What is René Pétillon?
[[File:René Pétillon - Salon du livre de Paris 2010 bis.JPG|thumb|René Petillon at the {{Interlanguage link multi|Salon du livre de Paris|fr}}, 2010]] '''René Pétillon''' ({{IPA-fr|petijɔ̃|lang}}; 12 December 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a French satirical and political [[cartoonist]] and comics artist. He was most famous for his work in ''[[Canard Enchaîné]]''. As a comics artist his best known and longest-running series was the humoristic comic strip ''Jack Palmer'', about a goofy [[private detective]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/09/30/mort-du-dessinateur-rene-petillon_5362320_3382.html|title=Mort du dessinateur René Pétillon|work=Le Monde.fr|access-date=2018-10-01|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/petillon_rene.htm|title=René Pétillon|website=lambiek.net|language=en|access-date=2018-10-01}}</ref> Pétillon died from a long illness on 30 September 2018, at the age of 72.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/bande-dessinee/article/2018/09/30/disparition-de-rene-petillon-l-un-des-derniers-grands-noms-du-dessin-de-presse_5362347_4420272.html|title=Disparition de René Pétillon, l’un des derniers grands noms du dessin de presse|work=Le Monde.fr|access-date=2018-09-30|language=fr-FR}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Petillon, Rene}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:French cartoonists]] {{bio-stub}}