[1] The son of Swiss painter José Giger, he is well known for publishing thousands of comic books / graphic novels from such authors as Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mœbius, Enki Bilal and John Cassaday.
In 1988, at the age of 23, Giger took over the Paris-based publishing house Les Humanoïdes Associés (also known as Humanoids in English), its catalog, and brands such as Métal Hurlant (from which the American magazine Heavy Metal was adapted).
In less than a decade, he turned it into a multimedia group, involved not only in comic book publishing, but also in CGI animation, visual effects, internet content and software development.
The catalog has been a constant source of inspiration for filmmakers and the movie industry in general since the seventies[5] and thus Giger sought to create a digital content platform to combine the talents from these different mediums.
[7] A good portion of the original content created for the occasion was later adapted for television with the TV series Métal Hurlant Chronicles, that Giger exec-produced and which aired in October 2012.