Jean Roba (28 July 1930 – 14 June 2006) was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school.

[1] In his youth, he was a reader of French magazines like Robinson and Mickey, which featured mainly American comics.

He also worked on Bonnes Soirées, another magazine from the same publisher Dupuis, where he continued the series Sa majesté mon mari after Albert Uderzo stopped.

[2] Next to this series of mainly one-page comics, he started in 1962 La Ribambelle about a group of kids from various countries and racial backgrounds.

[1] Roba was both an artist and writer, and wrote most of his own gags for Boule et Bill, while others contributed stories for La Ribambelle.