- René Pétillon
René Pétillon (born
December 12 ,1945 ) is a French satirical and politicalcartoonist .Pétillon joined "
Pilote " in 1972.Since1993 , he publishes cartoons in the "Canard Enchaîné " and signs them as "Pétillon".In addition to his editorial cartoons, he has published a series of humorous adventures of his hero, Jack Palmer, a goofy
private detective .In 2001, he published "L'Enquête Corse" ("TheCorsica n 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, starringJean Reno , was made based on the album.In
1989 , he was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville at theAngoulême 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.External links
* [http://www.hyphen-galerie.com/ René Pétillon official art gallery] fr_icon
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