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COMIC ARTIST

Gotlib

1934 - 2016

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Marcel Gottlieb (14 July 1934 – 4 December 2016), known professionally as Gotlib, was a French comics artist/writer and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, L'Écho des savanes and Fluide Glacial, he was a key figure in the switch in French-language comics from their children's entertainment roots to an adult tone and readership. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gotlib has received more than 90,954 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gotlib is the 114th most popular comic artist (down from 101st in 2019), the 4,140th most popular biography from France (down from 3,648th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Gotlib ranks 114 out of 174Before him are Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Moto Hagio, David Lloyd, Floyd Gottfredson, Masakazu Katsura, and Tite Kubo. After him are Richard Corben, Dave Gibbons, Alex Raymond, Todd McFarlane, Larry Lieber, and Yukito Kishiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Gotlib ranks 339Before him are Robin Milner, Shirley Horn, Barry Humphries, Ilaria Occhini, Tom Krause, and Phil Ramone. After him are Tonina Torrielli, Chuck McCann, Gulzar, Ole Madsen, Gilbert Strang, and Phạm Minh Mẫn. Among people deceased in 2016, Gotlib ranks 324Before him are Sándor Tarics, Alcindo, Valery Khalilov, Caio Júnior, David Padilla, and Charmian Carr. After him are Gideon Toury, Sushil Koirala, Arturo Pomar, Ursula Franklin, Pen Sovan, and Giorgio Albertazzi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gotlib ranks 4,140 out of 6,011Before him are Jean-Claude Andruet (1940), Darry Cowl (1925), Dany Dauberson (1925), Érik Orsenna (1947), Guy of Thouars (null), and Eugénie Cotton (1881). After him are Jacques Dupin (1927), Bruno Coulais (1954), Sabin Berthelot (1794), Lucien Démanet (1874), Carole André (1953), and André Labatut (1891).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, Gotlib ranks 13Before him are Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), Jacques Tardi (1946), Tignous (1957), Jacques Martin (1921), and Claire Bretécher (1940). After him are Sylvain Chomet (1963), François Bourgeon (1945), and Joann Sfar (1971).