Stéphane Colman

Born in Liège, Stéphane Colman got his artistic interests through his grandfather, the painter Robert Crommelinck, and he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Liège for a while. Colman met Stephen Desberg in 1979, and with this scriptwriter, he made a first version of his future series 'Billy the Cat' in a 20 page short story for magazine Spirou. In 1980, Colman's work was featured in the review Aïe!, for which he created 'Marsouin et Petzouille'. He also contributed to the rock magazine En Attendent. After his military service, he did his solo comic 'White... le Choc!' at Magic Strip in 1981. He then worked with the painter Fernand Flausch on 'Radical Café, which was also published by Magic Strip.

Next, Colman left the comic world for several years to work in the advertising field. In 1988, he became artistic director of the ICOM, a company that conceives videoclips and communication films for among others MTV. In 1987, he returned to comics with a new version of 'Billy the Cat', again in cooperation with Desberg for the magazine Spirou. The popularity of this series led to a TV cartoon series, which began in 1997. Colman eventually handed over the artwork of 'Billy the Cat' to Péral in 2002. A year later, he drew 'Sam Speed' in cooperation with Batem with a script by Madeline and Mo/CDM at La Sirène.