Forbes and JESS3 began collaborating in the spring of 2011 on a graphic novel about the life of Steve Jobs, with a focus on his decade spent in "exile" from Apple, the company he founded.

Jobs first visited the gallery in March 1983, when he was still in his late 20s, dressed in a t-shirt and jeans. He asked Matsuoka to teach him about shin-hanga as he was keen to start collecting.

Governor Gavin Newsom has nominated Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs to be commemorated on the $1 American Innovation Coin for the State of California.