Curtis Jobling
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| Occupation | Animator, illustrator, writer |
| Notable works | Bob the Builder, Frankenstein's Cat and Wereworld |
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Curtis Jobling (born 14 February 1972) is a British artist and writer, born in Blackpool, England but lives in Warrington.[1][2]
Jobling was the production designer of the stop-motion episodes of the children's TV hit Bob the Builder, where he visualised all of that programme's characters, props and sets. He is also an author and illustrator of children's books, including Frankenstein's Cat, a tale about a muddled-up feline.[3] The book was adapted into an animated series, the first of which was aired on CBBC and BBC One in the UK.
Jobling's pre-school show Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, about a noisy lion cub and his friends, was produced by Chapman Entertainment and McKinnon and Saunders, and first aired on the BBC's CBeebies channel in Spring 2011. Narrated by Lorraine Kelly, the show aimed to support pre-school language development through "reading rhyming and repetition".
In 2010, Jobling signed a two-book deal with Puffin for his young adult series of fantasy horror entitled Wereworld. The first novel, Rise of The Wolf, was released in January 2011 in the UK, and short-listed for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2011.[4] The US edition was released in Fall 2011. The second book, Rage of Lions was released Summer 2011, with books 3 & 4 released in 2012, and books 5 & 6 released in the summer and fall of 2013 respectively.[5]
In 2022, Netflix announced that an animated series adaptation of the Wereworld books was in development with Lime Pictures, with Jobling named as part of the production team.[6][7] Wolf King was released on 20 March 2025.
He is a fan of the rugby team Warrington Wolves (nickname Wire).[8]
Bibliography
Picturebooks
- Frankenstein's Cat
- The Skeleton in the Closet (with Alice Schertle) (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2003) Template:ISBN
- My Daddy: My Daddy is the Best in the Universe (HarperCollins, 2005) Template:ISBN
- Cheeky Monkey (Oxford University Press, 2006) Template:ISBN
- Dinosaurs After Dark (with Jonathan Emmett) (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2006) Template:ISBN
- Old Macdonald had a Zoo (Egmont, 2014) Template:ISBN
- The Sheep Won't Sleep (Egmont, 2015) Template:ISBN
The Wereworld Series
- Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf (Puffin, 2010) Template:ISBN
- Wereworld: Rage Of Lions (Puffin, 2011) Template:ISBN
- Wereworld: Shadow of the Hawk (Puffin, 2012) Template:ISBN
- Wereworld: Nest of Serpents (Puffin, 2012) Template:ISBN
- Wereworld: Storm of Sharks (Puffin, 2013) Template:ISBN
- Wereworld: War of the Werelords (Puffin, 2013) Template:ISBN
Haunt
- Haunt (Simon and Schuster Children's books, 2014) Template:ISBN
- Haunt 2: Dead Wrong (Simon and Schuster UK, 2014) Template:ISBN
Max Helsing: Monster Hunter Series
- Max Helsing and the 13th curse (Viking Books, 2015) Template:ISBN
- Max Helsing and the Beast of Bone Creek (Viking Books, 2016) Template:ISBN
Other works
- A New Hero (World of Warriors book 1) (Puffin, 2015) Template:ISBN
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bob the Builder writer gives pupils a story-telling masterclass". July 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World of Warriors - A NEW HERO - Tour". 10 September 2015.
- ^ Amazon
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BBC News - TV designer makes children's book prize list". BBC News. 10 January 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Third in author's Wereworld series released".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Variety: Netflix Snaps Up Richard Curtis Adaptation 'That Christmas,' Unveils European Animated Slate". 9 June 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Televisual: Netflix announces its Europe animation slate". 9 June 2022.
- ^ http://www.warringtonwolves.org/its-a-wereworld-for-curtis-3929/[permanent dead link]
External links
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