Here you can discover what made the most famous villains in popular culture the way we know them. Of course, this has to do with their childhood, as no one is born evil; rather, they become monstrous through horrific experiences. Just like the Big Bad Wolf, Captain Hook, the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, the Wicked Witch of the East from The Wizard of Oz, Dracula, the blood-sucking vampire, the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, the evil fairy Maleficent, or the repulsive Bluebeard. In 17 portraits, Sébastien Perez and Benjamin Lacombe present the childhoods of these famous literary villains, always guided by the question: What made them as evil as we know them?.