Author · France

Julie and Simon Besombes and Baert Plop & KanKr

4 editions · 7 works

Plop & KanKr aka Julie Besombes and Simon Baert are a duo of french cartoonist, based in the southwest of France. They regularly publish in local, national and international press (Le Monde, Siné Mensuel, Le Temps, Sud Ouest Dimanche, Le Sans-Culotte 85, L’Anjou Laïque, La Galipote…) and broadcasted on television (Une semaine dans le monde on France 24). Julie Besombes is a Master graduate in fine arts from Orleans Fine Arts School. Simon Baert is a Master graduate in sociology from the Nantes University. In 2017, they joined the national press cartoonists association France-Cartoons and in 2020, the international networks Cartooning For Peace and Cartoon Movement. Since 2015, they have published every year a collection of their drawings and contribute to collective works. They take part in caricature and press cartoon festivals. They run workshops and meetings on press cartoons and illustration in schools, hospitals, prisons, etc. They are also freelance graphic designers and created, in 2015, their graphic design studio Créa-Plume.Read more