Jean-Marc Rochette (born 23 April 1956) is a French painter, illustrator and comics creator.
Other comic stories include Claudius Vigne, Napoléon et Bonaparte (Angoulême Humour Award in 2001), Nemo le capitaine vengeur with Jean-Pierre Hugot, L'or et l'esprit with Benjamin Legrand, Cour Royale with Martin Veyron (Nomination for the Angoulême Audience Award in 2006), and the trilogy Louis et Dico: Panique à Londres/Scandale à New York/Triomphe à Hollywood with René Pétillon.
[2] Besides creating and illustrating comic stories, he also illustrated several children's books and well-known fairy tales, for example Coyote mauve, which was also translated in English (Purple Coyote), Pinocchio, Le petit poucet (the French version of Tom Thumb) and Le chat botté (Puss 'n' Boots).
He gained further reputation for his watercolor illustrations of the literature classics Candide by Voltaire and Homer's Odyssey.
[3] As a painter, his works include watercolor as well as oil paintings, and figurative as well as abstract interpretations of themes.