Édouard Karali (17 December 1940 – 16 December 2025), better known by the pen name of Édika, was a French comics artist. His works have been translated in English (published by Knockabout Comics), Spanish, Italian (in the magazine Totem comic), German (published by Alpha Comics), Swedish (published by Epix), Danish (published by Runepress), and Greek (in the magazines Vavel and Para Pente).
Édika is, together with Marcel Gotlib, one of the main authors of the French adult-oriented humor magazine Fluide Glacial. Born in 1945 in Heliopolis, Egypt, as Édouard Karali, he began his career as an illustrator for the advertising industry until 1976.
He then contributed to the pocket publications of Éditions Vaillant (Pif Parade Aventure), and made his first pages for Charlie Mensuel in 1978. In the following year, he found Fluide Glacial as a stable home base for his strange and absurd humor, showing influence from Mad Magazine and underground comix.
THE STONE AGE
Recurring characters in Édika's stories are the semi-autobiographical Bronsky Proko and the green human-like cat Clarke Gaybeul. Among the keywords that characterize his work are scatology, large breasts, La Fontaine fables, sex, extended dialogs, improvisation and meta references. Édika has made some additional appearances in Pilote (1980-1984), and in Psikopat (1982-1984), the magazine edited by brother Paul Carali.
One of the true masters of French humor, his work has been collected in over 35 books by Audie/Fluide Glacial since 1981. Among his titles are 'Débiloff Profondikum' (1981), 'Pyjama Blouze' (1989), 'Melon Bago' (1993), 'Pom-Pom-Pidou-Waah' (1996), 'Aïe Woze Djonking' (2003) and 'Mezze Falafel' (2015). His work has also been translated to English, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Danish and Greek.
Édika died on 16 December 2025 in Rochefort-du-Gard, France, one day before his 85th birthday.
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