
He moved to the US in 1945, came back to France for his military service, and returned to New York where he got to work alongside the founders of MAD. He is the creator, among other series, of Asterix, Iznogoud and Les Dingodossiers (with Gotlib), and significantly contributed to the success of Lucky Luke.īorn of Polish Jewish parents who had moved to France shortly before World War One (Gościnny means "hospitable" in Polish), Goscinny spent his early years in Argentina (several of his relatives who had stayed in Europe were killed in The Holocaust) where, at age 18, he started working as a writer and illustrator for a French newsletter in Buenos Aires. René Goscinny (14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) is one of the most famous writers of the French-Belgian school of comic books.

"I have never addressed myself especially to children, young people or adults, I have done things which seemed to me to amuse everyone."
