Nicolas Ryser is a Normandy-based comic book artist and illustrator, originally from Ivry-sur-Seine. He took courses at the Estienne School for Graphic Arts in Paris and specialized in illustration and typography. He explored the field of comics by participating in several contests, while working as an illustrator for Casus Belli and publications of Bayard Presse. With writer Igor Szalewa, he made the trilogy 'Hariti' for Glénat between 2001 and 2004, and a book in the series 'Voltige et Ratatouille' for Treize Étrange in 2001.