Patrick Sobral was born in Limoges, and was a porcelain decorator for twelve years before he began working in the field of comics.
A fan of manga ( Vidéo Girl Aï de Masakazu Katsura), he made his debut writing scripts for the publishing house TonKam in 2000, including his tale ‘Dynaméis’. In September 2003 he began his association with the publishing house Delcourt, that has published his heroic-fantasy series ‘Les Légendaires’ since 2004. With artist Nadrou he began a spin-off series called ‘Les Légendaires – Origines’ in 2012. The dutch publisher Silvester finally launched ‘Les Légendaires’ in Dutch in may 2012.
Sobral additionally made his comics version of the classic tale ‘La Belle et la Bête’, that was published by Delcourt in 2008.