Jean-Claude Fournier (French: [fuʁnje]; born 21 May 1943), known simply as Fournier, is a French cartoonist best known as the comic book artist who handled Spirou et Fantasio in the years 1969-1979.

[1] In 1965, Fournier approached André Franquin with drawings of his favourite characters, the cast of Spirou.

[3] 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.