Jean-Claude Fournier

The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Spirou. Works named in the authority record are Spirou et Fantasio in « Le Journal de Spirou ». Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Officer of Arts and Letters.

• Birth Name — Jean-Claude Fournier • Born — 21 May 1943 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Nationality — French • Area — artist, writer • Notable Works — Spirou et Fantasio Bizu

Fournier was born in Paris. In 1965, Fournier approached André Franquin with drawings of his favourite characters, the cast of Spirou. As Franquin sought a way to retire as Spirou creator, and devote himself to Gaston Lagaffe, he passed on Fournier's work to Yvan Delporte, the editor of Spirou magazine. Fournier's own creation; the poetic and fairy tale-like Bizu was serialised in Spirou between 1967 and 1969, until Fournier was finally chosen by Dupuis as Franquin's successor. The first story was Le faiseur d'or which first appeared in Spirou on 29 May 1969. Fournier added his personal poetic and environmentalistic mark to the saga. In 1979, after nine feature stories, he decided to leave the project and devote himself to Bizu. Spirou et Fantasio was eventually continued by Nic and Cauvin, In 1998 Fournier launched Les Crannibales, a cannibal-based humour comics series based on scripts by Zidrou.