Hubertus Rufledt was a sailor, machinist and cameraman. Born in the former German Democratic Republic, he began writing after the fall of the Berlin Wall, first as a journalist and then as a comic book writer. He met Helge Volt while they both worked for Disney Italy, and together created the graphic novel series, Alisik. Helge Vogt wanted to be a paleontologist as a child before discovering that drawing dinosaurs was more fun than digging them up. He created his first comic while studying graphic design, before getting a job with Disney Italy. It was there that he met Hubertus Rufledt, and together they created the graphic novel series, Alisik.

“A charmingly beautiful foray into the afterlife...Alisik is like a mixture of Tim Burton, Stephen Gammell, Wang Zhijie, and Mark Ryden!” - Dread Central "A delightfully strange cast...in the vein of Margaret Keane and Tim Burton." - SnapPow "Very highly recommended ... an original and outstanding new graphic novel series" -Midwest Book Review