Gengis Kahn by Patrick Cothias (scenario) and Griffo (art).
Patrick Cothias (Paris, December 31st 1948) is a french comic-book writer.
In 1969 Cothias left university, where he was attending Philosophy, and travelled around the world for two years. After that, he decided to dedicate himself to the comics. He wrote some scripts for his friend Régis Loisel and, in 1980, he created the character of Masquerouge (drawn by André Juillard) and a comic series for kids with the same name. In 1981 he started to work for the Glénat Editions and developed the character of Masquerouge for a more adult audience and created, again with Juillard, the masterpiece Le 7 vies de l'Épercier, followed by other comics such as Le vent de dieux and Les eaux de Mortelune for Adamov. The historical comic genre became his trademark. He won the Angouleme Prize for the Best Scenario in 1995 for the comic Le lievre de mars (drawn by Parras). After 2000, he focused more on writing novels.
Griffo (Wilrik, May 21st 1949) is the pen name of belgian comic-book illustrator Werner Goelen. He collaborated with the popular humoristic magazine Tintin although he preferred a more realistic style. Starting from 1984, he dedicated himself completely to the comics and created with Jean Van Hamme the trilogy S.O.S Bonheur. Along with the writer Dufaux he ventured in the historical comic genre, creating comics such as Giacom C. (on the life of Giacomo Casanova) and Sade (upon the life of the Marquis de Sade). He then made the drawing for the fantasy comic Monsieur Noir. In 1996 he started to collaborate with Cothias for the epic comic Gengis Kahn and La pension du Docteur Eon. With texts of Swolfs, he illustrated the sci-fi comic Vlad and he was the main illustrator of the apocalyptic thriller Empire USA.
(Source: Mondadori-Historica. Translation by me).
