Sci-Fi/Fantasy Artist Jean 'Moebius' Giraud Dies At 73

Dr Herbert West writes: "According to io9, 'Today is an incredibly sad day for fans of comic books, concept art, and downright anything science fiction. Artist Jean 'Moebius' Giraud, who provided some of the most stunning scifi and fantasy art ever to grace a page, has succumbed to illness at the age of 73.' It's pretty hard to overstate the impact he had on film, comic books, and illustration in general. You can name most any fantasy or science fiction related piece of culture from the last 30 or 40 years, and chances are he provided concept art for it or was involved in some way. Alien, Dune, Heavy Metal, Tron (original AND the new one), The Abyss, Masters of the Universe, The Fifth Element, Willow... the list goes on. With the recent passing of Ralph McQuarrie, it's been a tough week for scifi and fantasy artists."

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Re:"Sur l'etoile", a poetic sci-fi masterpiece

[tinkerton]

"Sur L'etoile" started out as a book for Citroen cars but grew into a series of 6 books in all(the world of Edena), and those were not publicity related in any way.

There was supposed to be a Dune movie and some work happened on it but it was abandoned.

The moebius site: http://www.moebius.fr/

The blueberry site: http://www.blueberry-lesite.com/

Giraud on Dan O'Bannon/Ridley Scott ALIEN

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Moebius was also very much responsible for the look and atmosphere of the original ALIEN film. Of course, everybody remembers H.R. Geiger's contribution of the Alien and it's discovery. But the whole human world was Moebius and Ron Cobb. Cobb is a genius in his own right, but it's clear how much O'Bannon plied him with work Giraud had done for the pre-production of the geat, unmade DUNE.