Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons¹³

Nikita Mandryka

French cartoonist (1940–2021)

Nikita Mandryka (20 October 1940 – 13 June 2021) was a French comics artist.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Nikita Mandryka (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 20, 1940, died Jun 13, 2021.¹

About

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 Le Concombre Masqué (The Masked Cucumber) stories. He won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 1994.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nikita Mandryka, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Éditions du FromageFounder¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedInstitut des hautes études cinématographiques³

Career

Occupation: comics artist, publisher, editor-in-chief, comics writer.⁵

Date not recordedWorked at Pif gadget⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Spirou⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Pilote⁴
Date not recordedWorked at L'Écho des savanes⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Vaillant⁴

Personal life

BornOct 20, 1940, Bizerte⁶
DiedJun 13, 2021, Geneva^{7 8}
CitizenshipFrance⁹

Awards

2005Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Inheritance^{10 11}
1994Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataNikita Mandryka on Wikidata
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WikipediaNikita Mandryka on Wikipedia
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WikidataNikita Mandryka: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataNikita Mandryka: Worked at Pif gadget, on Wikidata
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WikidataNikita Mandryka: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataNikita Mandryka: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataNikita Mandryka: place of death, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of death, as reported
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WikidataNikita Mandryka: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataNikita Mandryka: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataÉditions du Fromage, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsNikita Mandryka photo by Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr