Fournier was born in
Paris. In 1965, Fournier approached
André Franquin with drawings of his favourite characters, the cast of
Spirou. As Franquin sought a way to retire as
Spirou creator, and devote himself to
Gaston Lagaffe, he passed on Fournier's work to
Yvan Delporte, the editor of
Spirou magazine. Fournier's own creation; the poetic and fairy tale-like
Bizu was serialised in
Spirou between 1967 and 1969, until Fournier was finally chosen by
Dupuis as Franquin's successor. The first story was ''
Le faiseur d'or which first appeared in Spirou'' on 29 May 1969. Fournier added his personal poetic and
environmentalistic mark to the saga. In 1979, after nine feature stories, he decided to leave the project and devote himself to
Bizu.
Spirou et Fantasio was eventually continued by
Nic and
Cauvin, In 1998 Fournier launched
Les Crannibales, a cannibal-based humour comics series based on scripts by
Zidrou. ==Bibliography==