Ted Benoit

Thierry "Ted" Benoit (25 July 1947 – 30 September 2016) was a French comic artist, graphic novelist and prominent figure in the stylish Franco-Belgian ligne claire comics scene in the 1980s. His influences included Edgar P. Jacobs, Moebius, Robert Crumb and to a lesser extend Jacques Tardi.

Among his works from the 1980s are ''Bingo Bongo et son Combo Congolais'', a series about aspiring novelist Bingo B. Bongo and his travails; and ''Ray Banana'', a film noir pastiche. Some of these were published in English in ''Heavy Metal''.

Benoit illustrated two books in the ''Blake and Mortimer'' series, both written by Jean Van Hamme: ''The Francis Blake Affair'', 1996; and ''The Strange Encounter'', 2001. Benoit died on 30 September 2016 at the age of 69. Provided by Wikipedia