GEORGES PICHARD

'Georges Pichard' (January 17 1920 - June 7 2003) was a French comics artist, known for numerous BD magazine covers, serial publications and albums, stereotypically featuring partially exposed voluptuous women.

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Biography

Bibliography

References

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Biography

A native of Paris, he was educated at the École des Arts Appliques, and after World War II worked as illustrator in advertising before publishing his first cartoon strip in ''La Semaine de Suzette'' in 1956, featuring a "girl next-door" character named Miss Mimi.
In the early 60s he met Jacques Lob, with whom he collaborated on the superhero parodies, ''Ténébrax'' and ''Submerman''. ''Ténébrax'' was first published in the short-lived comics magazine ''Chouchou'', and continued its serial run in Italian magazine ''Linus''.^[1] In 1967, ''Submerman'' was serialised in ''Pilote'', but after a few years Pichard left the family friendly comics genre entirely.
Having collaborated with Danie Dubos on the more daring ''Lolly-strip'' which was serialised in ''Le Rire'' in 1966, Pichard and Lob began work within the erotic genre of comics as ''Blanche Épiphanie'' started serial publication in ''V Magazine'' in 1968.^[2] There was significant public reaction as this character acted outside the moral boundaries of the times, and at one point emulated Jane Fonda by going to Vietnam. This period saw Pichard develop his style of shaping his female heroines into tall, well-endowed women with excessive eyeliner make-up to create a gothic appearance.^[3]
Pichard continued to push the moral boundaries when he collaborated with Georges Wolinski to create a yet more controversial series featuring an eponymous character, ''Paulette'' which began serial publication in ''Charlie Mensuel'' in 1970.^[4] This development became a target of right-wing politicians of that period, Jean Royer and Michel Debre. Continuing in this genre, Pichard reunited with Danie Dubos to produce ''Caroline Choléra'' which was serialised in ''L'Écho des savanes'' in 1975. Upon publication of ''Marie-Gabrielle de Saint-Eutrope'' in 1977, the explicit nature of Pichard's work led to a ban from bookshops and kiosks.
Less scrutinized for its erotic emphasis are the collaborations Pichard did with science-fiction author Jean-Pierre Andrevon, ''La Reserve'' and ''Édouard'' from 1974 and ''Ceux–là'' from 1977, published in ''Charlie Mensuel''.^[5]
Toward the end of his life, Pichard adapted classic erotic stories such as ''Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan'' by Guillaume Apollinaire, ''The Kama-Sutra'' by Vatsyayana, ''Trois filles de leur mère'' by Pierre Louÿs, ''La Religieuse'' by Denis Diderot and ''Germinal'' by Emile Zola.

Bibliography

Title	Year	Vol.	Editor	Remarks
''Ténébrax''	1963		Serg	written by Jacques Lob
''Submerman''	1967		Glénat	written by Jacques Lob
''Lolly-strip''	1972		Losfeld	written by Danie Dubos
''Blanche Epiphanie''	1972	6	Serg/Dargaud	written by Jacques Lob
''Paulette''	1971	7	Le Square/Dargaud	written by Georges Wolinski
''Ulysse''	1974	2	Dargaud	written by Jacques Lob
''James du Tiers Bond -Ah! ça ira Sahara''	1975		ABC	written by Françoise Prévost
''Caroline Choléra''	1975	3	Editions du Fromage	written by Danie Dubos
''Marie-Gabrielle de Saint-Eutrope''	1977	2	Glénat
''Édouard + La Réserve''	1978		Le Square	written by Jean-Pierre Andrevon
''L'usine''	1979	2	Glénat
''Ceux–là''	1980		Le Square	written by Jean-Pierre Andrevon
''Les manufacturées''	1980	2	Le Square	written by Faraldo
''Carmen''	1981		Albin Michel	written by Prosper Mérimée
''Bornéo Jo''	1983	2	Albin Michel	written by Danie Dubos
''La Comtesse rouge''	1985		Editions Dominique Leroy	written by Léopold Sacher Masochs
''Les Sorcières de Thessalie''	1985	2	Glénat
''La fleur de lotus''	1987		Albin Michel	written by Jin Ping Mei
''Marlène et Jupiter''	1988		Yes Company
''Madoline''	1990	2	CAP
''Les Exploits d'un Don Juan''	1991		Albin Michel	from Guillaume Apollinaire
''Le Kama Soutra''	1991		Curiosa	from Vatsyayana
''Trois filles de leur mère''	1992		Curiosa	from Pierre Louÿs
''La voie du repentir''	1992		CAP
''La religieuse''	1992		Création Art Presse	from Denis Diderot
''Germinal''	1992		Magic Strip	from Emile Zola

References

★ Georges Pichard publications in ''Pilote'', ''Charlie Mensuel'', ''L'Écho des Savanes'' and ''Circus'' BDoubliées

★ Georges Pichard albums Bedetheque
'Footnotes'
1. Ténébrax
2. La mort de Georges Pichard
3. Georges Pichard
4. Obituary: Georges Pichard
5. Andrevon

External links

★ Georges Pichard biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia