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There I go, had to jump on the bandwagon again.

1) Leo Ortolani: a recent influence, but I worship his sense of humour and comedic timing in comics.

2) Donna Barr: one of the first small press artist I discovered. Her, Dave Sim and Gerhard (Cerebus), Jeff Smith, made me discover that B&W comics can have a strong life and should not be dismissed!
It also gave me hope about doing comics, since I absolutely suck at doing colors, ha ha!

3) Bowie: the only musical artist that I have followed through the years, of whom I have all the albums, seen all the movies. Yes, even that spaghetti western one (Il Mio West).

4) Asterix: Grew up with the books.

5) Avatar; The Last Airbender: Look at my gallery. 'Nuff said (thank you, *PonDeReplay for this pic)

6) Mysterious Cities Of Gold: The first animated series I saw that blended adventure, a continuing story line and historical elements. My love for it hasn't diminished.

7) Gotlib- Grew up with his books (Rubrique À Brac). Fabulous artist, another one whose comedic I adore. I have sudden flashback of his work every so often.

8) La Foire Aux Immortels (Bilal): First adult bandes dessinées I read. Made me realise there was a world beyond all ages comics. You could read comics BEYOND your teenage years!! YES!!!!

9) Everyone I ever worked with!: That one feels like a cop out, but it's true! And it's not just people I worked with: if I've ever commented on your art, you can bet there's something in your work I've tried to walk away with. There's lesson to be learned everywhere.
Art in this panel by the hyper talented Ben Balistreri
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10) Le Roman De Renart: A serie of short medieval tales. From an illustrated book I read as a child to actual old french texts with translation, I've always been close to it.

11) Ancient Egypt and history: very often at the base of many stories I try to tell. I said try!!

Description
There I go, had to jump on the bandwagon again.

1) Leo Ortolani: a recent influence, but I worship his sense of humour and comedic timing in comics.

2) Donna Barr: one of the first small press artist I discovered. Her, Dave Sim and Gerhard (Cerebus), Jeff Smith, made me discover that B&W comics can have a strong life and should not be dismissed!
It also gave me hope about doing comics, since I absolutely suck at doing colors, ha ha!

3) Bowie: the only musical artist that I have followed through the years, of whom I have all the albums, seen all the movies. Yes, even that spaghetti western one (Il Mio West).

4) Asterix: Grew up with the books.

5) Avatar; The Last Airbender: Look at my gallery. 'Nuff said (thank you, *PonDeReplay for this pic)

6) Mysterious Cities Of Gold: The first animated series I saw that blended adventure, a continuing story line and historical elements. My love for it hasn't diminished.

7) Gotlib- Grew up with his books (Rubrique À Brac). Fabulous artist, another one whose comedic I adore. I have sudden flashback of his work every so often.

8) La Foire Aux Immortels (Bilal): First adult bandes dessinées I read. Made me realise there was a world beyond all ages comics. You could read comics BEYOND your teenage years!! YES!!!!

9) Everyone I ever worked with!: That one feels like a cop out, but it's true! And it's not just people I worked with: if I've ever commented on your art, you can bet there's something in your work I've tried to walk away with. There's lesson to be learned everywhere.
Art in this panel by the hyper talented Ben Balistreri
[link]

10) Le Roman De Renart: A serie of short medieval tales. From an illustrated book I read as a child to actual old french texts with translation, I've always been close to it.

11) Ancient Egypt and history: very often at the base of many stories I try to tell. I said try!!