René Pétillon
Illustration — René Petillon at the Salon du livre de Paris, 2010 • Illustration — After the government suggested an amnesty for tax evaders having sent their capital abroad, a businessman reacts: Repatriating my capital? Le Canard enchaîné, 4 August 2004. René Pétillon (12 December 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a French satirical and political cartoonist and comics artist born in Lesneven.
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- René Pétillon was born on 12 December 1945.
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- René Pétillon died on 30 September 2018.
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Illustration — René Petillon at the Salon du livre de Paris, 2010 • Illustration — After the government suggested an amnesty for tax evaders having sent their capital abroad, a businessman reacts: Repatriating my capital? Le Canard enchaîné, 4 August 2004. René Pétillon (12 December 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a French satirical and political cartoonist and comics artist born in Lesneven.
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Pétillon joined Pilote magazine in 1972. From 1993, he published cartoons in the Canard Enchaîné and he signed them as Pétillon. In 1989, he was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2002 he get the Grand prix de l'humour vache at the Salon international du dessin de presse et d'humour in Saint-Just-le-Martel. In 2001, he published L'Enquête Corse ("The Corsican Enquiry"), dealing with the "independentist" groups in Corsica. The album was a popular and critical success, with 300,000 printed in French plus 30,000 in Corsican. A movie of the same name, starring Jean Reno, was based on the book and released in 2004. His work appeared in L'Écho des Savanes too and in 2015 he also published in Charlie Hebdo. He died in Paris in 2018 after a long illness.
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René Pétillon died at 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Relevé des fichiers de l'Insee.
- 2.BD. Après les Corses, Pétillon égratigne les Bretons. Ouest France . 06-07-2013 consulté.
- 3.Olivier Delcroix, Olivier. René Pétillon trait très drôle. Le Figaro. 1 octobre 2018 .
- 4.Festival d'Angoulême. Encyclopédie Larousse.
- 5.Dieu, Mahomet et les dessinateurs. Le Monde. 2006/02/02 consulté.
- 6.BD : Pétillon en tête du palmarès du 28e Festival international d'Angoulême . Les Échos. 29 janvier 2001.
- 7.René Pétillon, tendre et mordant satiriste. La Croix. 41217. 19 . lundi 1 octobre 2018 lire en.
- 8.Mort du dessinateur René Pétillon. Le Monde . 2018/09/30 consulté.
- 9.Mort de René Pétillon : hommages au satiriste et au génial créateur des BD de Jack Palmer. francetvinfo.fr. 2018/09/30.
- 10.René Pétillon: “Le Canard Enchaîné peut tout se permettre”. 20minutes.fr avec Bretons (magazine). 2017/08/02.
- 11.René Pétillon : avis de décès du 30 septembre 2018. Ouest France.
- 12.Off Corse !. BoDoï. 63. 14 . 2003.
- 13.Super catho : Pétillon se souvient. Le Parisien. 12 janvier 2004 .
- 14.Les dieux font la paire. BoDoï. 71. 2004-2 .
- 15.Goverdomme ! Y'a le feu au lac ! Et vive l'Europe !. BoDoï. 13. 11 . 1998.
- 16.Pétillon bombe le Corse. BoDoï. 67. 15 . 2003.
- 17.Tous les Prix. maisondelabd.com via Wikiwix.
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