Varenne was born in
Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or, in 1939. After studying in
Lyon, he became an art teacher. In 1979 he created with his brother Daniel the dystopical sci-fi comic book series
Ardeur, published at
Charlie Mensuel. Six volumes of that series were published between 1980 and 1987. In 1985 he worked on ''L'Affaire Landscape'', also written by Daniel. While doing work for
Charlie Mensuel, Varenne also drew erotic stories for ''
L'Écho des savanes, such as Carré noir sur dames blanches
(1984), Erma Jaguar
, later published in three volumes (1988-1992), Corps à corps
(1987), Les Larmes du sexe
(1989), Amours fous
(1991), and the portfolios Erotic Opera
(1986), Fragments érotiques
(1993), and Le Goût des femmes'' (2002). Most of them were published by
Albin Michel in France; Erma Jaguar was published in English by
Catalan Communications in the United States. For
Casterman, Varenne worked on the graphic novels
Angoisse et Colère (1988, written by Daniel Varenne adapted from the novel
Mars) and
Gully Traver (1993). In 2002, Varenne illustrated
Brigitte Lahaie's ''Les 12 Signes de l'amour
for éditions Geisha, where he also published Juliette et autres contes fripons
in 1999 and Yumi'' in 2000. == Awards ==