Professeur Choron
Georget Bernier (; 21 September 1929 – 10 January 2005), more commonly known as Professeur Choron (), was a French humorist and founder of "Hara Kiri magazine". Early years. Born in La Neuville-aux-Bois in Lorraine, Bernier was orphaned by his father at 11 years and without a proper education, he vacillated between many jobs before fighting in the Indochina Wars for 28 months. On his return he worked in the press, and rose through the ranks to take the position of sales manager of the satirical newspaper "Zéro". Éditions du Square. It was at "Zéro" that he met François  Cavanna and Fred, with whom he founded the magazine "Hara Kiri" in 1960. After an initial ban, production of the magazine moved from Rue Choron to Rue de Montholon and Éditions du Square was created at its publication house. In addition to his role of patron of Éditions du Square, Bernier also invested time in writing and photo-editing for "Hara Kiri". It was during this era that he appeared on Jean-Christophe Averty's television variety show "Les Raisins verts". In 1969 the "Hara Kiri" team created "Hara-Kiri Hebdo" which shortly thereafter was renamed "L’Hebdo Hara-Kiri". Other  magazines published by Bernier's Editions du Square were the monthly comic "Charlie Mensuel", one of the first ecological journals "La Gueule ouverte", "Mords-y l'œil, Surprise" from designer Bernard Willem Holtrop, and Jean-Patrick Manchette's "BD, l'hebdo de la BD". 1970 saw the creation of "Charlie Hebdo", a weekly political newspaper for which Bernier was a regular contributor. The publication folded in 1981, but was relaunched by Cavanna and Bernier in 1993 and, as of 2011, remains in publication. Later years. In 1988 Bernier adapted his "fiches bricolages" for television. He also participated in Jean-Michel Ribes' "Merci  Bernard". His last publications include "La Mouise" and "Grodada", a publication for children. He also participated in several publications affiliated with Hara-Kiri, including "ZOO" and "Yeti", as well as the launching of the periodical "Zero" in 1986. In 1996, Aure Atika's interview of Jackie Berroyer for Radio Nova, at a bar's round table, degenerated into an angry exchange of words between Choron, who was sitting at the table, and Atika, with Choron denouncing her questions as "stupid" and Atika flinging the contents of her glass at him. Personal life. Bernier was the father of the comedian Michèle  Bernier. He died 10 January 2005 at Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris and was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery alongside his wife Odile Vaudelle (1934–1985). In 2008, director Pierre Carles and artist Martin released the documentary "Choron Dernière" in his honour.