COMIC ARTIST

Gotlib

1934 - 2016

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Marcel Gottlieb (14 July 1934 – 4 December 2016), known professionally as Gotlib, was a French comics creator and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, L'Écho des savanes and Fluide Glacial, he was a key figure in the switch in French-language comics from their children's entertainment roots to an adult tone and readership. His series include Rubrique-à-Brac, Gai-Luron, and Superdupont. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gotlib is the 120th most popular comic artist (down from 109th in 2019), the 4,610th most popular biography from France (down from 4,279th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Gotlib ranks 120 out of 226. Before him are E. O. Plauen, Hal Foster, Iginio Straffi, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Les Clark, and Masakazu Katsura. After him are Larry Lieber, David Lloyd, Hiro Mashima, Ken Sugimori, François Bourgeon, and Rose O'Neill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Gotlib ranks 392. Before him are Oğuz Atay, Ronnie Drew, Joyce Van Patten, Adolf Muschg, Jim Hutton, and Jack Colvin. After him are Ingrid Lotz, Gulzar, Eddy Pieters Graafland, Hilla Limann, Gia Scala, and Mikio Aoki. Among people deceased in 2016, Gotlib ranks 381. Before him are Anthony D. Smith, Mother Angelica, Tina Anselmi, Silvano Piovanelli, Alfred G. Knudson, and Larry Drake. After him are Janet Reno, Erol Keskin, Liz Smith, Ken Howard, Marni Nixon, and Natalya Krachkovskaya.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gotlib ranks 4,610 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Moreaux (1852), Jean Dotto (1928), Hedi Slimane (1968), Alphonse Areola (1993), Emma Shapplin (1974), and Hatem Ben Arfa (1987). After him are Louis Chaillot (1914), Jean Cau (1925), Arlette Laguiller (1940), Palisot de Beauvois (1752), Adil Rami (1985), and Sabine Weiss (1924).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, Gotlib ranks 13. Before him are Émile Cohl (1857), Jacques Tardi (1946), Tignous (1957), Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Jacques Martin (1921), and Claire Bretécher (1940). After him are François Bourgeon (1945), Sylvain Chomet (1963), David Beauchard (1959), and Joann Sfar (1971).

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