{{short description|French comic book writer}} {{Infobox comics creator | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|8|19}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1990|5|24|1932|8|19}} | death_place = Château-Thierry, France | area = Writer | alias = Lob | notable works = {{ubl|''Ténébrax''|''Submerman''|''Blanche Épiphanie''|''Superdupont''|''Le Transperceneige''}} | awards = Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême (1986) }} right|thumb|230px|A page from ''Submerman'', displayed in Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée, Brussels '''Jacques Lob''' (19 August 1932 – 24 May 1990) was a French comics creator, known for several comics creations, including ''Superdupont''. His series ''Le Transperceneige'', later continued by Benjamin Legrand, was adapted into the 2013 post-apocalyptic science fiction action film ''Snowpiercer''.
==Biography== Jacques Lob began his career as an illustrator of humorous cartoons that were published in various magazines, until Jean-Michel Charlier advised him to focus on his writing.<ref name="Lambiek Lob">{{cite web | last =Lambiek Comiclopedia | title =Jacques Lob | url =http://lambiek.net/artists/l/lob_jacques.htm}}</ref> Working for magazines like ''Pilote'', ''Spirou'', and ''Record'' in the early 1960s, 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''; 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. ''Blanche Épiphanie'' was later republished by Les Humanoïdes Associés; a translated version of ''Blanche Épiphanie'' #3 - ''La Croisière infernale'' was translated into English and republished by HM Communications, Inc. in 1977 as ''Candice at Sea''. In this genre, Lob and Pichard 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.<ref name="Lambiek Lob"/>
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'' 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.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/28/5335822/snowpiercer-english-debut|title=This French sci-fi epic took 30 years to translate, and it was worth the wait|last=Webster|first=Andrew|date=2014-01-28|website=The Verge|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>
In 1986, he wrote "Intérieur Noir" for Edmond Baudoin in ''À Suivre'' and "Arlette et Charley" for Dan in ''Okapi'', and in 1988, he teamed up with Baudoin again to start the series about the female cab driver "Carla".
==Partial bibliography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Series ! Artist ! Years ! Volumes{{0}} ! Publisher |- | ''Ténébrax'' | Georges Pichard | 1973 | | Serg |- | ''Submerman'' | Georges Pichard | 1976–1978{{0}} | | Glénat |- | ''Blanche Epiphanie''{{0}} | Georges Pichard | 1972–1984 | 6 | Serg/Les Humanoïdes Associés/Dargaud{{0}} |- | ''Ulysse'' | Georges Pichard | 1974–1975 | 2 | Dargaud |- | ''Superdupont'' | Gotlib/Alexis/Jean Solé/Neal Adams{{0}} | 1977–1983 | 4 | Fluide Glacial |}
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==Sources== {{refbegin}} * [http://bdoubliees.com/journalpilote/auteurs3/lob.htm Jacques Lob publications in ''Pilote''] and [http://bdoubliees.com/fluideglacial/auteurs3/lob.htm ''Fluide Glacial''] – BDoubliées {{in lang|fr}} * [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-239-BD-Lob-Jacques.html Jacques Lob albums] – Bedetheque {{in lang|fr}} {{refend}}
==External links== * [http://lambiek.net/artists/l/lob_jacques.htm Jacques Lob biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia
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