'Le Colonel Broum et Patapoum' (Petit Canard, 1947?).
Jacques Faizant was one of France's most popular press illustrators. After studying at the hotel school in Nice, he worked in several hotels until 1938. He settled in Marseille and went to work as an illustrator. During World War II, he drew for Le Dimanche Illustré and La Revue de l'Écran, while also composing songs and cooperating with Robert Lortac on animation projects. Upon the Liberation, he headed for Paris and started out working for Carrefour and L'Ecran Français. He was eventually assigned by Jean Nohain of Bonjour Dimanche and its supplement Le Petit Canard. For this supplement, Faizant made comics like 'Le Colonel Broum et Patapoum', 'Pyk et Pato au Centre de la Terre', 'Monsieur Mite' and 'L'Invraisemblable M. Pluche'.
Le Colonel Broum et Patapoum, with self-portrait (Petit Canard, 1947?)
Faizant also made several strips for the daily press, of which 'Adam et Eve' was the longest-running (approx. 700 or 800 gags). This family comic debuted in France Dimanche in 1949, and was renamed 'Adam et Eve (et Caïn)' when the characters received their first child. In addition, Faizant made independent strips, as well as 'Le Tour en Dessins' in La Dépêche (1948), 'Les Aventures de M. Faribole' and 'Docteur Doublevé' in Le Parisien Libéré, 'Bouts (de crayons) Rimés' in Ici-Paris and 'M. Patraque' in La Vie Catholique. He also made the advertising strip 'Le Chimiste BP', published between 1954 and 1957 in Le Midi Libre, L'Union, La Dépêche and Le Main Libre.
Comic strip by Jacques Faizant.
From 1960, Faizant worked as a political cartoonist for Le Figaro, while also continuing to work as a humorous illustrator in Le Chasseur Français, La Vie du Rail, Détective, Rires Magazine and jardin des Modes until the 1990s. On 1 January 2004, Faizant retired and published his final drawing in Le Figaro. He died two weeks after, on the 14th.
Jacques Faizant was an influence on Patrice Ricord.
Jacques Faizant by Patrice Ricord (2006).