Bernard Cosendai, better known as Cosey, worked at an advertising agency before he turned to comics. He learned the finer points of the profession from his close neighbor Derib in 1969. Cosey published the reporter 'Paul Aroïd' in the Swiss daily 24 Heures, and the teamed up with writer André-Paul Duchâteau to make three stories of 'Monfreid et Tilbury' in Le Soir Jeunesse. The short-lived publisher Publishing & Copyright published his first album in 1974, called 'Un Shampooing Pour la Couronne' (text by Jacques Ralf). It was in 1975 when he had his big breakthrough with the popular series 'Jonathan', that appeared in Tintin. The mystical 'Jonathan' series earned Cosey many awards, including the Grand Prix of Saint-Michel and an Alfred at the Angoulême festival.
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In the second stage of his career, Cosey focused more on one-shots in stead of series. His first one-shot was 'À la Recherche de Peter Pan', that appeared at Lombard in 1984. He created several comic books for the collection Aire Libre of the publishing house Dupuis, such as 'Voyage en Italie', 'Orchidéa', 'Saigon-Hanoi', 'Joyeux Noël, May!', 'Une maison de Frank L. Wright' and 'Zeke Raconte des Histoires'. At the same time, he produced 'L'Enfant Bouddha' with a script by Jacques Salomé at Albin Michel, as well as 'Zélie, Nord-Sud' in the Signé collection of Lombard. Cosey revived his 'Jonathan' series in 1997.
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