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Édouard Karali (17 December 1940 – 16 December 2025), better known by the pen name of Édika, was a French comics artist who was renowned for his distinctively absurd style. A number of his comic strips have been translated into several European languages such as; English (published by Knockabout Comics), Spanish, Italian (in the magazine Totem comic), German (published by Alpha Comics), Swedish (published by Epix), Danish (published by Runepress), and Greek (in the magazines Vavel and Para Pente).

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  • Baston no 5
  • Anthologie Édika - volume 01 - 1979-1984
  • Y A D'LA POISSE SERIE OR
  • Absurdomanies, numéro 4
  • Beuaaark, numéro 25

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Édika in 2009
Comics creator.birth_name
Édouard Karali
Comics creator.birth_place
Heliopolis, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Comics creator.death_place
Rochefort-du-Gard, France
Comics creator.area
Artist, writer
Comics creator.notable works
Pom-Pom Pidou-Waah (1996)

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date of birth
1940-12-17
name in native language
Édika
Commons category
Edika
date of death
2025-12-16
birth name
Roland Édouard Carali
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Édouard Karali (17 December 1940 – 16 December 2025), better known by the pen name of Édika, was a French comics artist who was renowned for his distinctively absurd style. A number of his comic strips have been translated into several European languages such as; English (published by Knockabout Comics), Spanish, Italian (in the magazine Totem comic), German (published by Alpha Comics), Swedish (published by Epix), Danish (published by Runepress), and Greek (in the magazines Vavel and Para Pente).

==Life and career== Initially working for the advertising industry in Egypt, he moved to France where his works were published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazines Pilote, Charlie Mensuel, and Psikopat, the magazine of his brother Paul Carali. A major milestone in his career as a comics artist was his cooperation with Gotlib, becoming a main contributor to the comics magazine Fluide Glacial.

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