He sketched his first comic strip as a 19-year-old student at art school.
He began his career with "Le Vaisseau Hante" ("The Haunted Ship") and in 1950 became an illustrator for such publication lines as Le Livre de Poche and Voila.
He drew the youthful adventure comic strip "Bicot" before creating "Barbarella in April 1962.
Dust jacket for Edmond T. Gréville's novel "La fille peinte" (Paris, Editions Karolus, 1962)