Jean-Claude Fournier

Jean -Claude Fournier ( born May 21, 1943 in Paris ) is a French comic artist and author.

Life

During his art studies he attended the Paris Lycée Claude Bernard. In 1966 he met André Franquin know, one of the star illustrator of the magazine " Spirou " and responsible for the title series. Fournier published his first comic book series " Bizu " from 1967 in this magazine. As Franquin a year later by " Spirou and Fantasio " retired, Fournier took a bit surprising the series. At first he was even allowed to use Franquin's proprietary figure of the Marsupilami, a one-time process for the further course of the series " Spirou and Fantasio ". Later Fournier handle increasingly on political issues with which he opened the series to new influences. Fournier recorded nine albums of the series before he left them in 1980 other signatories to fully focus again on " Bizu ". Ultimately transferred the publisher Dupuis " Spirou and Fantasio " Tome and Janry that content again manufactured significantly more related to André Franquin and should draw a total of 14 albums.

Since 1995 he is the serial The cannibals next door, which he has brought to comic life with his scenarist Zidrou.