Jean Giraud "Moebius" passes away at age 74

[DubipR]

Sad news today.

Jean Giraud aka Moebius passed away at the age of 74 after a long fight with illnesses.

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120310-332753.html

Another one leaves us. May he rest in peace and my deepest sympathies to his family.

[Global Honored]

Sad news indeed. Blueberry is one of my all-time favorite comics to look at, absolutely stunning artwork. The man was a legend. RIP Moebius.

[LordJulius]

Wow. Just, ... wow.

That is a sad day for his family and friends, but also for comic fans.

His art was out of this world; perhaps the best I've ever seen.

[Roquefort Raider]

This is just... too much for words. A true giant has left us. May his memory endure .

Thank you, Monsiuer Giraud, for all the wonders.

[Dizzy D]

One of my favourite artists; his work on Blueberry and the Incal is amazing.

[pierrick]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraud

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MOEBIUS in Angoulème 2011


http://dedicacedebd.blogspot.com/

[CromagnonMan]

i never wouldve guessed he was that old... i had him pegged at no older than 60-ish.

he mustve gained all the attention fairly late in his career.

[pierrick]

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/03/remebering-moebius.html

[Aaron Kashtan]

We've lost one of the world's greatest cartoonists.

[Roquefort Raider]

i never wouldve guessed he was that old... i had him pegged at no older than 60-ish.

he mustve gained all the attention fairly late in his career.

No, not in the French speaking world... but it's true that English speaking readers pretty much discovered him with the strips that ran in Heavy Metal, and by that time he was already one of the big names in bande dessinée. I think it's a bit equivalent to the way French readers first heard of Will Eisner thanks to a translation of The Spirit that ran in the journal Tintin in the early 70s; by then, of course, Will was already a legend.

[FanboyStranger]

Damn. I was just re-reading Madwoman of the Sacred Heart the other night. What an incredible imagination, stylist par excellence, and master storyteller-- the guy could take on any kind of story, any genre, and just nail it, generally changing the way we think about comic storytelling in the process. RIP, Jean.

[Francis Dawson]

Kirby / Herge / Tezuka / Moebius.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

R.I.P., .Mr. Giraud.
You were a giant.

[hondobrode]

OMG ! Extremely shocked. I would've guessed him in his 60's.

Was hoping to someday attend Angouleme and meet him.


Kirby / Herge / Tezuka / Moebius.

I completely agree with this.

His images are so powerful. One of the few artists whose work is so beautiful I hope to get as many of them as I can.

We shall miss you Mr. Giraud.

[Fesch_]

The front page of Libération, a beautiful hommage by Bilal:

http://journal.liberation.fr/publication/liberation/872/#!/0_0

I still can't believe it...

[Libaax]

Sad news indeed. It sucks when you lose one of the greats.

I saw his artwork in Blueberry for the first time only few years ago. I was in awe how timeless his art looked, the style.

[dupont2005]

I know his work mostly from Heavy Metal. His work is one of the contributing factors to my appreciation for European comics for sure.

[de Sosa]

The greatest comic artist that ever lived

[berk]

I've only watched the first few minutes of it so far, but Boingboing has a 1-hour BBC documentary about M. Giraud up on their site: Moebius documentary (http://boingboing.net/2012/03/12/moebius-documentary.html).

[Red Oak Kid]

I first became aware of "Moebius" in Heavy Metal magazine and his strip "The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius". It was a revelation to me, because the artist was able to convey a very realistic world with but the simplest of brush strokes. Prior to this, I thought you had to draw like Neal Adams to be realistic.

I didn't learn who Moebius was until I got a computer in 2000 and learned of Lt. Blueberry which was a totally different style of art. Once again I was baffled. I had never heard of a comic strip artist having more than one style of art.

I've seen some video of the artist and he is truly a master of pen and ink. I wish him the best.

[pierrick]

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http://chrisweston.blogspot.com/

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http://www.bouletcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Moebius.jpg

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http://philippe-caza.blogspot.com/

Hommage , Jean " Moebius " Giraud
http://dedicacedebd.blogspot.com/

[pierrick]

the New York Times ,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/books/jean-giraud-the-comic-book-artist-moebius-dies-at-73.html?_r=2&ref=obituaries

[pierrick]

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Les obsèques de Jean Giraud alias Moebius à Paris, le 15 mars 2012

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Jacques Glénat, Jean Pacciuli (DG Glénat), Manara, Geoff Darrow, Liberatore
actuaBD , http://www.actuabd.com/L-Adieu-a-Moebius

[Mladen]

Truly sad. His work is a huge inspiration to me and so many others, and his influence will continue to be strong. From what I hear, he was also supportive as a mentor figure to many young artists also.
:(

[Fesch_]

Jacques Glénat, Jean Pacciuli (DG Glénat), Manara, Geoff Darrow, Liberatore
actuaBD , http://www.actuabd.com/L-Adieu-a-Moebius

Amazing last words by Moebius: "Je sens qu’il se passe quelque chose... Je sens que je transmute... Il faut que tu me donnes les codes de réparation..."

My translation: "I feel that something happens... I feel that I'm transmutating... You (to his wife) must give me the fixing codes..."

:eek:

[Eumenides]

The front page of Libération, a beautiful hommage by Bilal:

http://journal.liberation.fr/publication/liberation/872/#!/0_0

I still can't believe it...

It's a pity we've lost a great talent, a brilliant innovator of the medium. And Blueberry is one of my favourite comics. But he was 73; what's hard to believe about it? :wink:

What fascinates me is the attention he's received; a cover in a famous French magazine. France's respect for BD never ceases to amaze me. It got me thinking, would the death of Alan Moore or Grant Morrison stir any interest outside our little fan-boy circles? I can't see The London Times putting Moore on the cover ever.

[Johnny P. Sartre]

A cool interview with Moebius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV71S0Fhb0c

[Fesch_]

It's a pity we've lost a great talent, a brilliant innovator of the medium. And Blueberry is one of my favourite comics. But he was 73; what's hard to believe about it? :wink:

73 isn't too old, and he was just beginning a new, beautiful Arzach series (one volume of three is all that we have, now). His death was unexpected (at least to me, I didn't know he had cancer). I agree with Blueberry , one of my favourites ever too. And possibly the best Western series of all time, though without Charlier's contribution as a writer it wouldn't be half as good.



What fascinates me is the attention he's received; a cover in a famous French magazine. France's respect for BD never ceases to amaze me. It got me thinking, would the death of Alan Moore or Grant Morrison stir any interest outside our little fan-boy circles? I can't see The London Times putting Moore on the cover ever.

Well, they take comics seriously in France. :wink: And Moebius was one of his most universal figures in any field of culture, better known than any French living writer (such as Houellebecq, not to mention their 2008 Nobel prize Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio). But yes, I can't see El País putting Carlos Giménez on the cover, either.