Jean-Marie Ruffieux was originally an architect, but eventually took on creating comics. After a while, Ruffieux devoted himself to historical comics, starting with 'Nasser', an album published in Arabic. At the same time, he illustrated 'Violences à Blue River'. For Dargaud, he teamed up with Claude Moliterni, with whom he started 'Les Religions de la Bible' in 1982. For the same publisher, he came up with a comic adaptation of Georges Duby's book 'Guillaume le Maréchal'. He continued with comic biographies of 'Alexandre le Grand' and 'Alain Gerbault'. With his feeling for historical reconstruction and his good documentation, Jean-Marie Ruffieux was a well-respected comic artist among historians and teachers. He died on 1 April, 2002.
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