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Jean-Claude Mézières (born 23 September 1938) is a French comic strip artist and illustrator. Born and raised in Paris he was introduced to drawing by his older brother and influenced by comics artists such as Hergé Andre Franquin and Morris and later by Jijé and Jack Davis. Educated at the Institut des Arts Appliqués upon graduation he worked as an illustrator for books and magazines as well as in advertising.