Georges Pichard

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

Georges Pichard
Born(1920-01-17)17 January 1920
Paris, France
Died7 June 2003(2003-06-07) (aged 83)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Area(s)artist, writer
Notable works
Ténébrax
Submerman
Blanche Epiphanie
Paulette
Caroline Choléra
Ceux–là

Biography
A page from Submerman, displayed in Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée, Brussels.

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 1960s he met Jacques Lob, with whom he collaborated on the superhero parodies Ténébrax and Submerman. Ténébrax was first published in the short-lived Franco-Belgian comics magazine Chouchou, and continued its serial run in Italian magazine Linus.[1] In 1967, Submerman was serialised in Pilote magazine, 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]

Album issue of Ceux–là (1980) by Andrevon and Pichard, from 1977 Charlie Mensuel weekly publications.

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.[3] 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.[4]

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 Émile Zola.

Bibliography
Title Year0 Vol. Editor Remarks
Ténébrax 1963 Serg written by Jacques Lob
Submerman 1967 6 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 Sahara0 1975 ABC written by Françoise Prévost
Caroline Choléra 1975 2 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 2 Le Square written by Jean-Pierre Andrevon
Les manufacturées 1980 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-Masoch0
Les Sorcières de Thessalie 1985 2 Glénat written by Apuleus
La fleur de lotus 1987 Albin Michel from Jin Ping Mei
Marlène et Jupiter 1988 Yes Company
Madoline 1990 2 CAP
Les Exploits d'un Don Juan 1991 Albin Michel written by Guillaume Apollinaire
Le Kama Soutra 1991 Curiosa written by Vatsyayana
Trois filles de leur mère 1992 Curiosa written by Pierre Louÿs
La voie du repentir 1992 CAP
La religieuse 1992 Création Art Presse written by Denis Diderot
Germinal 1992 Magic Strip written by Émile Zola
La perfection chrétienne 2013 Glénat
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Sources
Footnotes
  1. coolfrenchcomics.com. "Ténébrax".
  2. BdZoom (June 8, 2003). "La mort de Georges Pichard" (in French). Archived from the original on July 6, 2003.
  3. Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Georges Pichard".
  4. Perrone, Pierre (July 28, 2003). "Obituary: Georges Pichard". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01.
  5. Damned Productions. "Andrevon" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-07-05.
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