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created on: 21/10/2026
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Claude Serre (born 10 November 1938 in Sucy-en-Brie, Val-de-Marne, France - died 13 November 1998 in Caen, Calvados, France (aged 60)) was a French cartoonist and illustrator for many French journals.

After his academic studies, he trained for eight years with his uncle, Jean Gourmelin, as a master glassmaker under Max Ingrand, creating numerous stained-glass windows.

He then turned to cartooning and became an illustrator for many French magazines, including Plexus, Planète, Hara-Kiri, Lui, Pariscope, and La Vie Electrique. He also began illustrating books. His first was Asunrath, a fantasy book published by Losfeld.

The fantasy genre greatly interested the illustrator, and he translated this interest into his early lithographs, which revealed him as a talented artist.

Claude Serre, who had meanwhile conceived the idea of ??creating humorous drawings on themes such as medicine, sports, automobiles, and DIY projects, saw his first book, "Humour Noir et Hommes en Blanc" (Black Humor and Men in White), devoted in particular to surgeons and dentists, published in 1972 by Éditions Grésivaudan. This work won the Prix de l'Humour Noir (Black Humor Prize).

The artist continued his work on a wide range of themes, and the books were published, with some variations, by Glénat, a publisher in Grenoble. He also continued to illustrate books and worked, among others, on works by Francis Blanche and Frédéric Dard, author of the world-renowned San Antonio series.

Serre died of a brain tumour at the age of 60 in Caen, Calvados.
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on : 21/10/2026