After his studies in literature, Christian Durieux attended the comics courses of the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels for two years. With the scenarist Guy Delisle, he made 'La Vie Royale', a short comics biography of André Malraux, in Tintin Reporter in 1989. He also took on several commissions for Duculot. Next, he teamed up with Jean Dufaux, with whom he made the series 'Avel' for Grafica collection of Glénat from 1991 to 1994. After this cycle of four albums, Durieux worked with Dellisse again on the futuristic thriller 'Foudre', published by Lombard between 1996 and 1998.
