Tag Archive | "Jean Giraud"

Moebius archive

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Comments Off

The blog of respected French publisher Dargaud posts up some shots from a visit to their archives, yielding up some elements from early Moebius – under his Jean Giruad name – and showing the components that have to be slotted together to create a graphic novel, or I should say album here, especially back in [...]

Continue reading...

Art for Moebius…..

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Comments Off

Jean Giraud / Moebius / Gir ….. three names, one incredible man. Last weekend the comic world received the terrible news that we’d lost an innovative genius. And all week we’ve been seeing various pieces of art go up online to pay tribute. Here’s a selection. I’m sure no-one invoved here would mind me saying [...]

Continue reading...

How Giraud opened my eyes

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Comments Off

Jean Giraud, creator extraordinaire, has passed away.  It would have befitted any Continental Correspondent worth his mettle to at least write a piece about that sad, sad fact.  However, the ever-present and relentless Richard beat me to it. There’s another reason why I’m not really keen on doing a real retrospective is that I hardly [...]

Continue reading...

Genius lost – R.I.P. Jean Giraud / Moebius (1938 – 2012)

Saturday, March 10, 2012

1 Comment

(Moebius portrait from LA Times Hero Complex interview in 2011) News broke earlier that the comic medium lost a genius today. Jean Giraud, known internationally as Moebius died today at the age of 73 after a long illness. Moebius was one of the stars of European comics, certainly one of the best known European artists, [...]

Continue reading...

Mobius speed drawing

Thursday, November 26, 2009

3 Comments

The acclaimed comics creator Mobius (aka Jean Giraud) speed drawing on a graphics tablet at last year’s Angoulème  Festival  (via Dave Gibbons’ Twitter).

Continue reading...