eduardo risso was born in 1959 in leones, argentina, and began his career in 1981 doing illustrations for the newspaper "la nacion" and various magazines. in 1987, risso collaborated with writer ricardo barreiro on his first real comicbook, titled "parque chas", and published in fierro (argentinian comic anthology). the story was later reprinted in french by glénat in 1993.

a year later, always with barreiro as a writer, risso worked on "cain" and "los misterios de la luna roja". with carlos trillo he published "borderline".

in 1989, risso's first french work - "fulu'" - was first published in vécu magazine and after that by glénat. in all, five books were published and all books are written by carlos trillo.

carlos trillo has become a regular collaborator for risso and they continue to do projects together. in 1994, risso and trillo did "simon, une aventure américaine". in 1997, they did "chicanos". it was during this time that risso started doing his first work for an american publisher: two alien projects for dark horse comics. the first project (1997) was the 2-part "aliens: resurrection" mini-series, which is the comic adaptation of the fourth alien movie. the second project (1998) was the one-shot "aliens: wraith". dark horse also reprinted in 2001 the 1999 graphic novel "video noire", first published by albin michel.

risso collaborated for the first time with writer brian azzarello in 1998 on the four-part "jonny double" mini-series, for dc comics, recently republished in trade paperback format.