Aggripine's "mother" is no more. Author and designer of comic strips Claire Bretécher died Monday at the age of 79, announced this Tuesday Dargaud editions.
"Observer detached (really very detached) of his time, she crunches through them with immense self-mockery, writes his editor in a press release. From Gnangnan to Cellulite , from the Frustrated to Agrippina , from Spirou to L'Écho des savanes , from Pilote to Nouvel Observateur , she [a] created a gallery of characters allowing her to tackle the social issues she will have, very often identified well before most of his contemporaries. To the point that in 1976, Roland Barthes will say that she is the "sociologist of the year". ”
“His unique graphic style was matched by a Bretécher language (or vice versa). His sense of dialogue, his inventiveness and his art of shortening were breathtaking, ”also acknowledge Dargaud editions. “A personality as disturbing as it is endearing, Claire Bretécher has traced a unique path in comics. His humor and his freedom of mind were immense, he will be missed by all his readers, we already miss him. ”
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