Carlo

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26 albums/394 artworks – Carlo was a French illustrator who’s real name is unknown. It is assumed he worked as cartoonist for the Magazine Humor using the pseudonym Charléno. Some mention this was the artist Charles Antoine Odis (1877-1936): In n°5 of the magazine Le Visage vert, published in 1998 by Joëlle Losfeld, François Ducos reveals: Carlo, whose real name is Charles Antoine Odis, was born on September 7, 1877 in Paris 18th. He is the son of a tailor and a seamstress. Indeed, the Seine military recruitment archives tell us that Charles Odis was born in Paris on September 7, 1877, at 26 rue Lepic, in 18th, that he worked as a designer, that he was blond, with eyes…

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  1. The date of 1909 doesn’t seem right to me. I think this is from the 1930s also…

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    1. Yes you are right, the book was published for the first time in 1909 with art from Lewis Bald and a later version in 1933 seems to be done by Carlo. I think when I published this I had overseen this info. Thanks for your comment I will adjust the date.

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