Ha fallecido Jean Giraud "Moebius"

El célebre creador Jean Giraud, uno de los autores de cómics más influyentes, conocido también como 'Moebius', ha fallecido en Francia. Suyas son la saga del teniente 'Blueberry' -con las que empezó a publicar, con 'Gir' como firma-, 'El Garaje Hermético' o la serie 'El Incal', junto a Alejandro Jodorowsky -con quien también firma la trilogía 'El corazón coronado' y de obras, en su afán continuo de renovación, de corte intimista como 'Inside Moebius', entre otras. Más allá de las viñetas También fue director artístico en cintas como 'Alien, el octavo pasajero' (Ridley Scott), 'El Quinto Elemento' (Luc Besson) y 'Abyss' (James Cameron).

Imagen de 'Inside Moebius'
Una trayectoria con la que ha influido de manera determinante en la animación, la ciencia ficción, la publicidad y hasta los videojuegos. La genética, las células modificadas o la ambigüedad sexual, incluso por la coexistencia de los dos sexos en un mismo ser fueron algunos de los temas de interés de un artista apasionado por la ciencia ficción.

"Con sus paisajes y sus personajes en transformación perpetua, sus obras exploran los confines del inconsciente y desvelan un mundo imaginario y fantástico", explicaban los organizadores de una retrospectiva de la obra Jean Giraud (Nogent-sur-Marne, 1938) en París, en 2010.

Con motivo de la presentación de 'Inside Moebius', su obra más personal y que fue dibujada directamente en formato digital, visitó Madrid en 2009. "Un dibujante novel debe abrirse a nuevas formas de expresión", recomendaba entonces.

As Jean Giraud
Blueberry (29 volumes, English translation, 1965 - ), artist (all vol), writer vol 25-29
Jim Cutlass (7 volumes, 1979–1999), artist vol. 1, writer vol 2-7
XIII (volume 18, La Version irlandaise in 2007), artist
Marshall Blueberry (3 volumes, 2000), writer
Le Cristal Majeur (3 volumes, 1986–1990), writer (artist: Bati), Paris: Dargaud

As Moebius
Le Bandard fou (English translation, 1975), writer & artist
Arzach (English translation, 1976), writer & artist
The Long Tomorrow (Originally in English, 1976), artist
L'Homme est-il bon? (English translation, 1977), writer & artist
Le Garage Hermétique (The Airtight Garage, English translation, 1976–1980), writer & artist
Les Yeux du Chat (1978), artist
Tueur de monde (1979), writer & artist
l'Incal (The Incal, 6 volumes, English translation, 1981–1988), artist
Les Maîtres du temps (1982), artist
Venise céleste (1984), writer & artist
Le Monde d'Edena (1985–2001), writer & artist
Altor (7 volumes, 1986 - ), writer
Silver Surfer: Parable (Originally in English, 1988–1989), artist
Escale sur Pharagonescia (1989), writer & artist
Les Vacances du Major (1992), writer & artist
Le Coeur couronné (The Crowned Heart, English translation, 1992), artist
Les Histoires de Monsieur Mouche (1994), artist
Griffes d'Ange (1994), artist
Little Nemo (1994), writer
Ballades (1 volume, 1995), artist
Après l'Incal (2000 - ), artist
Icare (2005), writer
Halo Graphic Novel (Originally in English, 2006), artist
Inside Moebius (2000–2010), writer & artist
Arzak L'Arpenteur (2010), writer & artist

Collected editions
The English-language versions of many of Moebius's comics have been collected into various editions, beginning with a series of trade paperbacks from Marvel Comics' Epic imprint in the late 1980s and early 1990s:
The Collected Fantasies of Jean Giraud (1987–1994):
Moebius 0 - The Horny Goof & Other Underground Stories (72 pages, Dark Horse, 1990, ISBN 1878574167)
Moebius ½ - The Early Moebius & Other Humorous Stories (Graphitti Designs, 1992, ISBN 0936211288)
Moebius 1 - Upon A Star (72 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1987, ISBN 0871352788)
Moebius 2 - Arzach & Other Fantasy Stories (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860456, Marvel/Epic, 1987)
Moebius 3 - The Airtight Garage (120 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860464, Marvel/Epic, 1987)
Moebius 4 - The Long Tomorrow & Other Science Fiction Stories (70 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1987, ISBN 0871352818)
Moebius 5 - The Gardens of Aedena (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860472, Marvel/Epic, 1988, ISBN 0871352826)
Moebius 6 - Pharagonesia & Other Strange Stories (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860480, Marvel/Epic, 1988)
Moebius 7 - The Goddess (88 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1990, ISBN 0871357143)
Moebius 8 - Mississippi River (64 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1991, ISBN 0871357151)
Moebius 9 - Stel (Marvel/Epic, 1994)
Most of these volumes were later reissued by Graphitti Designs in assorted combinations, as a series of signed and numbered hardcover limited editions.
In 2010 and 2011, the publisher Humanoids (in the U.S.) began releasing new editions of Moebius works, starting with three of Moebius's past collaborations with Alexandro Jodorowsky: The Incal (original series complete in one volume), Madwoman of the Sacred Heart (all three parts complete in one volume), and The Eyes of the Cat.

Filmography

Alien (1979)
The Time Masters (1982)
Tron (1982)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Willow (1988)
The Abyss (1989)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
The Fifth Element (1997) - The production design for the film was developed by French comics creators Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières and is detailed in a DVD/Blu-ray special feature.
The Jodorowsky Constellation (1994) - He talks about his collaboration with Alexandro Jodorowsky on the mega film project Dune and on the comic strip the Incal. During the psycho-genealogical session that concludes the film, he also impersonates the father of the filmmaker Louis Mouchet.
Mister Gir & Mike S. Blueberry (1999) - A documentary portrait by Canadian filmmaker Damian Pettigrew produced by the Centre National de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France. Giraud does numerous sketches and watercolors of his most famous creation, Blueberry, travels to Saint Malo for the celebrated comic-book festival, visits his Paris editor Dargaud, and in the film's last sequence, does a spontaneous life-size portrait in real time of Geronimo on a huge sheet of glass using a felt-tipped pen.
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002) - Giraud conceived the poster for the documentary's 2003 North American release and appears in the DVD bonus extras of the French version.
Blueberry (2004) - On the DVD extras Giraud talks about the comic, the film etc., dressed in period costume, apparently having done a cameo role in the film. At IMDB,[14] Giraud is credited as a writer and uncredited actor in the film.
Thru the Moebius Strip (2005)
Giraud worked on Alejandro Jodorowsky's film adaptation of Dune which was never completed.
Giraud's artwork for the Dan O'Bannon short story comic "The Long Tomorrow" was a key visual reference for Blade Runner.
Giraud represented the jury of the Paris Storyboard Contest 2005 (Concours SOPADIN - Société Parisienne des Images Nouvelles) and awarded the two young artists and filmmakers "K-Michel Parandi" (Kay Parandi) & "Jean François Guillon" for their work on the futuristic and experimental film "Minuit 14". Jean Giraud was assisted on this by the notorious French director "Gerard Krawczyk" (Taxi, Fanfan la tulipe).
George Lucas used one of Giraud's designs for the Imperial Probe Droid in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Lucas's later Star Wars films also share many visual characteristics with Giraud's work, particularly the depiction of the city-planet Coruscant.
Giraud also shared "Story by" credit on the animated film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.
Strange frame (2009)
Métamoebius (2010) - Documentary portrait of Giraud-Moebius directed by Damian Pettigrew and co-written by Jean Giraud for the 2010 retrospective held at the Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art in Paris.


Video games

Fade to Black cover art (1995)
Panzer Dragoon (1995)
Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon (1998)
An arcade and bar based on Giraud's work, called The Airtight Garage, was one of the original main attractions at the Metreon in San Francisco when the complex opened in 1999. It included three original games: Quaternia, a first-person shooter networked between terminals and based on the concept of "junctors" from Major Fatal and The Airtight Garage; a virtual reality bumper cars game about mining asteroids; and Hyperbowl, an obstacle course bowling game incorporating very little overtly Moebius imagery. The arcade was closed and reopened as "Portal One", retaining much of the Moebius-based decor and Hyperbowl but eliminating the other originals in favor of more common arcade games.