RIP. I met him once.
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Sunday, 11 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
First thing of his I read was Blueberry, the Confederate Gold saga. Not typical at all as I later discovered, but an awesome awesome story, and an evocatively dusty and grimy vision of the Old West.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
BBC4 documentary
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhgb8j_in-search-of-moebius-jean-giraud-clip1-3
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
Aw. Just been reading l'incal and thinking how great it was that he was still around. :(
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 12 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
oh man... RIP
― Chris S, Monday, 12 March 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
NOOOOOOOOO
man finally just got my hands on some of his stuff in the last few years
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 March 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I just grabbed Madwoman of the Sacred Heart a couple weeks ago
Heavy Metal was my first introduction to his stuff, way back as a preteen
― Chris S, Monday, 12 March 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
How's Madwoman?
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 12 March 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah was looking at that in the shop, artwork looked a little rougher than usual...? couldn't tell if that was because it was maybe being reprinted bigger than originally or something.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 12 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
haven't gotten a chance to get to it yet, been reading a friend's copy of The Metabarons, but I think you're maybe right about the art looking blown up
― Chris S, Monday, 12 March 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit I forgot that I ended up buying a bunch of Metabarons stuff on clearance I haven't yet read.
Not Moebius stuff, though :(
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 12 March 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Just heard, this is really tragic
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
just started the incal. terrific so far, love the way he captures the story.
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Saturday, 17 March 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
After seeing the new Dune and then the Jodorowsky doc and rereading some collected Moebiuses I acquired a while back, I got a bit excited asked for The Incal for Xmas. Luckily I didn't go overboard with the pre/sequels or metabarons as, we'll, it's not very good. Inane, overstuffed and repetitive without any of the charm of, say, the Edena stories.
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Friday, 31 December 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link
Moebius is an unimpeachable talent but yeah, he has so much output and story-wise, often weak
― Nhex, Friday, 31 December 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
Yeah it’s lovely but boring and the ending is Lost-levek dumb
I think he’s a bit like Kirby, I look at the pictures and ignore the words. I liked Blueberry tho
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 31 December 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link
"What if Hergé took a buttload of acid?"
― jimbeaux, Friday, 14 January 2022 15:38 (two years ago) link
Even if that floats your boat I wouldn't recommend the Humanoids 2020 paperback edition - the text is so thin and small I could barely read it except in the strongest light (lol old but I didn't think my eyesight was that bad); and the introduction is fatuous, vapid, and sexist (hmm maybe it's a good fit after all).
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Friday, 14 January 2022 15:48 (two years ago) link