Louis Alloing

(b. 1955, France)

Les Moineaux, by Louis Alloing
Louis Alloing is an illustrator for children's books, novels and the press. Born in Rabat, Morocco, he studied graphic arts in Marseille and Paris. After working in advertising for a while, he switched to illustrating for children's novels in 1990. Alloing has illustrated various works for the publishing houses Père Castor-Flammarion, Hachette, Milan and Bayard Jeunesse. He has illustrated informative comics about subjects like asthma.

Together with scenario writer Rodolphe, he created the comics series 'Les Aventures des Moineaux' at Editions Bayard. His children's graphic novel 'Dans la Secte', created in cooperation with wrtier Pierre Henri, was well received in 2005. Alloing then took over the artwork of the series 'Marion Duval' from Yvan Pommaux', and took on illustrating Paul Thiès's 'Plume le Pirate' stories.