In Search of Moebius (BBC 4 Documentary)

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  @max_mittler · 5 years ago

  i can't believe Moebius was alive during my lifetime and I didn't even know he existed until a few years ago. RIP Legend. Forever my favorite illustrator and so inspiring.

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• EM

  @Emanuela9 · 6 years ago

  I met Jean in 1986 and he signed several pieces of his work for me.  He's one of the nicest people I've met.

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  @jeffbrinkerhoff5121 · 4 years ago

  I'm 72 now and was in my 20's when HM came out here in the US. Needles to say I bought every issue. Moebius elevated the comic genre from soap-opera conflicts to philosophical questions set amidst crumbling yet vibrant backdrops. Despite interactions the protagonist dwells within his own mind..as do we all. I Salute this fine mind whose work has enriched my life.

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• JA

  @JarJarBinks4ever · 9 years ago

  "I did nothing for a whole year. It was fabulous" -Moebius

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  @RoboBoddicker · 11 years ago

  Only a true Frenchman can draw a multipage spread while smoking a cigarette

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  @GeorgeAlexopoulos-o7w · 11 months ago

  Ever since I was a child in Greece, I have been crazy about the LIEUTENANT BLUEBERRY stories!!<br>I have read them in GREEK, FRENCH, and ENGLISH!!

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• GR

  @GRedit1000 · 10 years ago

  I can still pick any moebius picture and still get totally lost in the details… and I&apos;ve seen them over and over again. He was just so good.Epic.

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• KR

  @kroooassant9899 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The very last drawing they show is meaningful, you see Giraud flying saying &quot;I feel like a superhuman&quot; &quot;I want it to never stop&quot; and I feel that summarize very well Giraud with his overgrown super ego when it comes to drawing but also I think this is exactly what happens in the head of many graphics artists, especially when they were drawing during their teenage years and their minds were blooming.

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  @Danimat72 · 12 years ago

  Jean Moebius Giraud was &nbsp;actually a great master in drawing and comic book art. First off he was really great in drawing whatever things he had to, great knowledge of drawing , history of art and history of comic books so that he could also study the art of other great comic books masters which are classics, like Alex Raymond, Milton Caniff, Hal Foster, Winsor Mc Cay, Herriman, and many others.<br>Giraud was great technically and alot of great art you can find also in his Blueberry western series. They are so good it seems to read a John Ford or Sergio Leone or Sam Peckimpah movie on paper. &nbsp;<br>From that and the interest in science fiction, Maya art, and many other references, comes Moebius.<br>Moebius is all what the work as Gir cannot be, that is to say, alot of experimentation, both in style and things he drew, dream, imagination, surrealism, in one word freedom he couldn&apos;t have while doing more classic western strips.<br><br>The great thing about Moebius is great technical skills coupled together with great imagination, this is what makes an actually complete artist.

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• GE

  @germanicusfink2350 · 12 years ago

  His work was very, very French.<br>I really think he&apos;s my all time favorite!

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• MR

  @MrPhotodoc · 2 years ago

  Interesting he used a quill pen to ink. I imagined a high tech cartridge pen or something.

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  @8.r.3.4.d · 5 years ago

  Thank you so much for uploading this. It&apos;s insane to think about how much of a cultural impact this man had by simply drawing lines.

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