Gotlib (born Marcel Gotlieb; 14 July 1934) is a French comics artist/writer 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 La Rubrique-à-Brac, Gai-Luron, Superdupont, and Hamster Jovial. Marcel Gotlieb was born on 14 July 1934 in Paris to Jewish parents. His father, Ervin, of Romanian origin, was a house painter and his mother, Regine, a seamstress of Hungarian descent. 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. At 17, he left school to work for a pharmaceutical agency while taking art classes in the evening. This led to a job as a letterer a.. …