Jean Tabary (5 March 1930 – 18 August 2011) was a French
comics artist.
Biography
Tabary was born in
Stockholm
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and made his comics debut with ''Richard et Charlie'' published in the
Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''
Vaillant'' on 5 November 1956.
For ''Vaillant'' (in 1965 renamed ''Pif'') Tabary also drew ''Grabadu et Gabaliouchtou'', and eventually the hit series ''Totoche'' in 1959, which produced another series with two of its characters, ''Corinne et Jeannot'', and its own short-lived periodical ''Totoche Poche''. Tabary continued to draw this series until 1976.
In 1962 Tabary began a long-lasting collaboration with
René Goscinny, creating the series ''Les aventures du Calife Haroun el Poussah'', first published in ''Record'' on 15 January 1962.
Shifting its focus and title name to the evil
protagonist
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anti-hero of the series, ''
Iznogoud'' became a considerable success, and was eventually adapted into a
cartoon
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TV series
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.
In 1968 the series changed serial publication magazine to Goscinny's ''
Pilote'' magazine. ''Valentin le vagabond'', another series Tabary initially created with Goscinny, also appeared in ''Pilote'' since 1962.
After Goscinny's death in 1977, Tabary continued to create ''Iznogoud'' albums. Tabary's own publishing label, at first named Editions de la Séguinière, then Éditions Tabary, continues to publish Tabary work, ultimately albums in the ''Corinne et Jeannot'' series, and the most recent ''Iznogoud'' volume, ''La faute de l'ancêtre'' in 2004.
Bibliography
Sources
Tabary publications in ''Vaillant'' and ''Pif''
an
BDoubliées
Bedetheque
;Footnotes
External links
on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Éditions Tabary official site
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1930 births
2011 deaths
Artists from Stockholm
French comics artists
French comics writers
French male writers