Nathalie Frank, born in France in 1984, studied Political Science in Paris and Cultural Journalism in Berlin, where she has been living and working since 2011 as a comic author and cultural reporter for Arte Journal, among other things. In her work, she scrutinises the connection between individual fate and political history. Her comic Wo meine Mutter nicht gelernt hat zu schwimmen was published in 2023 in the anthology Gerne würdest du allen so viel sagen (avant-verlag). Nathalie Frank is also one of the initiators of the comic project Wie geht es dir? Cartoonists against anti-Semitism, hatred and racism.
Fabien Toulmé was born in 1980 in Orléans. After studying Engineering in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning, he traveled abroad (Brazil, Benin, Guyana, Guadeloupe) for ten years for his work. He returned to France in 2008 with the desire to devote himself to comics. He began by publishing a few stories on the Web and then in magazines. In 2012, a visit to the Angoulême Festival resulted in connecting with Éditions Delcourt to tell the story of the birth of his daughter Julia, who had Down syndrome that was not detected during pregnancy. Ce n’est pas toi que j’attendais was released in 2014 and achieved great public and critical success. He then continued his exploration of social and societal themes, through fictions or reports, focusing on: professional achievement (Les deux vies de Baudouin, 2017, Editions Delcourt), the fate of refugees (Hakim's Odyssey, 2018 to 2020, Editions Delcourt), the evolution of lifestyles as a couple (Suzette ou le grand amour, 2021, Editions Delcourt), commitment and activism (En lutte, 2022, Editions Delcourt), to the world of work (Et travailler, et vivre, 2024, Editions Delcourt).
