Jean-Marc Lofficier
Interviewee and Artist

Jean-Marc Lofficier is a writer of books and comic books about science fiction and fantasy. With his wife, Randy, Lofficier has co-authored half a dozen books about movies and television, as well as numerous comics and translations, including the Moebius graphic novels.  In 1990, in recognition of their distinguished career as comic book writers, translators and editors, Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier were presented with the Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts. Their work on the first two Robur volumes was nominated for the 2005 Jules Verne Award for Bandes-Dessinées.

Lofficier started his career as a writer for various cinema magazines around the world such as Starlog, Cinefex, Twilight Zone, American Cinematographer, Heavy Metal, Starburst and L'Ecran Fantastique. His interest for movies continued in non-fiction books such as various Doctor Who guides or books about science fiction movies.

In the mid-80s, Lofficier started to write comic books, mostly for DC Comics (Action Comics, New Teen Titans, Blue Beetle) and Marvel (Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme, What If?, Clive Barker's Hellraiser). On the French market, Lofficier wrote various series for Semic, such as Zembla, Wampus, Brigade Temporelle and Strangers).

Lofficier has also collaborated with his wife on a number of animation and live-action feature scripts and teleplays.  Lofficier is also a founding member of Hollywood Comics, a company founded in 2000 with Randy to package comic book properties for publishing, motion pictures, television and the Internet and Lofficier Consultants, a bilingual real estate/service company located in the South of France. Lofficier has an MBA from the Paris Business School (ESCP) and a Law Degree from the Sorbonne.

Lofficier appears in Adventures Into Digital Comics. Two comic books written by Lofficier are featured in the film:Brigade Temporelle and Strangers.