VoRo (born Vincent Rioux on June 9, 1975) is a Canadian comic book creator (both artist and writer).
Biography.
VoRo earned a DCE in graphic design at the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. Several fanzines published him while he worked in a graphic-design workshop to finance a trip to Europe.
He left for Belgium where he spent a few months at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels to learn the basics of the cartoonist profession. However, VoRo returned to Quebec after spending a little over a year in Belgium.
He then produced an album, pre-published in the Quebec magazine , entitled "La Mare au diable" published by Éditions Mille-Îles, which won the , the from the and the . The album was subsequently distributed in Europe by Les 400 coups France.
Then, VoRo worked on the project "Tard dans la nuit" published by (three volumes), which he produced in collaboration with , a French screenwriter and Jocelyne Charrance on color. The plot of the story is built around the controversy surrounding the Duplessis Orphans.
VoRo also produced "L'été 63" in two volumes with on the screenplay. The first volume was released in June 2009 in Europe by Vents d'Ouest, and the second in 2012.
In 2017, VoRo was the lead illustrator on the collective historical work "1792 - À main levée", which traces the parliamentary history of Lower Canada.
In 2019, he produced the drawings for the album "L'Espion de trop", which was released by Glénat Quebec, with the help of Frédéric Antoine (screenwriter) and Kamiken (colorist). The album received a favorable reception from the media.
Publications.
Albums