Ben Radis (Remi Bernardi) started his comics career in 1980 with a 'Les Closh', a parody of the punk band The Clash, in Métal Hurlant. Together with his permanent scenario writer Dodo (Dominique Nicolli), he made various short stories of this series for Métal Hurlant, Rigolo, Best and Rock and Folk. In 1983, Radis and Dodo created 'La Nuit Porte Conseil', the first adventure of the detective Gomina published by Les Humanoïdes Associés in 1983. Strongly inspired by the Série Noire, they further pursued the adventures of Gomina in Zoulou and L'Écho des Savanes.
