Raymond Poïvet
French cartoonist
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Raymond Poïvet (17 June 1910 – 30 August 1999) was a French cartoonist.
Born17 June 1910
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Paris
Died29 August 1999 (aged 89)
Nogent-le-Rotrou, Paris
AlmamaterBeaux-Arts de Paris
OccupationCartoonist
Raymond Poïvet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 June 1910 Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Paris |
| Died | 29 August 1999 (aged 89) Nogent-le-Rotrou, Paris |
| Alma mater | Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
Biography
Poïvet was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord.[1] After studies at Beaux-Arts de Paris, he started in comics in 1941.[2]
In 1945 he joined the communist French comics weekly magazine Vaillant, which was renamed Pif in 1969. He created the first and longest running French science-fiction comics: Les Pionniers de l'Espérance, which lasted until 1973. The scenarios were written by Roger Lecureux. Meanwhile, he also drew for other comics and feminine magazines: Colonel X in Coq hardi, Mam'zelle Nitouche in L'Humanité, and Guy Lebleu in Pilote.
Poïvet died on 30 August 1999 in Nogent-le-Rotrou.