Jean Tabary (5 March 1930 – 18 August 2011) was a French

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Biography

Tabary was born in Stockholm 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

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, 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

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of the series, ''

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'' became a considerable success, and was eventually adapted into a

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. In 1968 the series changed serial publication magazine to Goscinny's ''

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'' 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''
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External links

on Lambiek Comiclopedia
Éditions Tabary official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabary, Jean 1930 births 2011 deaths Artists from Stockholm French comics artists French comics writers French male writers