André Papazian, presented as part of the 17th  Comics Festival and booksellers in Evreux (27 & 28 August), the work of his father, Jean Pape * (1920-2002), cartoonist, writer, including the famous Zorro, hero comics.

Exposure to the agency Crédit Agricole 14 rue de Grenoble from 23 August to 5 September.

André Papazian will be present Saturday 27 and Sunday, August 28 at the stands of the association Varou sign his new album Zorro.

Other signings: Onzain (41) October 9, Rambouillet (78) on 13 November, Nogent le Rotrou (28) on 19 November Soligny la Trappe 3 and 4 December, Lèves (28) December 10, Bretoncelles (61) the 17 December.

70 cartoonists will be at the front of the cathedral of Evreux, instead of the water mirror and along the promenade of the Iton to present their works and share a moment with visitors.

Information: Varon Association: 06 12 41 07 65.

* After high school, John Ara Papazian, born in Smyrna in 1938 between the School of Arts and Advertising Techniques based in Paris boulevard Saint-Michel. End 1939, his studies, he runs the classifieds and found a job in the jewelry while having contracted the “virus of the drawing.” In 1941 he ran for World Editions (Del Duca) and becomes lettering then-editor. To overcome the lack of offset films (films) of the newspaper “the adventurous”, he draws a half-board “Robin Hood”, but must leave editions Del Duca to join the STO (Compulsory Work Service) and s ‘moved to Vienna (Austria).

After returning from STO he met his future wife at AEG and began working for various popular editors before being hired by the large group of Jean Chapel editions as head of production “Thursday-Magazine”, a newspaper that become ” Zorro “. Newbie by tracing color boards “Corentin” (Paul Cuvelier) to go black, Jean Ara Papazian now take the pseudonym Jean Pape as a draftsman. Thus from 1948 to 1955, he worked for the newspaper “Zorro” and published several series of adventures including especially those of the “Sergeant O’Brien.”

A board of Zorro wearing a cape with the colors of Armenia

In 1967, succeeding André Oulié designer, John Pope changes the character of Zorro (No. 141 – February 1967) on the basis of the series of television with actor Guy Williams. It will continue to produce and find the talents until February 1980.