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Raymond Poïvet

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Raymond Poïvet
Born17 June 1910
Died29 August 1999, France
Alma materSchool of Fine Arts
OccupationCartoonist

Raymond Poïvet (17 June 1910 – 30 August 1999) was a French cartoonist.

Poïvet was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord.[1] After studies in École des Beaux-Arts of Paris, he started in comics in 1941.[2]

In 1945 he joined the communist French comics weekly magazine Vaillant, which was renamed Pif in 1969. He created the first and longest running French science-fiction comics: Les Pionniers de l'Espérance, which lasted until 1973. The scenarios were written by Roger Lecureux. Meanwhile, he also drew for other comics and feminine magazines: Colonel X in Coq hardi, Mam'zelle Nitouche in L'Humanité, and Guy Lebleu in Pilote.

Poïvet died on 30 August 1999 in Nogent-le-Rotrou (Eure-et-Loir).

References

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  1. ^ PETITFAUX, Dominique (2017). "POÏVET RAYMOND (1910-1999)". Encyclopædia Universalis (in French). La Bibliothèque Sceaux. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Raymond Poïvet". Lambiek Comiclopedia.