Nikita Mandryka
Nikita Mandryka (20 October 1940 – 13 June 2021) was a French cartoonist. He started drawing in the "Vaillant" magazine, before moving to "Pilote" in 1967, and then created "L'Écho des savanes" along with Claire Bretécher and Marcel Gotlib in 1972. He left this magazine in 1979, going back to "Pilote" as editorial director. His major and better known works are the "Concombre masqué" ("The Masked Cucumber") stories. He won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 1994.