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The founder and CEO of JESS3, Jesse Thomas, collaborated with Forbes to create a 80-page graphic novel about Steve Job's spiritual journey. There was a time in Steve Job's life when he started seeking peace and meaning through Buddhism, which led him to Zen Buddhist Priest Kobun Chino Otogawa. According to Thomas, teachings from Buddhism started reflecting on aesthetics of Apple products. And after watching a documentary in 2009 that focused on Steve Job's study of Buddhism, Thomas was all the more inspired to create a technology themed comic book about Steve Jobs.

"Jesse pitched the idea to Forbes Managing Editor Bruce Upbin, who immediately understood the power of Jesse’s vision. Production began soon after, with a full-on collaboration between Forbes and JESS3. Jobs’ death in October made the project all the more meaningful and important." describes Jesse Thomas's website.

Have look at this video that showcases making of The Zen Of Steve Jobs:




"Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. But much of his success was due to collaboration with designers, engineers and thinkers. The Zen of Steve Jobs tells the story of Jobs’ relationship with one such person: Kobun Chino Otogawa. 
Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. Kobun was to Buddhism as Jobs was to the computer business: a renegade and maverick. It wasn’t long before the two became friends–a relationship that was not built to last. 
This graphic book is a reimagining of that friendship. The story moves back and forward in time, from the 1970s to 2011, but centers on the period after Jobs’ exile from Apple in 1985 when he took up intensive study with Kobun. Their time together was integral to the big leaps that Apple took later on with its product design and business strategy."







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