Philippe Fix (born 1 May 1937) is a French illustrator and author of children's books. He studied Decorative Arts in Strasbourg at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Born in Grendelbruch, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Fix created the comic character Chouchou for the magazine Salut les copains in 1963.[1] [2] [3] The magazine Chouchou was founded specifically for the character in 1964,[4] and in the same year it appeared as a "singer" on two records with the voice of Jean-Jacques Debout at higher speed, including one song "La Mascotte des copains" with Fix's lyrics.[5] [6] [7] In 1965 it appeared in the magazine Pilote.[8] The book Chouchou au Far West was published in 1966.[9]
Books with Fix' illustrations have appeared in French, German, English, Italian, Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Swedish, Norwegian (bokmål), Spanish, Afrikaans, Japanese, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
| Title | Year | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chouchou au Far West | |||
| Le Merveilleux Chef-d'oeuvre de Séraphin (English title: The House That Beebo Built) | |||
| Séraphin contre Séraphin (English title: Beebo and the Fizzimen) | |||
| Défense de lire Séraphin (English title: Beebo & Ben and the Funny Machine) | |||
| The kangaroo with a hole in her pocket | |||
| Alexander and the Magic Mouse | |||
| L'éléphant rose à point d'or (English title: Arabella, the pink and gold spotted elephant) | |||
| The Book of Giant Stories | |||
| Mumps und Tilli reisen mit der Zeitmaschine (English title: Tim and Tilly and the Time Machine) | |||
| Popcorn the Hipporhino | |||
| Mumps und Tilli kehren zurück | |||
| Le livre de Paris - 2/Chroniques Parisiennes | |||
| L'atelier du Père Noël | |||
| Weihnachtszeit, schönste Zeit | |||
| Contes populaires du Maroc (English title: Moroccan Myths & Legends) |