Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics creator Claire Bretécher (Template:IPA;[1] 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020)[2][3] was a French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women and gender issues. Her creations included the satirical comic series Les Frustrés, and the unimpressed teenager Agrippine.
Biography
Bretécher was born in Nantes[4] and got her first break as an illustrator when she was asked to provide the artwork for Le facteur Rhésus by René Goscinny for L'Os à moelle in 1963. She went on to work for several popular magazines and in 1969 invented the character "Cellulite". In 1972 she joined Gotlib and Mandryka in founding the Franco-Belgian comics magazine L'Écho des savanes.[5]
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she published successful collections, such as The Destiny of Monique (1982). In 2001, Bretécher's series Agrippine was adapted into a 26-episode TV series by Canal+.
Claire Bretécher was the widow of French constitutionalist Template:Interlanguage link multi with whom she had a son.
She died in Paris on 10 February 2020, after suffering for some years from Alzheimer's disease.
Awards
- 1975: Best French Author at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
- 1987: Adamson Award for Best International Comic Book Cartoonist, Sweden
- 1999: Humour Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
- 2002: nominated for the Dialogue Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
Bibliography
- Les états d'âme de Cellulite (1972, Dargaud, ), part of the Template:Ill series
- Template:Ill (1973, Dargaud, )
- Les angoisses de Cellulite (1974, Glénat, ), part of the Template:Ill series
- Template:Ill (1974, Dargaud, )
- Les Frustrés (5 albums, 1975–80, Bretecher)
- Template:Ill (1976, Bretecher, )
- Template:Ill (1976, Glénat, scénario de Raoul Cauvin, )
- Template:Ill (1977, Glénat, )
- Template:Ill (1980, Glénat, )
- Template:Ill (1980, Bretecher, )
- Template:Ill (1982, Bretecher, )
- Template:Ill (1983, Bretecher, )
- Template:Ill (2 albums 1985–86, Bretecher/Hyphen)
- Agrippine (8 albums 1988–2009, Bretecher/Hyphen/Dargaud)
- Template:Ill (1989, Bretecher, )
- Template:Ill (1996, Bretecher, )
- Une Saga génétique (2006, Dargaud, )
- Template:Ill (2006, Glénat, )
- Template:Ill (2006, Glénat, )
- Template:Ill (2006, Glénat, scénario de Hubuc, )
- Inédits (2007, Dargaud, )
Notes
References
- Bretécher publications in Pilote, L'Écho des Savanes and Spirou BDoubliées Template:In lang
External links
- Claire Bretécher official site Template:In lang
- Claire Bretécher official art gallery Template:In lang
- Claire Bretécher biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
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- ↑ Bande dessinée, Collection Idéologies et sociétés, Larousse, 1976, p. 76.
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- ↑ Claire Bretécher biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
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- ↑ Template:Cite web