Roger Lecureux
Roger Lécureux (also spelled Lecureux; 7 April 1925 – 31 December 1999) was a French comic book writer.
Roger Lecureux
- Name
- Roger Lécureux
- Born
- 7 April 1925
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 31 December 1999
- Place of death
- Itteville, France
- Full name
- Roger Raymond Lécureux.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- comics artist, screenwriter, draftsperson, journalist and writer.
- Known for
- Rahan.
- Languages
- French.
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• Name — Roger Lécureux • Born — 7 April 1925 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 31 December 1999 • Place of death — Itteville, France • Notable Works — Rahan The Pioneers of Hope
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Roger Lecureux (7 April 1925 – 31 December 1999) is described as a writer, draughtsman, comics author and journalist in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Roger Lecureux was born in Paris, 20th arrondissement (7 April 1925) and died in Itteville (Essonne) (31 December 1999).
Biography
Biography
Lécureux was born in Paris. started off as an offset driver but was dismissed following disputes with his employer. He joined the team of the newspaper Vaillant, in charge of subscriptions, then gradually joined the team of screenwriters. His most important works are The Pioneers of Hope made with Raymond Poïvet from 1945 to 1973 (he calls them the first comics of French science fiction), and Rahan, which he created in 1969 with André Chéret in the weekly Pif Gadget, from Éditions Vaillant. His goal was to create characters whose behavior was always collective. He died in Itteville, France on 31 December 1999.
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20th arrondissement of Paris.
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Itteville.
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- 1.Relevé des fichiers de l'INSEE. Fichier des personnes décédées. 5 août 2025.
- 2.Roger Lécureux nous parle de 30 ans de Bande Dessinée française (1975). Pif-collection.com. 12 mars 1975.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Hop !, Dossier Lécureux, interview et essai de bibliographie, .
- Jean-François Lécureux, Roger Lécureux, L'homme aux , éditions du Taupinambour, 2008.
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