Éric Losfeld (

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, 1922 –

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, 1979) was a Belgian-born French

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who had a reputation for publishing

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material with his publishing imprint Éditions Le Terrain Vague. He was the publisher of ''

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'' (1967), two

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''( Midi Minuit Fantastique'' and ) founded by Ado Kyrou. He published a series of controversial erotic cult comic books, like '' Barbarella'', created by

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,Pierre-Jean Rémy ''L'autre éducation sentimentale'' 1991 p318 "baissée dans tout un bric-à-brac érotico-surréaliste où Ado Kyrou le disputait aux publications d'Éric Losfeld, celles de Jean-Jacques Pauvert aux anciens numéros de la revue Bizarre." ''Scarlett Dream'' by Robert Gigi, ''Epoxy'' by Paul Cuvelier and

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, the French edition of ''

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'', '' The Adventures of Jodelle'' and ''Pravda'', both by

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. In 1967, he also published legendary psychedelic feminist comic book ''

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'' by

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. In 1970, ''Xiris'' by

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. And ''

Kris Kool Caza (), the pseudonym of Philippe Cazaumayou (; born 14 November 1941), is a French comics artist. Biography At 18, Cazaumayou started a career in advertising which lasted for ten years, but in 1970 he entered the field of bandes dessinées, ...

'' by

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. Losfeld's tombstone inscription reads, "''Tout ce qu'il éditait avait le souffle de la liberté.''" ("Everything he edited had the breath of freedom.").

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