Once Upon a Time in France

Fabien Nury has scripted more than fifteen comics series, including Once Upon a Time in France, which won the Best Series Award at the Angoulême Comics Festival and The Death of Stalin, which was adapted to the film with Steve Buscemi. Nury is also a television screenwriter and has created the Guyane TV series. Sylvain Vallée graduated from the Saint-Luc School of Brussels. He started as a freelance illustrator in advertising and cartoonist. He published his first comic book with Glénat at age 25 and has worked on a dozen series. Ivanka Hahnenberger is a translator and businesswoman. Through her company VIP Brands, she sells worldwide English translation rights to European comics and graphic novels. She has also translated over 50 comics and graphic novel titles from French and German into English. Sylvain Vallée graduated from the Saint-Luc School of Brussels. He started as a cartoonist and a freelance illustrator in advertising. He published his first comic book with Glénat at age 25 and has worked on a dozen series.

Based on a true story, Once Upon a Time in France follows the life of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. For some, he was a villain. For others, a hero.