- Edmond Kiraz
Edmond Kiraz (born Kirazian
August 25 ,1923 ) is an Frenchcartoon ist and illustrator.Biography
Born in
Cairo of Armenian descent, Kiraz began his career as a political cartoonist after emigrating to post-World War II Paris . In 1959, while he was working for the Frenchmagazine "Jours de France ", his boss,Marcel Dassault , had him move from politics to humor. As time passed, Kiraz developed a distinctive and humorous pictorial style of representing women that he called "Les Parisiennes:" very thin, with long legs, small breasts, and a pouty face.His cartoons are often not only humorous but slightly naughty or erotic, and since 1970 he has contributed regularly to "
Playboy Magazine ."Cartoon collections
* "
Elles et moi (The Girls and I)"
* "Jamais le premier soir (Never the First Night)"
* "Je les aime comme ça (I Like Them That Way)"
* "Kiraz dans Playboy (Kiraz in "Playboy")"
* "Les Parisiennes (Parisian Women)"External links
* [http://kiraz-artworks.com/ Kiraz' website]
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