Jean-Claude Mézières (23 September 1938 – 23 January 2022) was a French comic strip artist and illustrator. Born in Paris and raised in Saint-Mandé, he was introduced to drawing by his older brother and influenced by comics artists such as Hergé, Andre Franquin and Morris and later by Jijé and Jack Davis. Educated at the Institut des Arts Appliqués, upon graduation he worked as an illustrator for books and magazines as well as in advertising. A lifelong interest in the Wild West led him to travel to the United States in 1965 in search of adventure as a cowboy, an experience that would prove influential on his later work.
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23 September 1938 Saint-Mandé, Paris, France
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Died |
23 January 2022 (aged 83)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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