Raymond Poïvet (17 June 1910 – 30 August 1999) was a French cartoonist.
Raymond Poïvet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 June 1910 |
| Died | 29 August 1999, France |
| Alma mater | School of Fine Arts |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
Poïvet was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord.
After studies in École des Beaux-Arts of Paris, he started in comics in 1941.[1] 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
edit- ^ "Raymond Poïvet". Lambiek Comiclopedia.