![Cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, French chronicler of life and the bicycles we rode through it, has died at 89. Cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, French chronicler of life and the bicycles we rode through it, has died at 89.](https://compote.slate.com/images/dd1ecfab-1181-4e90-a474-8020ec0e464e.jpeg?width=1200)
Cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, French chronicler of life and the bicycles we rode through it, has died at 89.
![A visitor looks at pictures by artist Jean-Jacques Sempe at the Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hanover, Germany, 08 June 2012. It is part of the exhibition for the 80th birthday of French A visitor looks at pictures by artist Jean-Jacques Sempe at the Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hanover, Germany, 08 June 2012. It is part of the exhibition for the 80th birthday of French](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D651BJ/a-visitor-looks-at-pictures-by-artist-jean-jacques-sempe-at-the-wilhelm-D651BJ.jpg)
A visitor looks at pictures by artist Jean-Jacques Sempe at the Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hanover, Germany, 08 June 2012. It is part of the exhibition for the 80th birthday of French
![Irancartoon | Gallery Of Cartoon By Jean Jacques Sempe-France | Cartoon & Caricature Information Center Irancartoon | Gallery Of Cartoon By Jean Jacques Sempe-France | Cartoon & Caricature Information Center](https://www.irancartoon.com/static/media/uploads/shojai1/I%20will%20keep%20it%20brief.jpg)