Moebius Dead

[Gerry]

Can't say much, his work always left me speechless.

 

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/comic-b...ius-dies/503864

[robcat2075]

Here's a small gallery with some video of him working on his cintiq.

 

http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2012/03/10/je...raud-1938-2012/

 

No genius secrets revealed, I'm afraid.

[jakerupert]

I am a great fan of his work since the old classic "Heavy Metal"/ "Metal Hurlant" days, when he created stuff like "Arzach", "the airtight garage" and "Major Grubert".

His Style was so inovative and new back then.

He never has been a really great storyteller though ( same like Uderzo)

His John Difool/ Jodorwsky stuff kind of drifted off into uninteresting esoteric nonsense (storywise) then.

 

And later he kind of vanished into the movie/storyboard business limbo, where much of his work

wasn`t published anymore but just wip help for the movies.

Somehow a pity for us comicbook enthusiasts, but I guess, he managed a comfortable living that way.

 

Lately I discovered him also being Gir and the artist of Leutenant Blueberry western series, which are really great also storywise (Charlier is it, if I am right).

 

(On a sidenote: He also was great inspiration for Miyazaki, when he created the Nausicaä manga.)

 

To me he is one of the most important Comicbook artists of all times together with artists like Barks, Franquin, Herge, Tezuka, Corben, and a few others.