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
René Goscinny, 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
protagonist/
anti-hero of the series,
Iznogoud became a considerable success, and was eventually adapted into a
cartoon TV series. In 1968 the series changed serial publication magazine to Goscinny's
Pilote 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 ==