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This Week’s Article: Moebius & Jean Giraud (Part 2)
Posted: January 9, 2011
This week’s article is Part 2 of my look at the double life the French geniuses of contemporary comics, Moebius and Jean Giraud. Part 1 of the article is avaliable here.
Since 1963, Giraud has made his name illustrating and later also writing some thirty albums about the rugged, rebellious US cavalry officer, Lieutenant Blueberry, crafting one of the world’s most vivid and humane westerns in any medium. However, it would not be until 1968, amid the heady French revolution in adult auteur comics, that his Moebius side would emerge fully-formed as a visionary universe-builder, infusing science fiction with an intense reality and spirituality.
Now 72 and being fêted with the Moebius Trans-Forme in-depth retrospective (running at the Fondation Cartier in Paris until 13 March) he has come a long way since he failed to qualify at art school for the illustration department and was relegated to designing wallpaper.
The video below is one of several fascinating short films posted on Daily Motion featuring Moebius, which are all well worth checking out.
Read The Blog At The Crossroads here.
