RIP Job

 

Comic book: Job, the co-creator of Yakari is dead

Sud Quest

10/9/2024

 

André Jobin, known as Job, passed away on October 8 at the age of 96. With the cartoonist Derib, he had created Yakari, this little Sioux who talks to the animals of the prairie

It was the Éditions du Lombard publishing house that announced the sad news: André Jobin, better known under the pseudonym of Job, died on October 8 at the age of 96. A former journalist, he became a comic book writer, meeting with immense success with children with Yakari, the little Sioux and his companion, the pony Little Thunder.

It was in December 1969 that Job and the cartoonist Derib published Yakari's first adventure, without suspecting that the young Indian would become so popular with children. In 1974, the two friends launched the eponymous magazine and, in total, no less than 256 issues of Yakari magazine were published until 1996. All the episodes of Yakari's adventures have been pre-published there exclusively until the 22nd volume.

Screenwriter of 38 volumes

Between 1973 and 2014, 38 volumes of the adventures of the one who whispers in the ear of animals were scripted by Job, before the latter, aged 87, gave way to Joris Chamblain, then Xavier Giacometti. The series now includes 42 volumes.

André Jobin has received numerous awards, including two Youth Prizes from the Angoulême International Comic Strip Festival for "Yakari and the Secret of Little Thunder", then "Yakari and the Appaloosas", in 1982 and 2006 respectively.

Yakari's adventures have been translated into some twenty languages, including German, Portuguese, Mandarin, Arabic, and Inuktitut. Not to mention the many adaptations of Yakari by other media, whether in an animated series, an animated feature film, a novel, a musical, or a video game.

Job (André Jobin)

Born: 10/25/1927, Delémont, Switzerland

Died: 10/8/2024, Nimes, Gard, France

 

Job’s western – comic book writer, screenwriter.

Yakari – (1973-2014) [writer]

Yakari (TV) - 1983 [writer]

Yakari (TV) 2005-2014 ([writer]

Yakari, a Spectacular Journey (TV) - 2020 [writer]