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Reiser
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Born Jean-Marc Roussillon
13 April 1941
Réhon, France
Died 5 November 1983(1983-11-05) (aged 42)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Area(s) artist, writer
Pseudonym(s) Reiser (J.M. Roussillon, Jiem, in his early career only)
Notable works
Gros Dégueulasse
Vive les Femmes
Awards full list
Signature
Signature of Reiser

Jean-Marc Reiser (French: [ʁɛzɛʁ]; 13 April 1941 – 5 November 1983) was a French comics creator.

Biography

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Reiser's tombstone at the Montparnasse Cemetery

A prolific cartoon artist from 1959 until his death, Reiser made his debut in the publication La Gazette de Nectar for the Nicolas winery. His works are to this day controversial, with some people enthusiastically endorsing them, and others loathing them. At a 2004 exhibition of his works in the Centre Pompidou, the entrance displayed the warning "Beware! Some of the exhibited pictures could hurt the feelings of several visitors."

He founded the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Hara-Kiri in 1960 together with Fred and François Cavanna. Reiser was known to attack taboos of all kinds. Hara-Kiri was banned in 1970 by the French Minister of the Interior for mocking the just deceased Charles de Gaulle. Reiser subsequently published his drawings in the follow-up magazine Charlie Hebdo and several other publications. In 1978 he won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême. He died on 5 November 1983, in Paris, of bone cancer.

Awards

  • 1974 Prix Saint-Michel, for La vie au grand air
  • 1978 Angoulême Festival, Grand Prix de la ville

See also

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