Raymond Poïvet (17 June 1910 – 30 August 1999) was a French

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Biography

Poïvet was born in

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. After studies at

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, he started in comics in 1941. In 1945 he joined the communist French comics weekly magazine '' Vaillant'', which was renamed '' Pif'' in 1969. He created the first and longest running French

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comics: '' Les Pionniers de l'Espérance'', which lasted until 1973. The scenarios were written by Roger Lecureux. Meanwhile, he also drew for other comics and feminine magazines: Colonel X in ''Coq hardi'', Mam'zelle Nitouche in ''

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'', and Guy Lebleu in ''

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''. Poïvet died on 30 August 1999 in

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