Hervé Tanquerelle was born in Nantes and educated at the School Émile Cohl in Lyon. There, he learned the finer points of the comics profession from Yves Got, whose work has had a big influence on Tanquerelle's style. His first claim to fame was 'La Ballade du Petit Pendu', that was published by L'Association in 1998. During his collaboration on L'Association's Comix 2000 anthology, he met Hubert Boulard.
