The Phantom of the Opera: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (1868–1927) was a journalist, critic, and writer. One of France’s most celebrated mystery novelists, his work is considered to be as important to the mystery genre in France as Arthur Conan Doyle is in Britain. Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi are twin brothers born and raised in Paris. They studied at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs, where their passion for film and fine art led them to study animation. During the course of their nearly fifty-year career, they have received the Ministry of French Culture’s Prix de Rome, an arts residency at the Villa Medici, the title of Chevaliers de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Ministry of French Culture, and nationwide acclaim for their literary graphic novel adaptations in France. They have worked as animators, sequence directors, and storyboard artists on such animated films as Fantasia 2000, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Salma Hayek–produced animated adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet, and more. On our Abrams ComicArts list, they are the authors of the graphic novel adaptation of Dante’s Inferno and Don Quixote (Fall 2026).