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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RELEASE NEWS
My pal Joe Keatinge let me know that Cinebook, who’ve been working wonders publishing a multitude of Franco-Belgian comics in English, are releasing XIII Volume 18: The Irish Version in January. XIII is a fantastic French espionage series created by writer Jean Van Hamme and artist William Vance in 1984 that was inspired by Robert Ludlum’s Bourne books. For Volume 18, they switched things up and asked Giraud to illustrate it. And Cinebook, who’ve been translating and releasing 2-3 volumes a year, have caught up to Giraud’s album, originally released in 2007.
This book is interesting to me for a few reasons. Most important is that it’s the first new album-length English translation of Giraud’s work in the 21st century. Humanoids, who’ve been doing great work, have only released the Jodorowsky collaborations which have seen English print before. So that’s exciting. I also like his XIII because it’s a rare example of Giraud working in a modern day setting. And seeing him get down on some spy genre makes me real happy.
Diamond is now distributing Cinebook in the states, so it should be easier to find than before, and I can’t wait. As a sidenote, Cinebook have also been releasing English translations of Jean-Claude Mézières’ landmark Valerian series, which I can’t possibly recommend enough.
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