P. Leika

Pierre Kosc got interested in comics through reading Coq Hardi, Hourrah and Vaillant. He took courses in drawing at the age of 16, and got consultations from Victor Hubinon. In 1955, he began a collaboration with Heroic Albums, for which he made 'Les Aventures du Commissaire Maroff' with scriptwriter G. Leunis under the collective signature of P. Leika (Leunis + Kosc). He drew ten stories until Heroic cancelled publication in December, 1956. An eleventh story of 'Commissaire Maroff' was published years later in Curiosity Magazine by Michel Deligne. After Heroic, Kosc moved on to create another character, the boxer 'Rocky Carter'. Starting in 1958, he made five long episodes of 'Valentin' in Germinal magazine. These stories were later reprinted by Samedi Jeunesse. Kosc then went to work for Libelle, drawing 'Spit et Patche', and left the comics scene afterwards.

He returned to comics in 1978 when Michel Deligne asked him to contribute an ode to Maurice Tillieux in Curiosity # 29. Kosc had assisted Tillieux on 'Félix' in 1956 and on 'Zappy Max' in 1959. A year later, he took on the adventures of 'Mike Cougar', also published by Michel Deligne. After three stories with this character (two of which were collected in albums), Piere Kosc left the comics world for good.