Beno t Peeters was born in Paris on August 28, 1956. After
publishing two novels early in his career, he experimented with
diverse genres- essay, biography, illustrated story, photo novel,
film, television, radio theater, and, of course, comics. An Herge
specialist, he has written three books to date on the subject- The
World of Herge; Herge; Son of Tintin; and Read Tintin. He is also
the author of several books on comics, storyboards, and
biographical studies on Hitchcock, Nadar, Jacques Derrida, and Paul
Valery
Fran ois Schuiten was born in Brussels on April 26, 1956, into a
family of architects. Since 1980, he has worked with Beno t Peeters
on The Obscure Cities series. His graphic novels have been
translated into a dozen languages and have received numerous
international awards. He has also created many illustrations,
posters, and postage stamps across Europe. In 2002, he received the
prestigious lifetime achievement award from the Angouleme
International Comics Festival. He published his first solo effort,
The Beauty, in 2012, and designed a train museum, Train World,
which opened in Brussels in 2015. His 2014 exhibition and
accompanying book, Revoir Paris, has met with international praise.
“The mingling of reality and dreamlike fantasy that makes Schiuten
and Peeters’ series so remarkable. It is this combination of modern
issues and startling technology, of present and imagined past, that
makes The Invisible Frontier a timeless work of European
dieselpunk.” —Never Was magazine
“The first thing that readers will note about this highly unusual
tale of a cartographer in a strange and futile-seeming society on
an apparent track toward doom of some kind, is the magnificence of
the artwork.” —Foreword Reviews
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