Jean Giraud
Comics artist, Author
1938 – 2012
Who was Jean Giraud?
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer, who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées tradition. Giraud earned worldwide fame, predominantly under the pseudonym Mœbius, and to a lesser extent Gir, which he used for the Blueberry series and his paintings. Esteemed by Federico Fellini, Stan Lee and Hayao Miyazaki among others, he received international acclaim. He has been described as the most influential bandes dessinées artist after Hergé.
His most famous works include the series Blueberry, created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier, featuring one of the first anti-heroes in Western comics. Under the pseudonym Moebius he created a wide range of science fiction and fantasy comics in a highly imaginative and surreal, almost abstract style, the most famous of which are Arzach, the Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius, and The Incal. Blueberry was adapted for the screen in 2004 by French director Jan Kounen. In 1997, Moebius and co-creator Alejandro Jodorowsky sued Luc Besson for using The Incal as inspiration for his movie The Fifth Element, a lawsuit which they lost.
Moebius contributed storyboards and concept designs to numerous science fiction and fantasy films, including Alien, Willow, Tron, The Abyss and The Fifth Element.
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- Born
- May 8, 1938
Nogent-sur-Marne - Also known as
- Moebius
- Jean Henri Gaston Giraud
- Gir
- Spouses
- Isabelle Giraud
( - 2012/03/10)
- Isabelle Giraud
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Paris
- Nogent-sur-Marne
- Died
- Mar 10, 2012
Paris - Resting place
- Montparnasse Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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