Edmond Baudoin
French artist
Edmond Baudoin (French: [bodwɛ̃]; born 23 April 1942) is a French artist, illustrator, and writer of sequential art and graphic novels.
Biography
Baudoin left school at the age of 16 and went into military service.
He later worked as an accountant at the Palace de Nice (L’Hôtel Plaza). At 33, he left the accountant trade to pursue drawing.
Baudoin was an art professor from 1999 to 2003 at the University of Quebec.
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