François Ayroles

François Ayroles is a French comic book writer and a member of Oubapo (Oubapo is to comics what Oulipo is to literature). Born in 1969, Ayroles attended the École supérieure de l’image in Angoulême, home to the world’s largest comics festival every January. He has worked with several major comics companies. Among his graphic novels are Incertain Silence, a paean to Buster Keaton, and Le Jeu de dames, an initiation story with surreal touches.