A blog exploring the work of Jean Giraud, aka Gir, aka Moebius. Basically, there didn't seem to be any places online that gave a comprehensive collection of his work, so I made one.
[The official site of Moebius] - While there are very few of his works available to an English-only audience, the last thing I want to do is take away from potential sales by hosting his work here. If you speak French and can enjoy his books the way they were originally meant to be enjoyed, please click over and show him some love.
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Career Timeline: 1988 - The Incal: The Fifth Essence, Book 2
The Incal: The Fifth Essence concludes, along with the Incal series proper. Alejandro Jodorowsky would continue expanding this universe with multiple series like The Metabarons with artist Juan Giménez, and The Technopriests with artist Zoran Janjetov. He would also return to The Incal with a prequel called Before the Incal, again with Janjetov as artist, and a sequel called Final Incal, with artist José Ladrönn.
Career Timeline: 1988 - The Incal: The Fifth Essence, Book 1
Moebius and Alejandro Jodorowsky release the 5th book in the Incal series. Called The Fifth Essence, it grew to be longer than originally planned and was split into books 5 and 6. Part 2 is released later in the year, and published together as Incal, Book 3 in America through Marvel/Epic.
Career Timeline: 1988 - The Gardens of Aedena 1/6
Moebius releases a sequel to Upon a Star, planning to expand it into a series that he calls The Aedena Cycle. It picks up right where Upon a Star left off, with Stel and Atan on board the pyramid starship that is now traveling through space headed… somewhere.
The Gardens of Aedena was released in the US and France at the same time(a first for Moebius), being released in the states as the fifth volume of Marvel/Epic’s Moebius series.
Career Timeline: 1987 - The Abyss
James Cameron hires Moebius to design the non-terrestrial intelligence creatures for The Abyss(released 1989)
Career Timeline: 1987 - Marvel/Epic
Starwatcher Graphics, a company that Moebius started with Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier for the purposes of exposing the U.S. to his work, struck a major deal with Marvel Comics’ creator-owned imprint Epic. Over the next few years, the majority of Moebius’ work was released through Epic, making for the largest, most comprehensive effort to translate and publish his work for an American audience ever. In 1987, the first four books were published:
Moebius 1: Upon a Star
Moebius 2: Arzach & Other Fantasy Stories
Moebius 3: The Airtight Garage
Moebius 4: The Long Tomorrow & Other Science Fiction Stories
Career Timeline: 1987 - Pocari Sweat
Here is the commercial for Pocari Sweat, starring Cindy Crawford, based on Moebius’ concept art seen in the previous post.
Career Timeline: 1987 - Pocari Sweat
Moebius is hired by popular Japanese soda company Pocari Sweat to design a commercial for them that would star supermodel Cindy Crawford.
(Source: jacq-jacquin.blogspot.com)
This is not a post, but a response to your ROMA-AMOR post. I believe the drawings Moebius made in the notebook were collected and published as VIAMOR. All the drawings in your post are in the book. Thanks for doing what you’re doing. It has rekindled my love for Jean Giraud’s art. Best, Jeroen.
Aha! Thanks for letting me know!
