Ted Benoit

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| birth_name = Thierry Benoit

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|07|25}}

| birth_place = Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France

| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2016|9|30|1947|7|25|df=y}}}}

| death_place = France

| nationality = French

| area = France

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| notable works = Bingo Bongo et son Combo Congolais
Ray Banana
Blake and Mortimer

| awards =

Prix du meilleur scénariste (Angoulême, 1979)

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Thierry "Ted" Benoit (25 July 1947 – 30 September 2016) was a French comic artist, graphic novelist and prominent figure in the stylish Franco-Belgian ligne claire comics scene in the 1980s. His influences included Edgar P. Jacobs, Moebius, Robert Crumb and to a lesser extend Jacques Tardi.[http://www.actuabd.com/Ted-Benoit-Le-dessin-d-Herge-etait Ted Benoit : "Le dessin d’Hergé était tellement ancré dans notre inconscient collectif que c’était devenu un outil"] 26 April 2013 interview (French)

Among his works from the 1980s are Bingo Bongo et son Combo Congolais, a series about aspiring novelist Bingo B. Bongo and his travails; and Ray Banana, a film noir pastiche. Some of these were published in English in Heavy Metal.

Benoit illustrated two books in the Blake and Mortimer series, both written by Jean Van Hamme: The Francis Blake Affair, 1996; and The Strange Encounter, 2001. Benoit died on 30 September 2016 at the age of 69.{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/09/30/97001-20160930FILWWW00214-le-dessinateur-de-bd-ted-benoit-est-decede.php |title=Le dessinateur de BD, Ted Benoît, est décédé |work=Le Figaro |date=30 September 2016 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |language=fr}}[http://www.newsarama.com/31282-ted-benoit-passes-away-at-69.html TED BENOIT Passes Away at 69]