Hippolyte's watercolor comics

In these days of completely digital workflows, it's rather uncommon to find comic books with their artwork drawn in watercolor. In one of these few examples, I have enjoyed the adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The master of Ballantrae by Hippolyte (sometimes known as Frank Meynet).

A portrait of Stevenson is included:

And here is a photo of the scottish writer with His Majesty King Kalakaua of Hawaii: