Claude Lacroix (1944 – 2 March 2021) was a French comic book author and screenwriter.

Biography

Lacroix's first comics were published in ' in 1964, and subsequently in ''Candide'', ''Arts et Loisirs'', ''

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'', etc. Claude Lacroix died of complications from a brain degeneration on 2 March 2021 at the age of 77.

Works

*''Les Aventures des Gammas'' (1975–1976) *''Yann le migrateur'' (1978–1984) *''L'homme au chapeau mou'' (1979–1982) *''Fariboles sidérales'' (1979) *'(1993–2014) *''Des Monuments & des Hommes'' (2006)

References

1944 births 2021 deaths French comics writers French humorists French male screenwriters {{Comics-writer-stub