SKIN JOB 66
Sr Member
Jean "Moebius" Giraud died today.
One week after Ralph McQuarrie, another sad day.
Fred
One week after Ralph McQuarrie, another sad day.
Fred
Moebius passed away
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cayman shen
Master Member
Wow, rough week for great artists 
gyoung2993
Sr Member
Is he the maker of Moebius models ???
Thankfully no.
He was another great concept designer, worked on Alien, Willow, Masters of the Universe, and ALOT more.
His comic book stlye is probably the most influential out there, second only to Jack Kirby and/or Will Eisner.
On top of all that, his own personal art kicked absolute ass.
Big loss.
He was another great concept designer, worked on Alien, Willow, Masters of the Universe, and ALOT more.
His comic book stlye is probably the most influential out there, second only to Jack Kirby and/or Will Eisner.
On top of all that, his own personal art kicked absolute ass.
Big loss.
Too Much Garlic
Master Member
Rest in peace.
The art will live on forever.
The art will live on forever.
clancampbell
Sr Member
YenChih Lin
Master Member
What would Tron be without him? He was the one, who drew the circuitries on the suit
Colin Droidmilk
Sr Member
Oh no.
This hits me more than any famous person death since Frank Zappa's... mainly because Moebius was still churning out incredible work that was still breaking new ground, work that was always one step ahead of that of the younger generations who are following him. As with Crumb, I was up till this moment eagerly anticipating his latest work, but now the flow has been bitterly cut off. I was feeling down today too, and then I saw this thread... **** IT!!
Ralph was older, I was prepared for it and I haven't been following his late career so much, but with Moebius I was complacently taking it for granted that he had another ten years left... and another ten books yet to draw...
Plus he always looked so vital and cool. He looked cooler in his late 60s than he did in his early 30s, so there was an illusion of immortality there too. It was like if he got cooler-looking the older he got, maybe he could even cheat death!!
He was a pioneer of sex and violence in comics, and clearly one of the most astonishing futurists of all time, but in later years there was this positive-mystical side to his work, which like Kubrick's 2001, was so good for the souls of 'mysticism'-hungry atheists such as myself, and it's the future development of this side of his work that we will now tragically have to live without. At times it was almost as if he were in touch with something... and I don't mean the wacko gurus he followed occasionally, lol... no, his work often appeared to be channelled from some benevolent higher dimension... It's strange, you probably couldn't put a hair between some of his 'cosmic' ideas and junk New Age cults and philosophies, but when expressed through his pen and his drawing hand those ideas become sublimely inviting, even to the most despairing cynic. In later years, he always advised artists not to dwell solely on the darkness, but to create serene light too - advice I have been unable to follow, but with the passing of this master I'm tempted to try, so sad is the new darker world we find ourselves in today.
Well, I'll shut up now and just let some serene light shine:
This hits me more than any famous person death since Frank Zappa's... mainly because Moebius was still churning out incredible work that was still breaking new ground, work that was always one step ahead of that of the younger generations who are following him. As with Crumb, I was up till this moment eagerly anticipating his latest work, but now the flow has been bitterly cut off. I was feeling down today too, and then I saw this thread... **** IT!!
Ralph was older, I was prepared for it and I haven't been following his late career so much, but with Moebius I was complacently taking it for granted that he had another ten years left... and another ten books yet to draw...
Plus he always looked so vital and cool. He looked cooler in his late 60s than he did in his early 30s, so there was an illusion of immortality there too. It was like if he got cooler-looking the older he got, maybe he could even cheat death!!
He was a pioneer of sex and violence in comics, and clearly one of the most astonishing futurists of all time, but in later years there was this positive-mystical side to his work, which like Kubrick's 2001, was so good for the souls of 'mysticism'-hungry atheists such as myself, and it's the future development of this side of his work that we will now tragically have to live without. At times it was almost as if he were in touch with something... and I don't mean the wacko gurus he followed occasionally, lol... no, his work often appeared to be channelled from some benevolent higher dimension... It's strange, you probably couldn't put a hair between some of his 'cosmic' ideas and junk New Age cults and philosophies, but when expressed through his pen and his drawing hand those ideas become sublimely inviting, even to the most despairing cynic. In later years, he always advised artists not to dwell solely on the darkness, but to create serene light too - advice I have been unable to follow, but with the passing of this master I'm tempted to try, so sad is the new darker world we find ourselves in today.
Well, I'll shut up now and just let some serene light shine:
This is really a sad news. I love his work. His "Maîtres du temps" ("The Masters of Time") is my absolutely favourite animated movie.
Rest in peace.
Rest in peace.
