As befits the finest legends, Deny had dreamed of making comics ever since he was a child. His dream would become reality when he created Olivier Rameau with scriptwriter Greg. Yet he constantly strayed from that series to create other things, such as more realistic comics and the craziest advertising projects... In other words, Deny s the poster boy for true, mukifaceted talent. Although covered in university diplomas, Jean Van Hamme quickly realised that he found it much more enthralling to tell stories than to analyse consolidated balance sheets.
So he quit his senior executive job and attempted to make a living from his writing. He succeeded with flying colours, working in four different fields : novels, television, cinema ... and, of course, comic books, where he soon became known as one of the undisputed master writers of the medium through series such as Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch, as well as one-shots such as Story Without a Hero and Western.