Tintin, Spirou, Lieutnant Blueberry, Pilote, Fluide Glacial, Metal Hurlant, Hara-Kiri (wait, I did hyperlink all these!!).

Archie Cash, who drew fantastic women. Natasha, my airline stewardess with curves. Munoz & Sampayo, Gimenez, Frankin. Alan Moore. Lucky Luke...

You name it. I would read it. Dream about it. Work my butt off for the next issue.

I even managed to find Heavy Metal, the first 8 issues, back in Lumumbashi, Katanga State, what was then Zaire.

Then I discovered I could write.So I wrote. Some of my stuff even won awards.

Once, I merged comics with writing: UQAM, 1981. Me and 4 other students finally son access to the Telematique's Macintoshes, after reading issue #2 of Shatter. Yup. MacPaint.

We did 23 pages that were presented at the Old Port's "Images Du Futur" 1981 exhibit.

That's how it more or less started.