Henry Blanc

Henry Blanc was a comic artist and illustrator for the French press. He saw his first paintings exhibited when he was 15 years old. That same year, he published his first work in Le Petit Dauphinois. After the War, he drew for the Concorde magazine in Lyon, after which he settled in Paris. After some publications in Carrefour, Samedi-Soir and Radio-Magazine, he went to work as a cartoon animator in the studios of Paul Grimault, where he participated in among others 'La Bergère et le Ramoneur'. He subsequently worked at the Walt Disney press agency in Paris between 1952 and 1957.

In 1957, Henry Blanc became one of the main providers of daily comics for France-Soir, starting with 'Jeu des 7 Erreurs'. Between 1957 and 1960, he illustrated the comics adaptation of 'Signé Furax'. Furax was a famous French radioplay of Pierre Dac and Francis Blanche at the time. Blanc drew 1174 strips of the comic. Later on, he made other comic adaptations in France-Soir, such as 'Le Jugement Dernier', 'Les Mystères de Paris 1962' and 'Les Enquêtes du Commissaire San-Antonio'. The latter lasted twelve years and was created after the best-selling humorous detective novels of Frédéric Dard. Henry Blanc has also worked for Jour de France ('Ferdinand et Véronique' from 1963 to 1968), Le Journal du Dimanche ('Les Bons Dimanches de Monsieur Blanc', 1961-62), Ici Paris (humorous drawings between 1963 and 1980) and Amis-Coop ('La Famille Campanule', 1983-1987).