The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko

Jo, Zette and Jocko
Main characters Zette, Jocko and Jo with the series logo
Publication information
Genre
Publication dateJanuary 19, 1936 – 1957
Main character(s)Jo, Zette, Jocko, Mr Legrand, Mrs Legrand
Creative team
Created byHergé

The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Hergé, the writer-artist best known for The Adventures of Tintin. The heroes of the series are two young children, brother and sister Jo and Zette Legrand, and their pet chimpanzee Jocko, plus their parents, Mr Legrand, Jo and Zette’s father, aerospace engineer and designer, and Mrs Legrand, Jo and Zette’s mother, housewife and Mr Legrand’s wife.

Jo, Zette and Jocko appear on the rear covers of some The Adventures of Tintin comic books, but never appear in the stories. A few Jo, Zette and Jocko comics allude to characters or events in The Adventures of Tintin, such as the Maharaja of Gopal (briefly mentioned in The Castafiore Emerald) appearing as a prominent character, and a portrait of Captain Haddock in the Legrand house.[citation needed]