COMIC ARTIST

Tignous

1957 - 2015

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Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (French pronunciation: [tiɲus], from Occitan: Tinhós), was a French cartoonist. He was a long-time staff cartoonist for the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. On 7 January 2015, Tignous was killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tignous is the 74th most popular comic artist (down from 71st in 2019), the 3,622nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,437th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Tignous ranks 74 out of 226. Before him are Joe Shuster, Vicar, Jacques Tardi, Jim Davis, Romano Scarpa, and Mitsuteru Yokoyama. After him are Takeshi Obata, Jean Van Hamme, Tetsuya Chiba, Kazuo Koike, Hiromu Arakawa, and Quentin Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tignous ranks 177. Before him are Mohammed Fahim, Chico Serra, Juan Luis Guerra, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, Ray Romano, and John Lee Ka-chiu. After him are Ruy Ramos, Brad Bird, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, Masae Suzuki, Isa Gambar, and Tan Dun. Among people deceased in 2015, Tignous ranks 206. Before him are Elżbieta Krzesińska, Angelo Anquilletti, Veijo Meri, Daevid Allen, Guy Béart, and Evelyn Furtsch. After him are Gene Amdahl, Patachou, Nora Brockstedt, Ants Antson, Wendell Ford, and Nicolae Rainea.

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In France

Among people born in France, Tignous ranks 3,622 out of 6,770. Before him are Thomas Corneille (1625), Ferdinand Sarrien (1840), Louis Bourdaloue (1632), Antoine de la Sale (1388), Gaucelm Faidit (1170), and Charles de Bonchamps (1760). After him are Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Brigitte Fontaine (1939), Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718), Willy Sagnol (1977), Gabriel François Doyen (1726), and Benoît Jacquot (1947).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, Tignous ranks 9. Before him are Jean Giraud (1938), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Cabu (1938), Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), and Jacques Tardi (1946). After him are Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Jacques Martin (1921), Claire Bretécher (1940), Gotlib (1934), François Bourgeon (1945), and Sylvain Chomet (1963).

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