"In the age of modern technology, a drawing is an insignificant thing... And yet a mere pencil stroke can conjure up an entire horizon. That's mind-blowing when you think about it." These words, which Hugues Micol attributes to his protagonist in Saint-Rose: À la recherche du dessin ultime (published by Futuropolis in 2019), sum up the evocative power of drawing and the infinite possibilities of comic strip tirelessly explored by the artist since the appearance of his first publication, Chiquito la muerte, in 2000. A prolific author and one hard to pigeonhole, Hugues Micol negotiates different genres with ease, constantly pushing back the boundaries of his art.

In one publication after another, he explores the possibilities of the drawn line, offering his readers graphic universes that are always different each from the last: from the fantastic baroque trilogy Romanji to Black out, a reinterpretation of the history of American cinema, via Mikol's idiosyncratic vision of the Far West in Whisky, the science-fiction world of Agughia and the Terre de feu fantasy adventure... Working either independently or in tandem with writers such as Lou Hui Phang or David B., this comic strip genius uses the medium as a fertile soil in which to develop his visual experiments.

The Huberty & Breyne's espace Chapon gallery is delighted to be hosting an exhibition devoted to Hugues Micol's two most recent works, GariGari (Éditions Cornélius, April 2025) and Mimésia (Éditions Futuropolis - Musée du Louvre, September 2025). In this selection of some 60-plus original artworks, viewers can admire both Micol's formal spontaneity and his brilliant drawing technique by comparing the black and white approach of GariGari, which employs all the delicay of a Goya engraving, with the mixture of watercolour and luminous gouache in Mimésia. This is an exhibition absolutely not to be missed.