Les Humanoïdes Associés

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The publishing house Les Humanoïdes Associés was founded in Europe in 1974 by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet, Bernard Farkas and Moebius, and at the same time founding the magazine Métal Hurlant. Considered revolutionary in the comic book artform at the time, chiefly due to its focus on the sci-fi genre, it inspired many generations of authors and filmmakers, such as Ridley Scott for his film Blade Runner.

In 1977, Métal Hurlant gained world-wide attention when it was translated into English and distributed in North America and the Commonwealth countries under the name Heavy Metal. A few years later, the English language magazine split from its original creative team employing its own editorial line. Today it has ventured far from the spirit of its original namesake.

In 1988, the publishing house and its catalogue (including Métal Hurlant) were purchased by Swiss publisher/producer Fabrice Giger, at the age of 23, who turned it into an intellectual property development company. Since then, in less than two decades, the company has developed one of the most respected graphic novel/comic book catalogues in the world, featuring authors such as Moebius, Alexandro Jodorowsky, Enki Bilal, Milo Manara and Juan Gimenez, and books from multiple genres.

In 2004, veteran producer Pierre Spengler (the Superman trilogy, Unleashed) became one of the owners of the company, with the intention of playing an important role in developing titles from its catalogue for the big screen.

Humanoids Publishing is a comics publishing house founded in 1998 by Fabrice Giger, as the American counterpart of European publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés.