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Nikita Mandryka

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Mandryka
Born(1940-10-20)20 October 1940
Bizerte, French Tunisia
Died14 June 2021(2021-06-14) (aged 80)
Geneva, Switzerland
NationalityFrench
Area(s)artist, writer
Pseudonym(s)Nik, Kalkus, Karl Kruss, Caleq-usse, Calgus, Kilkoz
Notable works
Le Concombre Masqué
Les Minuscules
Les Clopinettes
Awardssee #Awards

Nikita Mandryka (20 October 1940 – 13 June 2021)[1][2] was a French cartoonist.[3]

He started drawing in the Vaillant magazine, before moving to Pilote 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 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 1994.

Awards and honors

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Works

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Le Concombre Masqué
  • Les aventures potagères du Concombre masqué (from 1975 to 2006).
  • Clopinettes (drawing), with Gotlib (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 :
  1. Entre chien et chat, 1979.
4. La Tour de Fer, 2000.
5. Le Bout du Monde, 2003.
6. Le Village Perdu, 2005.

References

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  1. ^ "Nikita Mandryka : Kalkus, Nik, Karl Kruss, Caleq-usse, Calgus, Kil". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ "BD: Nikita Mandryka, père du Concombre masqué, est décédé". Soirmag. 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Nikita Mandryka : Kalkus, Nik, Karl Kruss, Caleq-usse, Calgus, Kil". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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