'Le Soleil des Loups'.
After his education in Decorative Arts, François Hemen, who uses the pseudonym Arthur Qwak, founded the Asylum studios in 1984. Qwak and co-founder Riff Reb's were shortly afterwards joined by fellow artists and writers like Édith, Cromwell, Kisler, Joe Ruffner and Gilles Gonnort. The Asylum team worked among others on animation projects, like the cartoon series 'Les Mondes Engloutis'.
In 1987, Qwak started his comic series 'Le Soleil des Loups', along with writers Ralph and Gonnort. In 1988 the first volume of this series won a Prix Alfred for 'Best Album' at the Festival of Angoulême.
Qwak assisted on the storyboards for two 'Astérix' movies, 'Astérix Chez Les Bretons' ('Asterix and the Britons', 1986) and 'Astérix et le Coup du Menhir' ('Asterix and the Big Fight', 1989), based on René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's comic series 'Astérix'. He also worked on the animated TV series adaptation, 'Blake & Mortimer', based on Edgar P. Jacobs' comic series of the same name.
In 1988, Qwak joined the magazine Circus, where he created the series 'Le Kid'. The adventures of this witty rat also appeared in the magazines Houbiiii! and Racaille. In the 1990s, while still working on his saga 'Le Soleil des Loups', Qwak wrote 'Les Mémoires d'un Incapable' for artist Gilles Cazaux.