Claire Bretécher (; 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020) was a French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women and gender issues. Her creations included Les Frustrés, and the unimpressed teenager Agrippine. Biography Bretécher was born in Nantes and got her first break as an illustrator when she was asked to provide the artwork for Le facteur Rhésus by René Goscinny for L'Os à moelle in 1963. She went on to work for several popular magazines and in 1969 invented the character "Cellulite". In 1972 she joined Gotlib and Mandryka in founding the Franco-Belgian comics magazine L'Écho des savanes. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she published successful collections, such as The Destiny of Monique (1982). In 2001, Bretécher's series Agrippine was adapted into a 26-episode TV series by Canal+. Claire Bretécher was the widow of French constitutionalist with whom she had a son. She died in Paris on 10 February 2020, after suffering for some years from Alzheimer's disease. Awards 1975: Best French Author at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France 1987: Adamson Award for Best International Comic Book Cartoonist, Sweden 1999: Humour Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival 2002: nominated for the Dialogue Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival Bibliography Les états d'âme de Cellulite (1972, Dargaud, ), part of the series (1973, Dargaud, ) Les angoisses de Cellulite (1974, Glénat, ), part of the series (1974, Dargaud, ) Les Frustrés (5 albums, 1975–80, Bretecher) (1976, Bretecher, ) (1976, Glénat, scénario de Raoul Cauvin, ) (1977, Glénat, ) (1980, Glénat, ) (1980, Bretecher, ) (1982, Bretecher, ) (1983, Bretecher, ) (2 albums 1985–86, Bretecher/Hyphen) Agrippine (8 albums 1988–2009, Bretecher/Hyphen/Dargaud) (1989, Bretecher, ) (1996, Bretecher, ) Une Saga génétique (2006, Dargaud, ) (2006, Glénat, ) (2006, Glénat, ) (2006, Glénat, scénario de Hubuc, ) Inédits (2007, Dargaud, ) Notes References Bretécher publications in Pilote, L'Écho des Savanes and Spirou BDoubliées External links Claire Bretécher official site Claire Bretécher official art gallery Claire Bretécher biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia 1940 births 2020 deaths 20th-century French women artists 21st-century French women artists Artists from Nantes French cartoonists French women cartoonists French comics artists French comics writers French female comics artists Female comics writers French women writers Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners