Entertainment Death of the designer Jean Graton, creator of the comic strip Michel Vaillant, at the age of 97

For more than 60 years, the Nantes-born Jean Graton drew the adventures of the pilot Michel Vaillant. He passed away on Thursday, January 21.

© Graton Philippe / Reporters / ABACA For more than 60 years, the Nantes native Jean Graton has drawn the adventures of the pilot Michel Vaillant. He passed away on Thursday, January 21.

Jean Graton died at the age of 97 this Thursday, January 21, reports the site SoirMag . The artist left " peacefully and surrounded by his family " in Brussels. The one who was born in Nantes in 1923 had settled in Belgium, known to be the country of comics, at the age of 24. " Jean Graton was the last sacred monster of the golden age of Franco-Belgian comics ," said a statement.

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Jean Graton is the author of Michel Vaillant (3.62 avg rating, 58 ratings, 4 reviews, published 1959), Michel Vaillant , Le 13 est au départ (3.82 avg rat Discover new books on Goodreads. See if your friends have read any of Jean Graton 's books.

Start your review of Michel Vaillant - The Mystery Driver. Les premiers aperçus de ce que deviendrait la série Michel Vaillant sont visibles dans celui-ci. Steve Warson prend le volant d'un Vaillant , par exemple.

Only son, his father was commissioner of the Motorcycling Club in Nantes, a profession that will influence his future career. His mother disappeared when he was only 11 years old. Five years later, during the war, Jean Graton's father was taken prisoner by the Germans, and the 16-year-old has to fend for himself. He said: " The fact of working in a factory, under the orders of a c ..., in a kind of kibbutz, of being forced to do everything you hate, to be yelled at, all of that to me. gave an objective: in life, I will do what I want, even if it means taking risks ".

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It's at the age 34 years old, in 1957, that the talented designer published the first adventures of his cult character to become, Michel Vaillant, in the Journal de Tintin. The year before, he had signed his first fiction on the theme of the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix. It was there that the editor-in-chief suggested that he create a racing driver hero. This idea changed his life and that of many fans, since he never stopped drawing this famous character, who inspired many racing drivers by being the subject of 76 comics (the last album, Duels , will be released this year, editor's note), two television series and a film released in 2003 at the cinema, with Sagamore Stévenin in the role of pilot.

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