Françoise Pichard (born 2 November 1941 in Lion-en-Sullias), also known as Chard and Pscharr, is a

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and illustrator of children books.

Biography

Chard has published cartoons in ''Rivarol'' since 1967, in ''

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'' 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

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ian ' 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

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. On 3 November 2006, she denied having authorised entry of her cartoon in the competition and refused her prize.Declaration by Chard published on ''Rivarol'' website on 3 November 2006: :« Une dépêche ..m’a appris le 2 novembre que .."la dessinatrice française Chard, qui publie régulièrement dans l'hebdomadaire d'extrême-droite ''Rivarol'', a obtenu le deuxième prix, doté de l'équivalent de 6 300 euros, ex-aequo avec le Brésilien Carlos Latuff". ..je n’ai jamais envoyé le moindre dessin à quelque Iranien que ce soit ..Quant au dessin "primé", que j’ai vu pour la première fois le 3 novembre sur quelques sites Internet, il était destiné à un usage strictement privé… et il date d’une bonne dizaine d’années. J’ajoute que je n’ai aucune intention d’encaisser le montant du prix (en fait, 4 000 dollars selon le site iranien publiant le "palmarès") qui, s’il était un jour versé, irait intégralement au Comité d’entraide aux prisonniers européens (CEPE) s’occupant de Michel Lajoye, à l’exception d’un don au "Refuge du Chat". Chard. Vendredi 3 novembre 2006. »

Compilations of political drawings

; As "Chard" * ''le Chardnaval de la V^e'' (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,

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, 1991, 396 p. * ''20 ans de malheur'' * ''De droite à gauche, 1993-1997 : 215 dessins publiés dans "Rivarol"'', Éditions des Tuileries,

, 1997, 175 p. * ''Sarko prézydent !'', Éditions des Tuileries,

, 2004, 64 p.

Notes and references

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