René Goscinny, born in 1926 in Paris, grew up in Buenos Aires and initially worked as an assistant accountant after finishing high school, later becoming an illustrator at an advertising agency. In 1945, Goscinny emigrated to New York. In 1946, he had to return to France to complete his military service. Back in the USA, he worked again as an illustrator and then as an art director at a children's book publisher. During a trip to France, Goscinny was hired by a Franco-Belgian press agency, which sent him to New York twice as a correspondent. He gave up drawing and began writing. He created numerous humorous articles, books, and scripts for comics.