Nicole Claveloux is a celebrated avant-garde painter and comic book artist best known for her experimental and controversial contributions to the original run of Metal Hurlant (Heavy Metal) and Ah!Nana (the feminist sister magazine comprised of only female creators) and drew a popular comic strip called Grabote. Championed by Harlin Quist, she has also illustrated a number of successful children's books, including an award-winning version of Alice in Wonderland.

Her work has been included in several critical exhibitions, including Nicole Claveloux et compagnie at Villeurbanne in 1995 and a retrospective at the Mediatheque Hermeland at Saint-Herblain.