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French cartoonist (1940–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claire Bretécher (French: [bʁəteʃe];[1] 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020)[2][3] was a French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women and gender issues. Her creations included Les Frustrés, and the unimpressed teenager Agrippine.
Bretécher was born in Nantes[4] and got her first break as an illustrator when she was asked to provide the artwork for Le facteur Rhésus by René Goscinny for L'Os à moelle in 1963. She went on to work for several popular magazines and in 1969 invented the character "Cellulite". In 1972 she joined Gotlib and Mandryka in founding the Franco-Belgian comics magazine L'Écho des savanes.[5]
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she published successful collections, such as The Destiny of Monique (1982). In 2001, Bretécher's series Agrippine was adapted into a 26-episode TV series by Canal+.
Claire Bretécher was the widow of French constitutionalist Guy Carcassonne with whom she had a son.
She died in Paris on 10 February 2020, after suffering for some years from Alzheimer's disease.
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