Jean Tabary Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1930 - d. 2011

Comic artist Jean Tabary is best known known as the artist of the wicked Grand Vizier 'Iznogoud', which he created together with René Goscinny. But he has worked on several other serials, inlcuding 'Totoche' and 'Corinne et Jeannot'. Tabary's work is easily recognizable through his nervous, dynamic and scratchy drawing style. Born in Stockholm, Sweden as the son of a violinist, Tabary's first job was as a plasterer of ceiling sculptures. He began an association with the comics magazine Vaillant (that later became Pif) in 1956 and started out with the series 'Richard et Charlie', that ran as a weekly adventure serial until 1962.