Édika
Sign in to saveÉdouard 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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- Works
- 30
Top works
- 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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Key facts
- Comics creator.image
- Roquebrune sur Argens - Edika - P1200783.jpg
- Comics creator.caption
- 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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Wikidata facts
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- Paris - Salon du livre 2012 - Edika - 001.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-12-17
- name in native language
- Édika
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- 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.