Jean-Marc Reiser

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Reiser

Birth name	Jean-Marc Roussillon
Born	April 13, 1941 Réhon, France
Died	November 5, 1983 (aged 42) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Area(s)	artist, writer
Pseudonym(s)	J.M. Rousillon, Jiem
Notable works	Gros Dégueulasse Vive les Femmes
Awards	full list

Jean-Marc Reiser, born Jean-Marc Roussillon, April 13, 1941 in Réhon (department Meurthe-et-Moselle) was a French comics creator. He died November 5, 1983 in Paris, of bone cancer.

1 Biography
2 Selected bibliography
3 Awards
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Reiser's tombstone

A prolific cartoon artist from 1959 until his death, he made his debut in the publication La Gazette de Nectar.^[1] His works are to this day controversial, with some people enthusiastically endorsing it, and other loathing it. At a 2004 exhibition of his works in the Centre Pompidou, the entrance heeded the warning "Beware! Some of the exhibited pictures could hurt the feelings of several visitors."

The comics magazine Hara-Kiri that he founded in 1960 together with Fred and François Cavanna^[1] was banned in 1970 by the French minister of the interior for allegedly mocking the recently deceased Charles de Gaulle. Reiser subsequently published his drawings in the followup magazine Charlie Hebdo and several other publications. In 1978 he won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême.

The German cartoonist Walter Moers has mentioned Reiser as one of his influences.^{[citation needed]}