Claude Serre (10 November 1938 – 13 November 1998) He was a French cartoonist born in Sucy-en-Brie, Val-de-Marne. After academic studies, he studied the craft of stained glass for eight years under Max Ingrand, along with his cousin Jean Gourmelin. He then started drawing cartoons and became an illustrator for many French journals, including Plexus , Planet , Hara-Kiri , Lui , Pariscope and La Vie Electrique . He also began illustrating books. The first was Asunrath , a work of fantasy, published by Losfeld . He incorporated his interest in the fantastic into many of his early lithographs, which were published, sometimes exclusively, in many countries including Japan and Germany. He also participated in both group and solo exhibitions. In 1969 he met Jack Claude Nezat, and they became friends. Nezat wrote numerous articles devoted to ...