Jean-Marc Stalner was born into an artistic family in Douala, Cameroon. He began his career by making 'Terre-Air-Mer' with Jean Ache in the early 1980s, before teaming up with his brother Éric Stalner. Together, they made a great many comics together, one doing the penciling, the other the inking. In 1987, they made their debut with the Daniel Bardet scripted 'Les Poux' (brought out under the pseudonyms of Alexandre and Martin Stalner). After many joint series such as 'Le Boche', 'Fabien M.', 'Nordman' and 'Le Fer et le Feu', the brothers decided to each go their own professional way in 1998.
