Jean-Michel Nicollet best known as an illustrator, particularly for his cover art for the Néo, Titres sf, and Folio Junior imprints. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in his hometown, where he met Jacques Tardi, and later at the École de Paris. His professional career began in 1970 when he contributed illustrations to the monthly magazine *Lui*. He went on to do some advertising work and create his first book covers for the Folio collection at Gallimard. In 1972, for the American publisher Harlin Quist, he designed the illustrations for Ionesco’s *The Tale* copy 4. He joined the team at Métal Hurlant magazine Métal Hurlant 1977 and began work on *Ténébreuses Affaires*, a series of short fantasy stories written by Picaret and himself. He created numerous covers for various publishers (Néo, Lattès, etc.) and produced several books, including *Le Diable*, *Les Poèmes de Lovecraft, *Les Poèmes de Howard*, and *Harry Dickson*, based on a text by Marie-Paule Vandunthum and Gérard Dôle. He also co-authored *Le Rejeton de l’univers* and *Ersatz* with Keleck. He exhibited his paintings at the Galerie Escale in Paris in 1992.
His work, primarily created using acrylic paint, explores themes of the strange and the supernatural. Nicollet also Nicollet at the École Émile-Cohl in Lyon.

In this section, find his art posters and silkscreen prints.