COMIC ARTIST

Jean-Claude Mézières

1938 - 2022

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Jean-Claude Mézières (French: [ʒɑ̃klod mezjɛʁ]; 23 September 1938 – 23 January 2022) was a French bandes dessinées artist and illustrator. Born in Paris and raised in nearby Saint-Mandé, he was introduced to drawing by his elder brother and influenced by comics artists such as Hergé, Andre Franquin and Morris and later by Jijé and Jack Davis. Educated at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, he worked upon graduation as an illustrator for books and magazines as well as in advertising. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Claude Mézières has received more than 230,149 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Claude Mézières is the 98th most popular comic artist (down from 32nd in 2019), the 4,048th most popular biography from France (down from 1,704th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Comic Artist.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jean-Claude Mézières ranks 98 out of 226. Before him are Fujio Akatsuka, Sanpei Shirato, Lee Falk, Jijé, Willy Vandersteen, and Juan Giménez. After him are Hajime Isayama, Masamune Shirow, Tsukasa Hojo, Yumiko Igarashi, Floyd Gottfredson, and Greg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jean-Claude Mézières ranks 338. Before him are Dennis Oppenheim, Rika Zaraï, Valentin Mankin, Aristide Guarneri, Roger E. Mosley, and Paolo Romeo. After him are Rolf Wolfshohl, Christiane Hörbiger, Timo Mäkinen, Huang Ju, Heinz Strehl, and Werner Olk. Among people deceased in 2022, Jean-Claude Mézières ranks 297. Before him are Sally Kellerman, Fernando Chalana, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Robert Durst, Agostino Cacciavillan, and Roger E. Mosley. After him are Herbert W. Franke, André Wilms, Christiane Hörbiger, Omar Borrás, Lygia Fagundes Telles, and Herbert Achternbusch.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Claude Mézières ranks 4,048 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863), Jean Grémillon (1902), René Maire (1878), Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (1581), Henri Jobier (1879), and Régis Wargnier (1948). After him are Françoise Rosay (1891), André Blondel (1863), Willy Ronis (1910), Marcel Arland (1899), Bernard Panafieu (1931), and René Panhard (1841).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, Jean-Claude Mézières ranks 10. Before him are Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Cabu (1938), Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), Jacques Tardi (1946), and Tignous (1957). After him are Jacques Martin (1921), Gotlib (1934), Claire Bretécher (1940), François Bourgeon (1945), Sylvain Chomet (1963), and David Beauchard (1959).

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