René Pétillon

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René Petillon at the Salon du livre de Paris (fr), 2010

After the government suggested an amnesty for tax evaders having sent their capital abroad, a businessman reacts: Repatriating my capital? And then what? My factories? Le Canard enchaîné, August 4, 2004.

René Pétillon (French: [petijɔ̃]; born December 12, 1945, Lesneven) is a French satirical and political cartoonist.

Pétillon joined Pilote magazine in 1972. Since 1993, he has published cartoons in the Canard Enchaîné and he signs them as Pétillon.

In addition to his editorial cartoons, he has published a series of humorous adventures of his hero, Jack Palmer, a goofy private detective.

In 2001, he published L'Enquête Corse ("The Corsican Enquiry"), dealing with the "independentist" groups in Corsica. The album was a popular and critical success, with 300,000 printed in French plus 30,000 in Corsican. A movie of the same name, starring Jean Reno, was based on the book and released in 2004.

In 1989, he was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2002 he get the Grand prix de l'humour vache at the Salon international du dessin de presse et d'humour in Saint-Just-le-Martel.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 15744 LCCN: n97075733 ISNI: 0000 0001 2117 1616 GND: 136853552 BNF: cb119193738

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Name	Petillon, Rene
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Short description	French cartoonist
Date of birth	December 12, 1945
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