Education
As a young man Siné studied drawing and graphic arts, while earning a living as a cabaret singer.
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As a young man Siné studied drawing and graphic arts, while earning a living as a cabaret singer.
His first published drawing appeared in France Dimanche in 1952. His series of drawings on cats was his breakthrough. He then started working for L"Express as a political cartoonist.
Siné"s anti-colonialism caused controversy during the Algerian war.
On reviewing the book, the British satirical magazine Private Eye described Siné"s cartoons as "grotesque," and criticised publisher Penguin Books for its managerial incompetence. In May 1968, together with Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Siné launched L"Enragé, a short-lived satirical journal associated with the May 1968 events in France.
In 1982, soon after a terrorist attack had taken place on Jews in Paris, Siné gave an interview on the radio during which he stated: "Yes, I am anti-Semitic and I am not scared to admit it I want all Jews to live in fear, unless they are pro-Palestinian. Let them die." He later apologised for his comments.
The cartoonist said he would rather "cut his own balls off," and was promptly fired.
Siné also reported a death threat posted on a site run by the Jewish Defense League. The text said "20 centimeters of stainless steel in the gut, that should teach the bastard to stop and think."
Siné is a great lover of jazz, and has illustrated several books on jazz as well as record covers. He is a dignitary of the French Collège de "Pataphysique.
His work is noted for its anti-colonialism, anti-capitalism, anti-clericalism, and anarchism. In 1962 Siné left L"Express and published a book of his work called Siné Massacre, noted for its anti-colonialism, anti-capitalism, anti-clericalism, and anarchism.
He was sued a number of times, being defended by Jacques Vergès, then a lawyer for the Algerian Liberation Front.
College of "Pataphysics.