Claude Lacroix

French screenwriter and comic book author (1944–2021)

Claude Lacroix (1944 – 2 March 2021) was a French comic book author and screenwriter.^[1]

Biography

Lacroix's first comics were published in L'Os à moelle [fr] in 1964, and subsequently in Candide, Arts et Loisirs, Elle, Plexus, Hara-Kiri, La Vie financière [fr], 60 Millions de consommateurs [fr], and others.

As a cartoonist and writer, Lacroix published comics such as Les Pieds Nickelés in newspapers like Lisette [fr]. He also contributed to Jeux et Stratégie [fr], Le Journal de Mickey, Le Point, Science & Vie, etc.

Claude Lacroix died of complications from a brain degeneration on 2 March 2021 at the age of 77.^[2]

Works

• Les Aventures des Gammas (1975–1976)
• Yann le migrateur (1978–1984)
• L'homme au chapeau mou (1979–1982)
• Fariboles sidérales (1979)^[3]
• Le Cycle de Cyann [fr](1993–2014)
• Des Monuments & des Hommes (2006)

References

1. "Disparition de Claude Lacroix, un inventeur d'univers !". BDZoom.com (in French). 6 March 2021.
2. "Claude Lacroix, dessinateur du "Cycle de Cyann", est mort". Livres Hebdo (in French). 8 March 2021.
3. Filippini, Henri (December 1979). "Fariboles sidérales". Schtroumpfanzine (in French).