Éric Losfeld

Éric Losfeld (Mouscron, 1922 – Paris, 1979) was a Belgian-born French publisher who had a reputation for publishing controversial material with his publishing imprint Éditions Le Terrain Vague.

He was the publisher of ''Emmanuelle'' (1967), two film magazines ''(Midi Minuit Fantastique'' and ) founded by Ado Kyrou.

He published a series of controversial erotic cult comic books, like ''Barbarella'', created by Jean-Claude Forest, ''Scarlett Dream'' by Robert Gigi, ''Epoxy'' by Paul Cuvelier and Jean van Hamme, the French edition of ''Phoebe Zeit-Geist'', ''The Adventures of Jodelle'' and ''Pravda'', both by Guy Peellaert. In 1967, he also published legendary psychedelic feminist comic book ''Saga de Xam'' by Jean Rollin. In 1970, ''Xiris'' by Serge San Juan. And ''Kris Kool'' by Caza.

Losfeld's tombstone inscription reads, "''Tout ce qu'il éditait avait le souffle de la liberté.''" ("Everything he edited had the breath of freedom."). Provided by Wikipedia