Roger Melliès is the most famous illustrator of the comic book “BIGGLES” treating of the history and adventures of the pilot John Biiggles. Passonied  Pasonately fond of aviation, Melliès created his first aviation comic, 'Pilotes des Sables', published in Pierrot in 1939. He was a prisoner during World War II, and he reassumed his comic activities in 1944. He returned to the field with several series, mostly aviation comics, like 'Aéroport Z', 'Jérôme Gaillard', 'Pancho Villa', 'Les Aventuriers en Image'. Roger Malliès became one of the main artists of Artima publishers, with series like 'Escale 7', 'Le Fantôme Blue du Hoggar', 'Polyte, Détective Amateur', 'Tony Cyclone', 'Tex Bill' and 'Luc Hardy'. His last series Known is Emeric a cloak and dagger story.