Moebius Library: Inside Moebius Part 1 [Hardcover]

Moebius draws himself encountering his favorite characters--creations like Blueberry, Arzak, and Major Grubert--and also meets a younger version of himself!

Working closely with Moebius Production in France, Dark Horse presents Inside Moebius, A six-part study withInside Moebius Part1 collecting the first two chapters in this fantastic exploration of a creator meeting his own creations. Dark Horse will release all parts to this exceptional, intimate series in 2018! This is the third volume in theMoebius Libraryhardcover series and the beginning of Moebius's most intensely personal project.While French artist Jean Giraud was already a well-known comic artist with his hard-boiled western seriesBlueberry,he built an entire second career under the pen name Moebius beginning in 1963 with a series of short stories. In later years, Moebius would become world famous for his science-fiction, artistic, and erotic art. He is admired for his many collaborations with Alejandro Jodorowsky such as the wordless comics fantasy,Arzach.

In 1983 he co-founded the Aedena company and settled in Los Angeles. During his stay in the USA, he saw his most important works published by Marvel Comics. He also illustrated an episode ofSilver Surferby Stan Lee.

In addition to his large comics and illustration output, Moebius remained active in the film industry as well. In addition to providing preliminary designs for such films asAlien, Tron, The Abyss, Masters of the Universe, andThe Fifth Element, Moebius provided concept art forEl Topodirector Alejandro Jodorowsky's never-realized adaptation of Frank Herbert'sDune.

Moebius passed away in Paris on March 10, 2012, at the age of 73CN