Joseph Loeckx

The recorded working language is French and Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are Franco-Belgian comics. Employment is recorded with Spirou, Tintin and Hergé. Works named in the authority record are Taka Takata. Work by Joseph Loeckx is recorded in the collections of Belgian Comic Strip Center.

• Name — Jo-El Azara • Birth Name — Joseph Franz Hedwig Loeckx • Born — 4 May 1937 • Birthplace — Drogenbos, Belgium • Died — 7 February 2023 • Place of death — Montégut, Gers, France • Nationality — Belgian • Area — Artist • Alias — Jo-El, Ernest • Notable Works — Taka Takata

Loeckx was born in Drogenbos, Flemish Brabant, near Brussels, Belgium, on 4 May 1937. Loeckx is sometimes referred to as Joseph-R. Loeckx in error. During his working life, first he used the penname of Jo-El, subsequently Ernest, and thereafter worked as Jo-El Azara, under which name he has drawn most of his comics. During a long career working with prominent figures in Belgian and French comics, including Hergé, Macherot, and Uderzo, he was active in publishing his own Taka Takata albums under his Azéko label. Loeckx lived in the south of France, close to the Pyrenees. His lifelong partner, Josette Baujot, died on 13 August 2009. He died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 85.