| Birth Date: | 17 April 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Nantes, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Area: | artist / writer |
| Notable Works: | Salades de saison Les Frustrés Agrippine |
| Awards: | full list |
Claire Bretécher (in 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 with whom she had a son.
She died in Paris on 10 February 2020, after suffering for some years from Alzheimer's disease.