Robert Gigi, 1926-2007

Via a sad letter from collaborator Claude Moliterni and a proper obituary by Philippe Mellot, BDZoom notes that the prominent illustrator Robert Gigi died on February 6.

Born in 1926, Gigi joined the studios of Raymond Poivet in the late 1940s while still a student. In 1948, he began creating comics while establishing himself as a name in the related fields of advertising and illustration. Already a successful artist appearing in Chouchou and Pilote, Gigi enjoyed a flush period in the mid- to late-1960s, in partnership with Moliterni and Jacques Lob on titles like Orion, le Laveur de Planetes and Dossier Soucoupes Volantes, perhaps his biggest hit. In his letter to BDZoom, Moliterni notes that their collaborations reflected the market's change after the publication of Barbarella, and the demand for similar work that followed.

Later series included Agar and the samurai story Ugaki, where Gigi indulged his passion for Japan. He would later became a teacher and a sculptor, and retired from comics although not from drawing in 1991. In terms of its breadth, and considering his prolific nature an illustrator and a comics artist, Gigi's client list seems peerless.
 
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