He subsequently recalled he "got horny for the first time at 13 years old over a story by Crumb.”[1] At 18 he went to Paris, where he shaved his head and joined a punk rock band, while unloading trucks six hours a day.

[1] Around 1977, Vuillemin began his work in the field of comics with short stories published in L'Écho des savanes, Hara-Kiri,[2] and Charlie Mensuel.

[3] From his start, he was drawing in "bold and rough lines",[4] similar to the style of Jean-Marc Reiser or even Jack Davis.

They were represented by high-profile criminal lawyer Thierry Lévy who'd previously defended members of terrorist group Action directe .

[5] In 1995, Vuillemin won the Grand Prix of the city of Angoulême, a decision that angered jury member Belgian cartoonist and Lucky Luke creator Morris who left the award ceremony in protest.