RIP Moebius

Jet_Jaguar · Post by **Jet_Jaguar** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:33 -0700

Terrible news...

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?id=3 ... ge=article

Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:14 -0700

Oh wow... definitely unexpected there. RIP Moebius, and thanks for all the influences

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:30 -0700

I was acquainted with him when he lived in LA. I first saw his work in Heavy Metal #1, and right then I saw he was a genius. The concept, the storytelling, and the artwork were new and daring.

The most intimidating project I ever worked on was for the Visions of Arzach portfolio in which more than 50 artists were invited to create visual tributes. Forget that my piece was to run with the likes of Hayo Miyazaki, Brian Bolland, Richard Corben, Katsuhiro Otomo, and others. What really scared me, was that this was for Moebius!

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 13:48 -0700

I met Moebius briefly at CTNX in 2010. He was very nice and gracious to a drooling fanboy like myself. Glad I had the opportunity to shake his hand. Talent like his comes along rarely.

maichan · Post by **maichan** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 0:00 -0700

Wow indeed. I first discovered Moebius in the pages of Heavy Metal magazine back in the late 70's. “The Airtight Garage,” “Arzach” and “The Incal” all hold a special place in my library. He shall be missed.

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:22 -0700

I never knew there was a tribute by other artists to moebius arzach...or was that a personal gift for the man and not printed and released?great to hear though that there is such a thing!
wow, I really wish moebius the best for his next journey, it hasn't been long ago, somewhere around a year maybe that I read an interesting interview with him and then tried to find more books from him...I have the first few issues of heavy metal with his arzach excerpts, too and always loved it...
yesterday night I watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY3Rf0i9hgU
and it inspired me so much to work on my next page that now it is already done and even works better than the others so far, too...so I want to thank him for that!;)
rest in piece moebius!

Ponyboy · Post by **Ponyboy** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 17:26 -0700

RIP, he was one of the best!

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 17:33 -0700

coolray85 wrote:I never knew there was a tribute by other artists to moebius arzach...or was that a personal gift for the man and not printed and released?great to hear though that there is such a thing!

It was first published as a series of portfolios by Tundra, then later as a hardcover by Kitchen Sink Press in 1993. It was also picked up by a number of European publishers.

maichan · Post by **maichan** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 21:17 -0700

The Tundra portfolio....

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:36 -0700

thanks for the info and picture guys!..now I know what I have been staring at on ebay every now and then;)...I see there is even one with mark bode art on it, terricfic!
by the way, has someone here read arzak-l'arpenteur?it's a new moebius arzach story which was pubslished to my knowledge only in the french original version so far(I think about a year ago)...