Jacques Lob (19 August 1932 – 24 May 1990) was a French

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, known for several comics creations, including '' 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

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. Working for magazines like ''

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'', '' Spirou'', and ''Record'' in the early 1960s, he wrote material for artists such as

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

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'' in 1969. In collaboration with

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, in 1972 he created his most famous character, ''Superdupont''. It was first serialised in ''Pilote'', and later in ''

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'', then drawn by

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, and after his death, by

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. His 1982 work'' Le Transperceneige (Snowpiercer)'' drawn by Jean-Marc Rochette, 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 ''Snowpiercer'' () is a 2013 post-apocalyptic science fiction action film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel ''Le Transperceneige'' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho a ...

'' 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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External links

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