Marie-Mad
Marie-Mad | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marie-Madeleine Bourdin 27 November 1922 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 August 2025 (aged 102) Vernon, France |
| Education | École Duperré |
| Occupations | Illustrator Author |
Marie-Madeleine Bourdin, better known by the pen name Marie-Mad, (27 November 1922 – 11 August 2025) was a French illustrator and comic books author.[1]
Life and career
Born in Paris on 27 November 1922, Bourdin was the daughter of a mechanical engineer and a seamstress.[2] She created her first works during World War II while attending the École Duperré, where she met illustrator Manon Iessel.[3] Her only adventure comic book, titled Lumière dans la tour, was published by Âmes vaillantes.[4] In 1954, the magazine Cœurs Vaillants published her series titled Petit frère et petite sœur.[5] Her series Titounet et Titounette was published in 52 editions by the magazine Perlin et Pinpin.[6] Bourdin often credited her sister's nine children as inspiration for her comic strips.[7]
Marie-Mad died in Vernon on 11 August 2025, at the age of 102.[8]
Works
Standalone
- Histoire d'une petite cévenole ou le Miracle de Notre-Dame Marie Rivier (1954)
Stories with Éditions Fleurus
- Titounet et la fête de la forêt (1956)
- Lumière dans la tour (47 editions, 1958–1968)[9]
- Titounet - Madame Binocle et la fin de l'année (1972)[10]
References
- ^ "Bourdin, Marie-Madeleine". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French).
- ^ "1922 , Naissances , 08". Archives de Paris (in French).
- ^ Lehideux, G. (September 2014). "Hop n° 143". Hop (in French).
- ^ "Lumière dans la tour". Éditions du Triomphe (in French).
- ^ "Les planches de Cœurs Vaillants réalisées par HERGÉ entre 1929 et 1949". Journal Coeurs Vaillants (in French).
- ^ "Les collections". bdtroc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Vernon. Créatrice de Titounet et Titounette, Marie-Madeleine Bourdin va fêter ses 100 ans". Le Démocrate vernonnais (in French). Vernon. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Bossuyt, Arielle (20 August 2025). "Marie-Madeleine Bourdin, dessinatrice reconnue, est décédée à 102 ans à Vernon". Actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Titounet et Titounette - Tous les albums". BD Gest' (in French).
- ^ "Les collections". bdtroc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.