Pierre Guitton (16 March 1944 – 20 July 2021) was a French painter and comic book author and artist. He notably designed the pages of Charlie Mensuel and Hara-Kiri.
Biography Guitton studied at the , where he earned a degree in painting in 1962. In 1969, he began his career at Charlie Mensuel. In 1971, he founded the magazine Zinc alongside , where they published underground comic strip reviews. The magazine folded in 1974.
From 1975 to 1987, Guitton published his designs and comic strips in Charlie Mensuel Hara-Kiri, À Suivre, and Zero. In 1987, he ceased collaboration with all magazines and devoted himself to painting. He became a well-known painter throughout Indre-et-Loir, participating in multiple artistic exhibitions and cultural manifestations.
In 2011, a retrospective titled Pierre Guitton rétrospective : Et c'est pas fini ! was published. It highlighted his designs published in Charlie Mensuel and Zinc. In 2018, another retrospective titled Contes du Lapin jaune covered his publications in À Suivre from 1985 to 1987.
Pierre Guitton died on 20 July 2021 at the age of 77.
Publications Tout doit disparaître (1978) Et c’est pas fini ! : rétrospective Pierre Guitton (2011) Les contes de Lapin Jaune (2018)
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