Gilles Nicoulaud

Gilles Nicoulaud, born in Chateaubriand, studied sculpting at the School of Fine Arts in Rennes. He worked as a drawing teacher for a short while, before he began drawing for the Parisian press. He co-founded the alternative comic magazine Zinc with Guitton and Soulas in 1971. The magazine disappeared in 1974, as did its political counterpart, Politicon.

Afterwards, Nicoulaud's work appeared in a variety of magazines, including Charlie Mensuel, Mépris, La Gueule Ouverte, Charlie-Hebdo, Hara-Kiri, Mords-y-l’œil, Que Choisir, Siné-massacre, Quatre Saisons, Politique Aujourd’hui, Zéro, Libération, Basta, Passages, L’Anamorfico and Le Chasseur Français. He was a member of the Humoristes Associés, and participated in all the group's expositions and books. He published two books himself, 'Bouquin Presque Carré' and 'L’Almanach Nicoulaud'.