Beginnings Menu started his careers as a comic artist and as a publisher simultaneously when he launched the fanzines
Le Lynx à Tifs and
Le Journal de Lapot in 1981. In 1984 he started working for
Psikopat, where he introduced the character Meder. In 1992 Menu, along with
Lewis Trondheim François Ayroles,
Anne Baraou, Gilles Ciment,
Jochen Gerner,
Thierry Groensteen,
Patrice Killoffer and
Étienne Lécroart, founded the
Oubapo (Ouvroir de Bandes Dessinées Potentielles), which was inspired by
Raymond Queneau and
Georges Perec's
Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle).
L'Association is also known for discovering and publishing
Marjane Satrapi's book,
Persepolis, which later inspired a film of the same name.
Recent career Menu continues to work on his comics. The thesis was under the supervision of Jacques Cohen (
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). ==Bibliography==