Obituary

Jean-Paul Krassinsky – RIP

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Alan Gardner Published: April 3, 2026 1 minute 0 comments

Famed French cartoonist, comic writer, and illustrator Jean-Paul Krassinsky has passed away. He was 52 years old. He was known for blending satire, fantasy, and visual storytelling across comics, illustration, and design.

Notice from his publisher Éditions Dupuis (translated):

There are authors we love through their books, and others we love through their way of being in the world. Jean-Paul Krassinsky was both. He died on March 31, 2026, and with him something irreplaceable: his unique way of observing people loving, failing, hurting each other, and starting over. 

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He leaves us magnificent albums. And the numerous images of an ice floe, of beings struggling in their storms, and somewhere in that absolute whiteness, something resembling love, survival, courage. That was Krassinsky, in his entirety. 

Born in 1972 in Tegernsee Germany, Jean-Paul spent his childhood in Paris and attended École Estienne to study art. His early work was in illustration gaining respect for his novel covers for authors Terry Pratchett and David Calvo.

Notable works

Achetez de l’Art has a very good online collection of the artwork that went into De pierre et d’os.

In the notice from his publisher, they indicated that at the time of Jean-Paul’s passing he was working on an adaptation of “Rose Royale, Nicolas Mathieu’s dark novella.”