Françoise Pichard
Introduction '''Françoise Pichard''' (born 2 November 1941 in Lion-en-Sullias), also known as '''Chard''' and '''Pscharr''', is a French far-right political cartoonist and illustrator of children books.
Biography Chard has published cartoons in ''Rivarol'' since 1967, in ''Présent'' since 1982, and in ''Signal d'Alarme'' since its foundation in 2006.On 8 November 1994, she was found guilty and fined the equivalent of approximately €3000 by High Court of France, for complicity in "provoking discrimination, hatred or racial violence" against the black community, for a cartoon published on 4 March of the same year.On 1 November 2006, she won second place in the Iranian 'International Holocaust Cartoon Competition' with an openly negationist cartoon, in a tie with Carlos Latuff. According to the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, her cartoon contains explicit Holocaust denial. On 3 November 2006, she denied having authorised entry of her cartoon in the competition and refused her prize.
Compilations of political drawings ; As "Chard"* ''le Chardnaval de la Ve'' (drawings published in ''Rivarol'')* ''le Chardnaval socialiste'' (drawings published in ''Rivarol'')* ''Chard à la une de Présent'' (drawings published in ''Présent'')* ''Chard... gez ! : Chard 1989-1991 : le combat national en dessins'', Éditions Nationales, Paris, 1991, 396 p. * ''20 ans de malheur''* ''De droite à gauche, 1993-1997 : 215 dessins publiés dans "Rivarol"'', Éditions des Tuileries, Paris, 1997, 175 p. * ''Sarko prézydent ! '', Éditions des Tuileries, Paris, 2004, 64 p.
Notes and references *   dessinsdechard.free.fr