Georges Troisfontaines
Georges Troisfontaines (French: [tʁwɑfɔ̃tɛn]; 19 November 1919 – 1 February 2007)[1] was the founder of the World Press agency, and one of the co-authors of the series Buck Danny.
After his first work for the
Georges Troisfontaines also made possible the collaboration between
In 1956 a grave argument occurred at the World Press. Some comics authors of the agency decided to join to sign a draft to defend their job. In particular, the authors wanted to retain the rights to their characters. At that time publishers could freely grant the making of a series to any other authors. In the face of this rebellion, Georges Troisfantaines decided to fire René Goscinny, seen as the leader of the movement. Jean-Michel Charlier and Uderzo decided to deliberately leave the agency and founded, together with Goscinny, first the competing Édifrance agency, and then the Pilote magazine.[2]
References
- ^ imdb.com
- ^ a b bdcouvertes.com Charlier
- ^ toutenbd.com Décès de Georges Troisfontaines (in French)
- ^ jmcharlier.com Buck Danny
- ^ asterix-international.de Goscinny Archived 2008-06-15 at the Wayback Machine