Moebius
$48.62
- Paperback
277 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2025
Summary
Jean Giraud (1938–2012) started drawing comics in the late 1950s for a variety of French comics magazines. Under his real name, he found success in 1963 with the western series Blueberry, written by Jean-Michel Charlier and published in Pilote magazine. In the 1970s, he started producing science fiction works under the name of Moebius, which brought him international success, and which included works such as Arzach. He died in 2012, as a global celebrity in the comi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781496854988 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1496854985 |
| Author: | Nicolas Labarre |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 277 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 217mm x 141mm |
| Series: | Biographix |
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“This biography is an exceptional portrait of one of the most influential cartoonists of the past half century, offering a throughline of argumentation that digs deep into the history of comics criticism, both from the fan side and from the scholarly tradition.” - Bart Beaty, coeditor of Comics Studies: A Guidebook
About The Author
Nicolas Labarre
Nicolas Labarre is professor of American studies at University of Bordeaux Montaigne. He is author of Understanding Genres in Comics, La Bande Dessinée Contemporaine, and Heavy Metal, l’autre Métal Hurlant, and his work has been published in numerous edited collections and journals such as Image & Narrative, Comicalités. Études de culture graphique, and Comics and Videogames: From Hybrid Medialities to Transmedia Expansions.
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