Christophe Lopez-Huici is a French-Swiss illustrator and animation filmmaker whose work has long been shaped by comics, underground culture and 1960s psychedelia. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, he has created commissioned work for clients including Google, Amazon Publishing, Atlantic Records, CBS, Christie's, and Pfizer.

Unable to choose between Robert Crumb's sleaze, Moebius' limitless imagination, Hergé’s immaculate ligne claire, and the visual overload of psychedelic posters, Christophe‘s style eventually became a hodgepodge of all four—and whatever else blew his mind that day. Over the years, that visual language led to collaborations with bands, record labels, festivals, as well as the co-founding and art-directing of Bananas Magazine, a DIY fanzine he ran for the next decade, documenting the international garage-punk scene. 

Despite his best efforts to stay under the radar, Christophe's work has somehow found its way into exhibitions in New York, Paris, London and Megève, including Christie's, Paris, the Art Directors Club, New York, Tria Gallery, New York and 20 Hoxton Square Gallery, London. His work was even projected onto buildings throughout New York's Meatpacking District as part of a Google launch event—before diving back into the underground music biz.

When drawing alone no longer seemed enough to satisfy his creativity, Christophe turned to animation as the next step in bringing his characters to life—naively wondering how hard it could be. The answer: very. Or, at least, considerably harder than his early stop-motion experiments had led him to believe. Undeterred, he taught himself the craft while making his first 2D short film, Le Lapin de Noël, learning the hard way, frame by frame. His subsequent films continue to blend observational satire and offbeat humour, while gradually bringing the richness and texture of his illustrations to the screen. Collectively, his films have screened at more than 80 international film festivals, winning multiple Best Animated Short awards. Yet whenever months of hand-drawn animation start making Christophe question his life choices, he happily returns to illustrating for independent bands—a welcome excuse to indulge his love of psychedelic rock 'n' roll imagery.

Wait, you still want more? Read and watch Christophe talk about his work, filmmaking, the music he’s obsessed with…and bananas.

Christophe documentary (2009)
A student documentary following me around my Bushwick studio, complete with unique stop-motion techniques (no wonder I switched to 2D), mispronouncing my own name, and forgetting my own train of thought halfway through a sentence.
El Diario (2010)
An interview I gave to the Sunday edition of New York's Spanish-language newspaper El Diario. How they found me, I still have no idea.
Gonzaï (2014)
Five years into Bananas Magazine, someone finally thought it was worth asking what all the fuss was about. Thank you, Gonzaï!
ASSF Filmmaker Insights (2019)
Is there anything worse than staring into a camera while answering questions from an imaginary interviewer? Find out here.
Tin Can Magazine (2023)
Showing off my culture and name-dropping famous artists in an attempt to justify my own artistic endeavours.
Les Monstres Sacrés (2023)
Everything you always wanted to know—but were afraid to ask…is discussed in this interview.
Wrack & Roll (2024)
Me, me, me! (translation in english after the scans)
The story of Bananas (2024)
As told by me, a heavily skewed account of the rise and fall of the decade’s most influential underground music ‘zine. (translation in english after the scans)