Maurice Marechal, 1922-2008



The cartoonist Maurice Marechal has passed away at age 85, according to reports on the French comics-focused web sites. Marechal was an artist who taught himself comics and apparently sold his series Prudence Petitpas with some help from Herge. That fetaure stared an old lady bearing the same name and her cat, Stanislas, who aids her in her detective work. The linked-to article claims it was the first recurring serial to star an old protagonist. With the help of comics writers like Rene Goscinny and Greg, Prudence Petitpas appeared in Tintin from 1957 to 1969. The character reappeared in 1985 for a run of stories in Spirou. The remembrances noted that Marechal never gave up his teaching job.
 
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