dieuaide, she started 'Les Papooses', also for Casterman in 2003. In the following year, she wrote the more adult World War I comic 'Le Sang des Valentines' for Christian De Metter.
Lucie, by Catel