Nikita Mandryka


Nikita Mandryka is a French cartoonist of Ukrainian origin.
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 stories. He won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 1994.

Awards and honors

  1. Entre chien et chat, 1979.