René Goscinny, also the author of "Lucky Luke" and creator of "Asterix," is one of the most-read French writers in the world, with around 500 million books sold.
Jean Tabary started his career in 1956 at the French comics magazine Vaillant–later renamed Pif–for which he drew "Richard et Charlie," "Totoche" and "Corinne et Jeannot" before starting his long-lasting collaboration with Goscinny in 1962.