Jean-Louis Pesch was reported dead by the publication he worked for, Dargaud Edition. No cause of death was announced but it was revealed that he died on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at age 94.
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“It is with great emotion that we learned of the death of Jean-Louis Pesch, at age 94, this Wednesday, May 17,” the statement read.
He was a French comic author who had drawn more than 4800 pages with Sylvian and Sylvette (Sylvain et Sylvette) and sold more than 20 million albums. The series ended in 2022, making 67 albums in total.
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In 1954, he entered the children’s press at the Capucine newspaper and worked for several newspaper companies including Mireille, L’Intrepide, Bernadette, Coeurs Vaillants, Ames Vaillantes, Fripounet and Marisette, The Pilgrim, The Journal of Tintin, and more.
Born on June 29, 1928, Jean-Louis Pesch grew up with cartoonist parents who made him develop love for the art when he was just 4 years old. His parents bought the 1934 Le Journal de Mickey and other other albums for him when he was still very young.
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