Régis Franc is a French humorist, specialized in comics with antropomorphic characters, that colored the pages of magazines like Pilote, À Suivre and L'Écho des Savanes. A self-taught artist born in Lézignan-Corbières, Franc became art director of an advertising agency and worked as a photographer. Three years later, he drew his first comics for Pilote. Several of these short stories were collected in the albums 'Histoires Immobiles et Récits Inachevés', 'Sunset Corridor' and 'Le Marchand d'Opium'. Between 1978 and 1980, he worked as a writer for the artist Patrick Lesueur, with whom he created 'Gontran et Julot automobilistes'. He additionaly went to work for magazines like Charlie Mensuel ('Deep South', 'Le Voyage') and L'Écho des Savanes.