JOHN LICHFIELD OUR MAN IN PARIS: He drew himself to our attention.(Features)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: July 29, 2003| Author: Lichfield, John | Copyright information

Byline: JOHN LICHFIELD

Jean-Luc J was, among other things, a cartoonist. His cartoons talked of politics, of television, of the oddities of existence and, sometimes, wryly of the misery of Jean-Luc's existence. Like many cartoonists, Jean-Luc had a pet character, Micro Mec - "tiny guy" - a hunched figure with a big nose, who made poetic, or amusing, observations about his own life and "Life" with a big "L".

Until today, Jean-Luc and Micro Mec have never been ...