![]() ![]() ![]() Its themes, highly influenced by philosophical writings and hallucinogenic drugs, elevated adult comics to another level. He experimented with graphic styles, lay-out, dialogue, visuals and plot development. As Moebius, he was one of the most innovative and influential comic artists of the 20th century, known for groundbreaking science-fiction and fantasy works like 'Arzach' (1975), 'The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius' (1976-1979) and 'The Incal' (1980-1985). Giraud also created another western series with Charlier, 'Jim Cutlass' (1979), but later wrote the stories himself while Christian Rossi provided artwork. This cowboy series was noted for its highly realistic artwork and more gritty, complex and adult story lines, which had a tremendous impact on several other European western comics from the late 1960s on. He also used the shortened signature of "Gir" for this series. Under his own name, he co-created the legendary western comic 'Blueberry' (1963-2012) with writer Jean-Michel Charlier. Jean Giraud had one of the most interesting double lives in comics history. ![]()
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