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Plantu: Sempé "was a reference for designers"

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Sempé had co-created "Le Petit Nicolas" with René Goscinny.

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By: Florence Thomazeau

The world of drawing is orphaned by one of its greatest artists after the death, Thursday August 11, of Jean-Jacques Sempé at the age of 89.

He notably co-created

Le Petit Nicolas

with René Goscinny , a work which has sold 15 million copies to date.

Plantu, draftsman and caricaturist, pays homage to him. 

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