Claire Bretécher

Claire Bretécher (born April 17, 1940)^[1] is a French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women and gender issues. Her creations include the Frustrés, and the unimpressed teenager Agrippine.

Biography

Bretécher was born in Nantes^[1] and got her first break as an illustrator when she was asked to provide the artwork for Le Facteur Rhésus by René Goscinny for L'Os à Moelle in 1963. She went on to work for several popular magazines and in 1969 invented the character "Cellulite". In 1972 she joined Gotlib and Mandryka in founding the Franco-Belgian comics magazine L'Écho des savanes.^[2]

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she published successful collections, such as The Destiny of Monique (1982). In 2001, Bretécher's series Agrippine was adapted into a 26-episode TV series by Canal+.

Bibliography

• Les états d'âme de Cellulite (1972, Dargaud, ISBN 2-205-00597-9)
• Salades de saison (1973, Dargaud, ISBN 2-205-00702-5)
• Les frustrés (5 albums, 1975–80, Bretecher)
• Le cordon infernal (1976, Bretecher, ISBN 2-901076-02-5)
• Les angoisses de Cellulite (1977, Dargaud, ISBN 2-205-00754-8)
• Baratine et Molgaga (1977, Glénat, ISBN 2-7234-0062-X)
• La vie passionnée de Thérèse Avila (1980, Bretecher, ISBN 2-901076-06-8)
• Le destin de Monique (1983, Bretecher, ISBN 2-901076-09-2)
• Les Mères (1982, Bretecher, ISBN 2-901076-08-4)
• Docteur ventouse, bobologue (2 albums 1985-86, Bretecher/Hyphen)
• Agrippine (8 albums 1988–2004, Bretecher/Hyphen)

Awards

• 1975: Best French Author at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France
• 1987: Adamson Award for Best International Comic Book Cartoonist, Sweden
• 1999: Humour Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
• 2002: nominated for the Dialogue Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival

References

External links

• Claire Bretécher official site (French)
• Claire Bretécher official art gallery (French)
• Claire Bretécher biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Claire Bretécher biography on Dargaud (French)