Georges Ramaïoli

In 1974, Georges Ramaïoli worked for various fanzines and did the artwork for a short story by Jean Giraud, published in Charlie Mensuel. He teamed up with writer René Durand a year later, and created the series 'La Terre de la Bombe' in Le Canard Sauvage and later Circus. The series ran until 1977, the year that Ramaïoli and Durand came up with their second series, 'L'Indien Français'.

In 1980, he created science-fiction series 'Mado et Maildur' in Méfi and later Ère Comprimée. A collection of his short stories, 'Ouest Terne', was published by Glénat in 1984. He drew 'Le Dauphin Blanc' in Okapi and 'La Conquête du Mexique' with Carbonnel at Larousse publishers. Again with René Durand, he made 'Comme un Vol d'Hirondelles' in 1987, the first part of the 'Zoulouland' cycle. Ramaïoli commenced writing the scripts from the fourth album. In 1989, he did the artwork for François Corteggiani's historical saga 'L'Horus de Néken'. With Philippe Aubert, he made 'Ardoukouba', later renamed 'L'Or de Saba'.

Using the pseudonym Simon Rocca, he worked on 'Corpus Christi' and 'Vae Victis' at Soleil Productions. In 1993, he made 'Les Scythes' and in 1995, 'La Saga de Basde-Cuir'. Ramaïoli has proved himself an artist who easily mastered the science-fiction and historical genre, as well as western and adventure series.