Jean-Claude Fournier

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Fournier
Birth name	Jean-Claude Fournier
Born	May 21, 1943 (1943-05-21) (age 65) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	artist, writer
Notable works	Spirou et Fantasio Bizu

Jean-Claude Fournier (born May 21, 1943, Paris), known simply as Fournier, is a French cartoonist best known as the comic book creator in charge of Spirou et Fantasio in the years 1969-1979.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Biography

In 1965, Fournier approached André Franquin with drawings of his favourite characters, the cast of Spirou.^[1] As Franquin sought a way to retire as Spirou creator, and devote himself to Gaston Lagaffe, he passed on Fournier's work to Yvan Delporte, the editor of Spirou magazine. Fournier's own creation Bizu was serialised in Spirou between 1967-69, until Fournier was finally chosen by Dupuis as Franquin's successor. The first story to appear was Le faiseur d'or which first appeared in Spirou on May 29, 1969.^[2] Fournier added his personal poetic and environmentalistic mark to the saga.

In 1979, after nine feature stories, he decided to leave the project and devote himself to Bizu. Spirou et Fantasio was eventually continued by Nic & Cauvin, In 1998 Fournier launched Les Crannibales, a humouristic comics series based on scripts by Zidrou.

[edit] Bibliography

• Spirou et Fantasio, Dupuis
  • 20. Le faiseur d'or (The Gold Maker, 1970)
  • 21. Du glucose pour Noémie (Glucose for Noémie, 1971)
  • 22. L'abbaye truquée (The Disguised Abbey, 1972)
  • 23. Tora Torapa (1973)
  • 25. Le gri-gri du Niokolo-Koba (The gris-gris of Niokolo-Koba, 1974)
  • 26. Du cidre pour les étoiles (Cider for the Stars, 1977)
  • 27. L'Ankou (The Ankou, 1978)
  • 28. Kodo le tyran (Kodo the Tyrant, 1979)
  • 29. Des haricots partout (Beans Everywhere, 1980)
• Bizu
  • 0. Bonjour Bizu (1982, Dupuis)
  • 1. Le signe d'Ys (1986, Fleurus)
  • 2. Le fils de Fa Dièse (1986, Fleurus)
  • 3. Le chevalier potage (1990, Dupuis)
  • 4. Le trio Jabadao (1991, Dupuis)
  • 5. La croisière fantôme (1992, Dupuis)
  • 6. La houle aux loups (1994, Dupuis)
• Les Crannibales, Dupuis
  • 1. A table! (1998)
  • 2. On mange qui, ce soir? (1999)
  • 3. Pour qui sonne le gras? (1999)
  • 4. L'aile ou la cuisse? (2000)
  • 5. Crannibal pursuit (2001)
  • 6. Abracada...Miam! (2002)
  • 7. Crunch! (2003)
  • 8. Pêche au gros (2005)

[edit] Sources

Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Jean-Claude Fournier biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Spirou official site Fournier biography (French)