Lefred Thouron is a cartoonist and writer born in Nancy,

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in 1961.

Biography

His first cartoons were published in 1984 in ''

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''. Following, his work will be published in the weekly news magazine ''L'événement du Jeudi'', the daily ''Libération'', ''7 à Paris'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' (which he left in 1996 following the «Patrick Font » controversy). Having authored 20 or so books, Lefred currently works for the icon of French irreverent political press, ''

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'', where he is one of the chief contributors with Pétillon and

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; ''l'Équipe magazine'' where he publishes a weekly page that covers sports news; ''

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'' where he contributes humorous illustrations, cartoons, articles and photo-stories. As a writer, Lefred Thouron has collaborated with Yan Lindingre on « Les carottes sont crues », a spoof on the "organic" craze, has brought back to life "The Adventures of Super-Dupont" with

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and

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in the magazine

, and above all, has worked with

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to produce « Casiers Judiciaires », slices of life in a provincial courthouse, recently published as a collection by

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Bibliography

Press

Le Canard Enchaîné, L’Équipe Magazine, Fluide Glacial, La Décroissance, CQFD, Libération, etc.

Books and collections

Dargaud

*Casiers Judiciaires (artwork by Diego Aranega)

Glénat

*Œuvres complètes, tome 8 (houit) *Manger est bon *Nos animaux les bêtes *Étons modernes

Fluide Glacial

*Soyons sports dans l’effort *Le sport bourse pleine *Je suis gland *Ich bin vraiiiment gland *Superdupont

Hors Collection

*Ana-Gangné

Canal+ éditions

*600 blagues de Sport (with Eric Bayle)

Bikini

*Les 5000 meilleurs dessins de Lefred Thouron *Gros Congé *Toi & Moi *Poulet pur porc

Les Requins Marteaux

*Les carottes sont crues (artwork by Lindingre)

Verticales

*Aimémé Jacquet, droit au but par la diagonale

Albin Michel

*Bernadette, priez pour nous

Editions du Layeur

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