French Artist, Moebius the man with three names.

It is so very hard to find alternatives to the deluge of comics that come from the U.S.A. It’s not that I don’t like them, I do it’s just that I also like the different sensibility that comes from Europe primarily, for me, French language ones. So the purpose of my following posts will be a primer to lift the awareness of French language comics with Australian readers or indeed any other English speakers and to show the vast talent of European comic book artists.

I’m going to start with Moebius not because he is the greatest but because I like his art work and the way he can float between styles.

During his career, long long career, he has produced graphics under three different names.

Moebius, Gir and Jean Giraud.

You have probably been exposed to his work through these films,

• Alien (1979)
• The Time Masters (1982)
• Tron (1982)
• Masters of the Universe (1987)
• Willow (1988)
• The Abyss (1989)
• The Fifth Element (1997)

and not realised that he had created these comics amongst many others.

• Blueberry” (29 volumes, English translation, 1965 - ), “artist”
• Jim Cutlass (7 volumes, 1979 - 1999), “artist”
• XIII (volume 18, “La Version irlandaise” in 2007), “artist”

As Moebius

• Les Yeux du Chat (1978), “artist”
• Tueur de monde (1979), “writer & artist”
• l’Incal” (”The Incal”, 6 volumes, English translation, 1981-1988), “artist”
• The Long Tomorrow (Originally in English, 1989), “artist”
• Les Vacances du Major (1992), “writer & artist”
• Les Histoires de Monsieur Mouche (1994), “artist”
• Little Nemo(1994), “writer”

To kick this off here is a documentary produced by Avanti Media Productions featuring comments by Stan Lee and others.