Étienne Poisson was born and raised in Longueuil in the early 1990s, before moving to Sherbrooke to work in the Quebec microbrewery industry. From a very early age, his love of visual language and the visual arts led him to take an interest in comic books and figurative painting. He spent several months on the art programme at Cégep du Vieux Montréal before changing direction. After a five-year hiatus during which he obtained his university degree in environmental studies, he returned to drawing and painting. Inspired by three eventful years of music on Sherbrooke’s underground punk scene with his band Tinpeulâ, he finally produced his first comic, Shotgun Lager, created in collaboration with Steven Slab, the band’s singer and a storyteller. In 2021, he collaborated with Olivier Robin – a researcher and lecturer at the University of Sherbrooke, scriptwriter and passionate comic book enthusiast – on the illustration and self-publishing of Tuer le Peintre. The following year, he took part in Front Froid’s grant and mentoring programme to develop a solo comic book with the support of local artists. Today, Étienne lives in Montreal and works on numerous illustration projects as a freelancer.