Tenebrax

Writer: Lob (pseudonym of Jacques Loeb) (1932-1990)
Artist: Georges Pichard (1920- )

The Story

Edgar Dunor, a writer of detective novels, and his faithful assistant Doum, thwart the plans of mad scientist Tenebrax, who is plotting to take over Paris. Tenebrax lives in a huge underground metropolis secretly connected to the Paris Subway, and controls an army of giant, intelligent rats.

EDGAR DUNOR
&
DOUM

Publishing History

Tenebrax was originally serialized in "Chouchou" in 1963, but was not completed when the magazine folded. The end of the story was then published the following year in the Italian magazine "Linus".

Tenebrax was eventually collected in the graphic novel format by SERG in 1966.

The Authors

Lob (pseudonym of Jacques Loeb) (1932-1990) began his career in the 1950s as a science fiction cartoonist, contributing to "Planète," "Fiction" (the French edition of "F & SF"), "Hara-Kiri" and various other magazines. In the 1960s, he teamed up with Georges Pichard to create Submerman for "Pilote," Ténébrax for "Chouchou," Ulysse for "Linus" and Blanche-Épiphanie for "V Magazine." In the 1970s, he wrote a number of stories for "Pilote": Delirius, a chapter in the Lone Sloane saga with Druillet, Les Mange-Bitume [The Tar Eaters] with Bielsa, and Dossiers Soucoupes Volantes [UFO Files] with Gigi. In 1972, Lob and cartoonist Marcel Gotlib created the hugely popular super-hero parody, Super Dupont. In the 1980s, for "(A Suivre)", Lob penned the remarkable science fiction saga Le Transperceneige with Rochette. Lob also wrote and drew his own cartoony parodies of science fiction and superheroes with Roger Fringant, Batmax and L'Homme au Landau [The Man In The Baby Cart].

TENEBRAX'S DAUGHTER
RESCUED BY DOUM,
CUNNINGLY DISGUISED AS A RAT
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Georges Pichard (1920-2003) began his comics career in the 1960s after a successful stint as a commercial artist and illustrator. He first teamed up with Lob on a number of fantasy series such as Submerman, Ténébrax, Ulysse and the saga of Blanche-Épiphanie. Pichard later created a number of remarkable erotic comics, as well as Bornéo Jo, written by Danie Dubos, and Ceux-Là [These People], written by noted science fiction author Jean-Pierre Andrevon. One of his more recent works is a free adaptation from a classic Greek tragedy, Les Sorcières de Thessalie [The Witches of Thessalia].