Marie-Madeleine Bourdin, better known by the pen name Marie-Mad, (27 November 1922 â 11 August 2025) was a French illustrator and comic books author.
Born in Paris on 27 November 1922, Bourdin was the daughter of a mechanical engineer and a seamstress. She created her first works during World War II while attending the ÃÂcole Duperré, where she met illustrator . Her only adventure comic book, titled Lumière dans la tour, was published by '. In 1954, the magazine Cà Âurs Vaillants published her series titled Petit frère et petite sà Âur. Her series ' was published in 52 editions by the magazine '. Bourdin often credited her sister's nine children as inspiration for her comic strips.
Marie-Mad died in Vernon on 11 August 2025, at the age of 102.