Nikita Mandryka (20 October 1940 – 13 June 2021) was a French

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. He started drawing in the '' Vaillant'' magazine, before moving to ''

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'' in 1967, and then created '' L'Écho des savanes'' along with Claire Bretécher and Marcel Gotlib in 1972. He left this magazine in 1979, going back to ''Pilote'' as editorial director. His major and better known works are the '' Concombre masqué'' (''The Masked Cucumber'') stories. He won the

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in 1994.

Awards and honors

*1988:

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Award for Best Promotional Comic *1994:

*2005: Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for

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* Asteroid 157747 Mandryka is named after Nikita Mandryka.

Works

*''Les aventures potagères du Concombre masqué'' (from 1975 to 2006). *''Clopinettes'' (drawing), with

Gotlib Marcel Gottlieb (14 July 1934 – 4 December 2016), known professionally as Gotlib, was a French French comics, comics artist/writer and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, ''L'Écho des savanes'' and ''Fluide Glacial' ...

(story), Dargaud, 1974. *''Mandryka'', Éditions du Fromage, 1976. *''Le retour du refoulé'', Éditions du Fromage, 1977, coll. « L'Écho des Savanes ». *''Les Minuscules'', Éditions du Fromage : #''Entre chien et chat'', 1979. *''Lob de la Jungle'' (drawing), with

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(story),

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, 1980. *''Alice'' (story), with Riverstone (drawing), Dargaud, 1985. *''Le type au Reuri'', Albin Michel, 1987. *''La Horde - Mandryka chez Freud'', Z'éditions, 1994. *''Les animaux sont-ils des bêtes ?'' (drawing), with Fritax (story),

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, 1995. *''Y'a plus de limites !'', Albin Michel, 1996. *''Les Gardiens du Maser'' (story), with

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(story and drawing), Éditions USA : :4. ''La Tour de Fer'', 2000. :5. ''Le Bout du Monde'', 2003. :6. ''Le Village Perdu'', 2005.

References

External links

Mandryka biography
on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Le Concombre masqué official site
1940 births 2021 deaths People from Bizerte French cartoonists French comics artists French people of Russian descent Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême winners {{Europe-comics-creator-stub