Pierre Dupuis, a 50-year veteran of French comics, passed away shortly after Christmas, according to this extensive article running on BDZoom. Dupuis did a little bit of everything in his exensive career, which began in 1950 and encompassed a range of magazines, BD publishers and syndicates. Dupuis spent twelve years on the series "Mam'zelle Minouch," taking over for Raymond Poivet. In the 1980s he did a series of famous-person biographies for Dargaud which were noted in his entry at Lambiek for their use of photography elements.
