Edmond Calvo
Edmond-François Calvo (ɛdmɔ̃ fʁɑ̃swa kalvo; 26 August 1892 – 11 October 1957) was a French comics artist. Edmond Calvo was born in 1892 in Elbeuf, France, he was in the army in the First World War, and started publishing cartoons in the 1920s. He had many different jobs, including working as a woodcarver and an innkeeper, until 1938, when he became a full-time artist.
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Edmond Calvo
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- Full name
- Edmond François Calvo.
- Born
- 1892. · Elbeuf.
- Died
- 1957. · 20th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- comics artist, illustrator, sculptor, industrialist, comics colorist and draftsperson.
- Languages
- French.
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Edmond-François Calvo (ɛdmɔ̃ fʁɑ̃swa kalvo; 26 August 1892 – 11 October 1957) was a French comics artist. Edmond Calvo was born in 1892 in Elbeuf, France, he was in the army in the First World War, and started publishing cartoons in the 1920s. He had many different jobs, including working as a woodcarver and an innkeeper, until 1938, when he became a full-time artist.
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Recorded at birth as Edmond François Calvo. Born at Elbeuf in 1892, died at 20th arrondissement of Paris in 1957.
The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Le Canard enchaîné. Work by Edmond Calvo is recorded in the collections of Museon-Omniversum and Dutch Resistance Museum.
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- 1.Alienor. Calvo Edmond-François.
- 2.Petitfaux, Dominique. Calvo Edmond François. Encyclopedia Universalis.
- 3.Gaumer, Patrick. Edmond-François Calvo. Lambiek Comiclopedia.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 18
- 1939: Robin des Bois (reprinted 1949)
- 1941: Les Voyages de Gulliver
- 1943: Un chasseur sachant chasser
- 1943–1946: Patamousse, 3 albums, written by Calvo
- 1944–1945: La bête est morte, translated in Dutch (1946, reprint 1977)
- 1944: Croquemulot
- 1946: Rosalie, reprinted in 2012 by Gallimard
- 1946: Mr. Loyal
- 1946: Anatomies atomiques
- 1947: Cendrillon et le Petit Chaperon rouge
- 1947: La Belle au bois dormant
- 1947: Souricette
- 1947–1948: Le Petit Poucet, 2 albums
- 1948: Le chevalier du feu
- 1949: Don Quichotte
- 1953–1955: Coquin le Petit Cocker, 5 albums, written by Marijac
- 1956–1960: Moustache et Trottinette, 14 albums, written by Calvo, translated in Dutch (2 albums)
- 1957: Cricri souris d'appartement, 2 albums, written by Marijac
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