Fabien Vehlmann is a French comics scriptwriter who, after patiently studying business, decided comics were where he wanted to be. He proceeded to inundate the offices of the comics magazine Spirou with script ideas until he finally landed a project there in 1998. Amongst his many books since, he has written the continuing adventures of the eponymous hero of the magazine, a star series. He has also worked with Kerascoet on Beautiful Darkness (D&Q).