Jean-Jacques Sempé

 French cartoonist/illustrator (known asSempé) who created the Petit Nicolas book series with René Goscinny and drew over 100 whimsical covers for The New Yorker. His work inspired several animated and live-action TV series and movies, including the recent Annecy Prize-winning feature Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be (Le Petit Nicolas: Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?).Died Aug. 11, age 89.