George Troisfontaines, 19??-2007

George Troisfontaines, a key businessman in the development of the French comics industry, died on February 1 in Paris. According to this piece at ActuaBD.com, Troisfontaines' Brussels-based World Press distribution agency, modeled on American syndicates, provided comic strips for various newspapers and was the home of several important early authors in the French-language comics industry. Troisfontaines is specifically noted for hiring Rene Goscinny away from the American studios in which he was working, bringing him into the orbit of Jean-Michel Charlier, and eventually placing him in the Paris office of the company, facilitating his meeting Albert Uderzo and then their early collaborations. That pair would, of course, eventually produce the international super-hit Asterix.

Troisfontaines co-created Buck Danny with Victor Hubinon, a series he turned over to Jean-Michel Charlier fairly early on its development, and also developed the early, important comics magazine Risque-tout for Dupuis.
 
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