Fabien Vehlmann

• Born — 30 January 1972 • Birthplace — Mont-de-Marsan • Nationality — French • Area — Writer • Notable Works — Green Manor, Seuls, Spirou et Fantasio

• Illustration — Fabien Vehlmann, Quai des Bulles, Saint-Malo, 2010 Fabien Vehlmann, born in 1972 in Mont-de-Marsan, grew up in the Landes and the Savoie. He studied in Nantes. He started writing comics in 1996, but only got to work for Spirou magazine the next year, where he provided very short stories for the weekly summary of the magazine. Soon, some stories of a few pages followed, with artwork by a number of different artists, including Eric Maltaite and René Follet. His first recurring series was Green Manor with Denis Bodart. With Bruno Gazzotti he created Seuls. In January 2009, it was announced in Spirou magazine #3694 that Jean-David Morvan and José-Luis Munuera would be succeeded as the creative team behind the series Spirou et Fantasio by Yoann and Vehlmann, who had together created the first volume of Une aventure de Spirou et Fantasio par.... Their first album in the regular series is announced for October 2009. In his creative process, Vehlmann is known for a collaborative approach, giving significant creative freedom to his illustrators and adapting the narrative pacing to match their visual style. This methodology was highly prominent in his work on Seuls with Bruno Gazzotti. While initially perceived as a standard children's adventure, Vehlmann intentionally steered the series into a dark, psychological thriller that tackles complex themes such as death, isolation, and moral relativism, challenging traditional boundaries of youth literature.