Jacques Lob

Infobox Comics creator
name = Jacques Lob


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birthdate = birth date|1932|8|19|mf=y
location = Paris, France
deathdate = death date and age|1990|6|30|1932|8|19
deathplace = Château-Thierry, France
nationality = French
area = writer
alias = Lob
notable works = "Ténébrax" "Submerman" "Blanche Épiphanie" "Superdupont"
awards = Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, 1986.

Jacques Lob (August 19, 1932 - June 30, 1990) was a French comic book creator, known for several Franco-Belgian comics creations, but most famously "Superdupont".

Biography

Jacques Lob began his career as an illustrator of humorous cartoons that were published in various magazines, until he was advised to focus on his writing by Jean-Michel Charlier.cite web | last =Lambiek Comiclopedia | title =Jacques Lob | url =http://lambiek.net/artists/l/lob_jacques.htm] Working for magazines like "Pilote", "Spirou" and "Record" in the early 60s, he wrote material for artists such as Jean-Claude Mézières, Pierre Guilmard, Jo-El Azara and eventually Jijé providing material for "Jerry Spring".

Upon meeting Georges Pichard, the two began a partnership that would span several works and a few genres. Initially they produced "Ténébrax" in 1964, for the short-lived magazine "Chouchou", which continued its serialisation in the Italian magazine "Linus". For "Pilote", they produced the family-friendly superhero parody, "Submerman". The following series, serialised in "V Magazine" in 1968, "Blanche Épiphanie" was of a different character however, and its erotic qualities caused mixed public reaction. In this genre, they also produced "Ulysse" for "Charlie Mensuel" in 1969.

In collaboration with Gotlib, his most famous character "Superdupont" was created in 1972. It was first serialised in "Pilote", and later in "L'Écho des savanes", then drawn by Alexis, and after his death, by Solé.

Partial bibliography

ources

* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs3/lob.htm Jacques Lob publications in "Pilote"] and [http://bdoubliees.com/fluideglacial/auteurs3/lob.htm "Fluide Glacial"] BDoubliées fr_icon
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-239-BD-Lob-Jacques.html Jacques Lob albums] Bedetheque fr_icon;Footnotes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/l/lob_jacques.htm Jacques Lob biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia