He was the most endearing and amiable cartoonist of the glorious era of the
Pilot
years
(whose slogan was
“Mâtin, what a newspaper!”
).
With his great friends Marcel Gotlib and Claire Bretécher, it was not uncommon to find Nikita Mandryka chatting happily at the Mercure hotel on fiesta nights during the Angoulême international comic book festival.
He was also elected grand prize in 1994.
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Nikita Mandryka died in the night from Sunday to Monday at his home in Geneva (Switzerland), told AFP the editor of his latest books, Alain Beaulet.
Mandryka was a sort of unmistakable Monty Python who came from the cold.
Beneath his severe demeanor, he was an affable man.
He was first and foremost the daddy of
Masked Cucumber
, the most famous cucurbit in comics.
"A house and a vegetable garden"
We can say that his life was no less astonishing than that of his funny character.
Of Russian origin, Mandryka was born on October 20, 1940 in Bizerte, Tunisia.
At home, the chance of circumstances
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