Georges Pichard Explained

Birth Date:17 January 1920
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Area:artist, writer
Notable Works:Ténébrax
Submerman
Blanche Epiphanie
Paulette
Caroline Choléra
Ceux–là

Georges Pichard (17 January 1920  - 6 June 2003)[1] was a French comics artist, known for numerous magazine covers, serial publications and albums, stereotypically featuring partially exposed voluptuous women.

Biography

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.[2] 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 1967.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] This development became a target of right-wing politicians of that period, Jean Royer and Michel Debré. Continuing in this genre, Pichard reunited with Danie Dubos to produce Caroline Choléra which was serialised in L'Écho des savanes in 1975.[4] Upon the publication in 1977 of Marie-Gabrielle de Saint-Eutrope, a work almost entirely devoted to sexualized sadism, the explicit nature of Pichard's work led to a ban from bookshops and kiosks.[5]

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.[6]

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

TitleYearVol.EditorRemarks
Ténébrax1963Sergwritten by Jacques Lob
Submerman19676Glénatwritten by Jacques Lob
Lolly-strip 1972Losfeldwritten by Danie Dubos
Blanche Epiphanie19726Serg/Dargaudwritten by Jacques Lob
Paulette19717Le Square/Dargaudwritten by Georges Wolinski
Ulysse 19742Dargaudwritten by Jacques Lob
James du Tiers Bond -Ah! ça ira Sahara 1975ABCwritten by Françoise Prévost
Caroline Choléra19752Editions du Fromagewritten by Danie Dubos
Marie-Gabrielle de Saint-Eutrope19772Glénat
Édouard + La Réserve1978Le Squarewritten by Jean-Pierre Andrevon
L'usine19792Glénat
Ceux–là19802Le Squarewritten by Jean-Pierre Andrevon
Les manufacturées1980Le Squarewritten by Faraldo
Carmen 1981Albin Michelwritten by Prosper Mérimée
Bornéo Jo19832Albin Michelwritten by Danie Dubos
La Comtesse rouge 1985Editions Dominique Leroywritten by Léopold Sacher-Masoch
Les Sorcières de Thessalie19852Glénatwritten by Apuleius
La fleur de lotus 1987Albin Michelfrom Jin Ping Mei
Marlène et Jupiter 1988Yes Company
Madoline19902CAP
Les Exploits d'un Don Juan 1991Albin Michelwritten by Guillaume Apollinaire
Le Kama Soutra 1991Curiosawritten by Vatsyayana
Trois filles de leur mère 1992Curiosawritten by Pierre Louÿs
La voie du repentir 1992CAP
La religieuse 1992Création Art Pressewritten by Denis Diderot
Germinal 1992Magic Stripwritten by Émile Zola
La perfection chrétienne 2013Glénat

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: matchID - Georges Pichard . . 1 January 2024 . fr .
  2. Web site: coolfrenchcomics.com . Ténébrax .
  3. Web site: BdZoom . La mort de Georges Pichard . June 8, 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030706160503/http://www.bdzoom.com/index.cfm?page=display&class=info&object=info20030608113827&rub=coulisse . dead . July 6, 2003 . French .
  4. Web site: Lambiek Comiclopedia . Georges Pichard .
  5. Web site: Perrone . Pierre . Obituary: Georges Pichard . The Independent . July 28, 2003 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001083640/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article36830.ece . 2007-10-01 .
  6. Web site: Damned Productions . Andrevon . https://archive.today/20070705020539/http://daniel.gerber1.club.fr/scenaristes_ac/andrevon_bio.htm . dead . 2007-07-05 . French .