Raymond Burki was born on 2 September 1949 in Épalinges, Vaud, Switzerland.

[1] Burki was trained in photo manipulation in a rotogravure firm in Lausanne.

[1] Burki started his career in Paris for a year, until he returned to Switzerland to work in rotogravure from 1971 to 1979.

[3] Burki published his first cartoon in La Tribune de Lausanne in 1976.

[6] Upon his death, Jacqueline de Quattro, a member of the Council of State of Vaud, "He was a very touching person, and I admired his free spirit.