Jean-Jacques Sempé, the French cartoonist best known for the Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicholas) children’s books, died Thursday. He was 89. The mischievous schoolboy who is constantly getting into ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe, who won international acclaim with a series of more than 100 drawings for the covers of The New Yorker magazine, has died at the age of 89. His ...

In the past fifty years, many of J. J. Sempé’s hundred and twelve covers have celebrated the gratifications offered by la petite reine, his beloved bicycle. With a fragile and delicate line, Sempé ...

Writer Rene Goscinny and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempe’s classic French children’s books Little Nicholas(Le Petit Nicolas) are set to be adapted into a hand-drawn 2d feature produced by On ...

“Sitting together for tea is what friends do,” Jean-Jacques Sempé says of this week’s “Under the Same Hat,” his hundred-and-ninth New Yorker cover. “Time spent with friends is one of the greatest ...

The French illustrator is best known for the "Little Nicolas" children's books today, but had a difficult childhood and didn't find success until much later in life. Sempe passed away surrounded by ...

Jean-Jacques Sempe died at his holiday residence, his biographer said in a statement. The news agency further said that Little Nicolas, an idealised vision of childhood in 1950s France, became an ...

Walking through Inga Sempé's perfect imperfect house, which has been reconstructed at the Triennale Museum in Milan, feels like an investigative exploration, a treasure hunt, and an embarrassing ...

The French illustrator is best known for the "Little Nicolas" children's books today, but had a difficult childhood and didn't find success until much later in life. Sempe passed away surrounded by ...

French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, who illustrated the much-loved 'Le Petit Nicolas' ('Little Nicolas') series of French children's books, has died aged 89. As well as his work on 'Le Petit Nicolas ...