Jean-Luc Cornette

(b. 3/5/1966, Belgium)

Andréléphant, by Jean-Luc Cornette
After his studies at the Saint-Luc in Brussels, Jean-Luc Cornette started his career in Tintin Reporter and Spirou and as the colorist of Antonio Cossu, Philippe Foerster and André Taymans. In the mid-1990s, he worked for the Brazil magazine and drew 'Sousoupe' in the Rêves-en-Bulles fanzine. Also in the mid-nineties, he joined the publishing house Casterman, where he created 'Maxime Maximum', 'Andréléphant and 'Jujurassique' in the collection Les Enfants Terribles.

Jean-Luc Cornette is also a productive scriptwriter for others. At Casterman, he wrote the scripts of 'Robert contre Dracula' and 'Robert contre la Créature de la Vase Molle' for Christophe Hanze. Also with Hanze, he made an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 'Le Fantôme de Canterville' at Delcourt in 2003. With Christian Durieux, he created 'Columbia' in Spirou in 1999. At the publihsing house Glénat, Cornette wrote scenarios for Michel Constant ('Red River Hôtel'), Emmaneul Moynot ('Démons') and Éric Warnauts ('Jean Polpol').

At L'École des Loisirs/Pastel publishers, he drew three children's books, illustrated by himself or by Jean-Marc Rochette or José Parrondo.
Maxime Maximum, by Jean-Luc Cornette