What is Claire Bretécher?
[[File:Claire Bretécher en 1973 - 2.jpg|thumb|200px|Claire Bretécher in 1973]] [[File:Brétecher signature.png|right|200px]] '''Claire Bretécher''' ({{IPA-fr|bʁəteʃe|lang}};<ref>''Bande dessinée'', Collection Idéologies et sociétés, Larousse, 1976, p. 76.</ref> 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020)<ref>[http://lambiek.net/artists/b/bretecher.htm Claire Bretécher biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia</ref> was a [[France|French]] [[cartoon]]ist. She was known for her works which focused on women and gender issues. Her creations included ''Les Frustrés'', and the unimpressed teenager ''Agrippine''. She was born in [[Nantes]], [[France]]. She co-founded ''[[L'Echo 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 made into a 26-episode TV series by [[Canal+]]. Bretécher died on 10 February 2020 at the age of 79.<ref>[https://www.sudinfo.be/id166855/article/2020-02-11/deces-de-la-dessinatrice-claire-bretecher-lage-de-79-ans Décès de la dessinatrice Claire Bretécher à l’âge de 79 ans] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170704213936/https://www.clairebretecher.com/ Claire Bretécher official site] {{in lang|fr}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080916082229/http://www.hyphen-galerie.com/ Claire Bretécher official art gallery] {{in lang|fr}} *[http://lambiek.net/artists/b/bretecher.htm Claire Bretécher biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia *[https://www.swiftynews.in/2020/04/how-to-be-successful-teenager.html biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407110504/https://www.swiftynews.in/2020/04/how-to-be-successful-teenager.html |date=2020-04-07 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bretecher, Claire}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:People from Nantes]] [[Category:French cartoonists]] [[Category:Writers from Pays de la Loire]] {{bio-stub}}