Jacques Nicolaou (7 October 1930 – 30 May 2022) was a French comic book artist.

Biography

After illustrating on an amateur level, Nicolaou began animating games in ''Les aventures de Pif le chien'' for ''Vaillant''. He then took over for

José Cabrero Arnal José Cabrero Arnal or C. Arnal (September 6, 1909 – September 7, 1982) was a Spanish comics artist, who worked in France for most of his career but was never naturalized as French citizen. He is most famous for the comics series ''Pif le chie ...

in illustrating ' and worked for ''

Pif Gadget ''Pif Gadget'' (also simply known as ''Pif'') was a French comics magazine for children that ran from 1969 to 1993 and 2004 to 2009. Its readership peaked in the early 1970s. Predecessors ''Pif'' has its origins in ''Le Jeune Patriote'', a yout ...

'', ''Dimanche Fillette'', and ''Les Rois du Rire''. For ''Pif Gadget'', he illustrated the series ' and ' with

Roger Lécureux Roger Lécureux (also spelled Lecureux; 7 April 1925 – 31 December 1999) was a French comic book writer. Biography Lécureux was born in Paris. started off as an offset driver but was dismissed following disputes with his employer. He joined ...

. After his retirement, he began to work with watercolors while returning to ''Placid et Muzo'' on occasion. Nicolaou died on 30 May 2022, at the age of 91.

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Place of death missing 1930 births 2022 deaths 20th-century French illustrators 20th-century French male artists 21st-century French illustrators 21st-century French male artists Artists from Île-de-France French comics artists People from Châtenay-Malabry {{France-artist-stub