Jean Giraud

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim predominantly under the pseudonym Mœbius (; ) for his fantasy/science-fiction work, and to a slightly lesser extent as Gir (), which he used for the ''Blueberry'' series and his other Western themed work. Esteemed by Federico Fellini, Stan Lee, and Hayao Miyazaki, among others, he has been described as the most influential ''bande dessinée'' artist after Hergé.

His most famous work as Gir concerns the ''Blueberry'' series, created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier, featuring one of the first antiheroes in Western comics, and which is particularly valued in continental Europe. As Mœbius he achieved worldwide renown (in this case in the English-speaking nations and Japan as well – where his work as Gir had not done well), by creating a wide range of science-fiction and fantasy comics in a highly imaginative, surreal, almost abstract style. These works include ''Arzach'' and the ''Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius''. He also collaborated with avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky for an unproduced adaptation of ''Dune'' and the comic book series ''The Incal''.

Mœbius also contributed storyboards and concept designs to numerous science-fiction and fantasy films, such as ''Alien'', ''Tron'', ''The Fifth Element'', and ''The Abyss''. ''Blueberry'' was adapted for the screen in 2004 by French director Jan Kounen. Provided by Wikipedia