Gotlib

Marcel Gottlieb (14 July 1934 – 4 December 2016), known professionally as Gotlib, was a French comics creator and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, ''L'Écho des savanes and Fluide Glacial'', he was a key figure in the switch in French-language comics from their children's entertainment roots to an adult tone and readership. His series include Rubrique-à-Brac, Gai-Luron, and Superdupont. His comedy ranges from absurd, metafictional stories to satire with pop culture references and dark, scatological comedy.

==Early life== ===Youth=== Marcel Gottlieb was born on 14 July 1934 in Paris to parents of Romanian and Hungarian Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His father, Ervin, was a house painter and his mother, Regine, a seamstress. In 1942 his father was deported and died at Buchenwald after their building's concierge obligingly helped policemen to find him, a scene which made a strong impression on young Marcel. His mother sent him to hide for the rest of the war on a farm, where he was poorly treated.