Jacques Lob (19 August 1932 – 24 May 1990) was a French comic book creator, known for several

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creations, including ''

Superdupont ''Superdupont'' is a French comic strip created in 1972 by Marcel Gotlib and Jacques Lob. It is a spoof of American super-hero comics that sends up French national attitudes. Publication history ''Superdupont'' was initially published in the Fr ...

''.

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. Working for magazines like '' Pilote'', '' Spirou'', and ''Record'' in the early 1960s, he wrote material for artists such as Jean-Claude Mézières, Pierre Guilmard,

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and eventually

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providing material for ''

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''. Upon meeting

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, 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''; its serialisation continued in the Italian magazine ''

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''. For ''Pilote'', they produced the family-friendly

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parody, ''Submerman''. The following series ''Blanche Épiphanie'', serialised in ''V Magazine'' in 1968, 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, in 1972 he created his most famous character, ''Superdupont''. It was first serialised in ''Pilote'', and later in '' L'Écho des savanes'', then drawn by Alexis, and after his death, by Solé. His 1982 work''

Le Transperceneige ''Snowpiercer'' ( French: ''Le Transperceneige'', ) is a post-apocalyptic, climate fiction graphic novel first published in French by Casterman and created by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette. The graphic novel was first published in 1982 und ...

(Snowpiercer)'' drawn by

Jean-Marc Rochette Jean-Marc Rochette (born 23 April 1956) is a French painter, illustrator and comics creator. He is best known and recognized for the comic book series '' Edmond le Cochon'' and '' Le Transperceneige'', as well as for his illustrations of the lit ...

, was later used as the basis for the works '' The Explorers'' (1999) and ''The Crossing'' (2000) with Rochette continuing his work, and Benjamin Legrand, editor of the original, contributing the writing. In 2013 the film'' Snowpiercer'' was adapted from the work. These works were translated to English in Titan Comics in 2014 under the names ''Snowpiercer: The Escape'' and ''Snowpiercer: The Explorers.''

Partial bibliography

Sources

Jacques Lob publications in ''Pilote''
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