Jean-Claude Fournier

Jean-Claude Fournier (; born 21 May 1943, Paris), known simply as Fournier, is a French cartoonist best known as the comic book artist who handled "Spirou et Fantasio" in the years 1969-1979.
Biography.
In 1965, Fournier approached André Franquin with drawings of his favourite characters, the cast of "Spirou". As Franquin sought a way to retire as "Spirou" creator, and devote himself to "Gaston Lagaffe", he passed on Fournier's work to Yvan Delporte, the editor of "Spirou" magazine. Fournier's own creation "Bizu" was serialised in "Spirou" between 1967–69, until Fournier was finally chosen by Dupuis as Franquin's successor. The first story was "Le faiseur d'or" which first appeared in "Spirou" on 29 May 1969. Fournier added his personal poetic and environmentalistic mark to the saga.
In 1979, after nine feature stories, he decided to leave the project and devote himself to "Bizu". "Spirou et Fantasio" was eventually continued by Nic and Cauvin, In 1998 Fournier launched "Les Crannibales", a humouristic comics series based on scripts by Zidrou.