Acclaimed French cartoonist Sempé dies aged 89

August 12, 2022 By La rédaction de Mediapart

He had his first success in the late 1950s with the "Le Petit Nicolas" series of children's books about a schoolboy.

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French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, who won international acclaim with a series of more than 100 drawings for the covers of The New Yorker magazine, has died at the age of 89, reports US News & World Report.

Acclaimed French cartoonist Sempé dies aged 89

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