Nikita Mandryka

Mandryka
Born Nikita Mandryka
(1940-10-20) October 20, 1940
Bizerte, French Tunisia
Nationality French
Area(s) artist, writer
Pseudonym(s) Nik, Kalkus, Karl Kruss, Caleq-usse, Calgus, Kilkoz
Notable works
Le Concombre Masqué
Les Minuscules
Les Clopinettes
Awards see #Awards

Nikita Mandryka (born October 20, 1940) is a French cartoonist of Russian origin.[1]

He started drawing in the Vaillant magazine, before moving to Pilote in 1967, and then created L'Écho des savanes along with Claire Bretécher and Marcel Gotlib in 1972. He left this magazine in 1979, going back to Pilote as editorial director. His major and better known works are the Concombre masqué (The Masked Cucumber) stories. He won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 1994.

Awards and honors

Asteroid 157747 Mandryka is named after Nikita Mandryka.

Works

  1. Entre chien et chat, 1979.
4. La Tour de Fer, 2000.
5. Le Bout du Monde, 2003.
6. Le Village Perdu, 2005.

References

  1. http://lambiek.net/artists/m/mandryka.htm
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