Lefred Thouron is a French cartoonist and writer.
Early life He was born in Nancy, France in 1961.
Career His first cartoons were published in 1984 in Hara-Kiri and weekly news magazine L'événement du Jeudi, the daily Libération, 7 à Paris, La Grosse Bertha and Charlie Hebdo (which he left in 1996 following the Patrick Font controversy). He authored 20 or so books. Lefred works for the French irreverent political press, Le Canard Enchaîné, where he is one of the chief contributors with Pétillon and Cabu. He contributes a weekly column for l'Équipe magazine that covers sports news. For Fluide Glacial he contributes humorous illustrations, cartoons, articles and photo-stories.
As a writer, Thouron collaborated with Yan Lindingre on Les carottes sont crues, a spoof on the "organic" craze. He brought back to life The Adventures of Super-Dupont with Gotlib and Solé in the magazine Fluide Glacial. He worked with Diego Aranega to produce Casiers Judiciaires , slices of life in a provincial courthouse, recently published as a collection by Dargaud.
Bibliography
Press Le Canard Enchaîné, L’Équipe Magazine, Fluide Glacial, La Décroissance, CQFD, Libération, etc.
Books and collections
Dargaud
Casiers Judiciaires (artwork by Diego Aranega)
Glénat
Œuvres complètes, tome 8 (houit) Manger est bon Nos animaux les bêtes Étons modernes
Fluide Glacial
Soyons sports dans l’effort Le sport bourse pleine Je suis gland Ich bin vraiiiment gland Superdupont
Hors Collection
Ana-Gangné
Canal+ éditions
600 blagues de Sport (with Eric Bayle)
Bikini
Les 5000 meilleurs dessins de Lefred Thouron Gros Congé Toi & Moi Poulet pur porc
Les Requins Marteaux
Les carottes sont crues (artwork by Lindingre)
Verticales
Aimémé Jacquet, droit au but par la diagonale
Albin Michel
Bernadette, priez pour nous
Editions du Layeur
Et puis c’est comme ça
References