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Jean-Jacques Sempé (born August 17, 1932) is a French cartoonist.
He was born in Bordeaux, France.
Some of his cartoons are quite striking, but most are sweet and sentimental and somehow manage to be gentle even when the topic is difficult. He once drew a series called Le petit Nicolas, starting it in the 1950s, but he is best known for his poster-like illustrations.
His career started in France within the context of the Franco-Belgian comics industry. His "mute" watercolors or single image sketches, where the characters speak in pictures or not at all (but somehow manage to convey a rich story) slowly gained international attention.
External links
- lambiek.net entry on Sempé (http://www.lambiek.net/sempe_jj.htm)