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Intervenciones: La Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires en peligro
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Esta es la nota hecha por El País, donde Gabriela Adama, la directora de dicha feria, da sus impresiones acerca de las recientes medidas dictadas por el gobierno de KFK, que perjudicaría la importación de libros en ese país:
El Gobierno de Argentina aprobó el pasado 12 de…
![Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012)[1][2] was a French comics artist, working in the French tradition of bandes dessinées. Giraud earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Mœbius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist’s paintings.
Among his most famous creation was the Western comic series “Blueberry” which he cocreated with Jean-Michel Charlier, one of the first Western anti-heroes to appear in comics. Under the pseudonym Moebius he created a wide range of science fiction and and fantasy comics in a highly imaginative andsurreal almost abstract style, the most famous of which are Arzach and the Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius, and the The Incal. Blueberry was adapted for the screen in 2004, and in 1997 Moebius and cocreator Alejandro Jodorowsky sued Luc Besson for using the Incal as inspiration for his movie The Fifth Element, a law suit which they lost.[3]
Moebius contributed storyboards and concept designs to numerous science fiction and fantasy films, including Alien, Willow, and Tron (1982).
He died of cancer on 10 March 2012 at age 73 in Paris.[4][5][6]
As Jean Giraud
Blueberry (29 volumes, English translation, 1965 - ), artist (all vol), writer vol 25-29
Jim Cutlass (7 volumes, 1979–1999), artist vol. 1, writer vol 2-7
XIII (volume 18, La Version irlandaise in 2007), artist
Marshall Blueberry (3 volumes, 2000), writer
Le Cristal Majeur (3 volumes, 1986–1990), writer (artist: Bati), Paris: Dargaud
[edit]As Moebius
Le Bandard fou (English translation, 1975), writer & artist
Arzach (English translation, 1976), writer & artist
The Long Tomorrow (Originally in English, 1976), artist
L’Homme est-il bon? (English translation, 1977), writer & artist
Le Garage Hermétique (The Airtight Garage, English translation, 1976–1980), writer & artist
Les Yeux du Chat (1978), artist
Tueur de monde (1979), writer & artist
l’Incal (The Incal, 6 volumes, English translation, 1981–1988), artist
Les Maîtres du temps (1982), artist
Venise céleste (1984), writer & artist
Le Monde d’Edena (1985–2001), writer & artist
Altor (7 volumes, 1986 - ), writer
Silver Surfer: Parable (Originally in English, 1988–1989), artist
Escale sur Pharagonescia (1989), writer & artist
Les Vacances du Major (1992), writer & artist
Le Coeur couronné (The Crowned Heart, English translation, 1992), artist
Les Histoires de Monsieur Mouche (1994), artist
Griffes d’Ange (1994), artist
Little Nemo (1994), writer
Ballades (1 volume, 1995), artist
Après l’Incal (2000 - ), artist
Icare (2005), writer
Halo Graphic Novel (Originally in English, 2006), artist
Inside Moebius (2000–2010), writer & artist
Arzak L’Arpenteur (2010), writer & artist
[edit]Collected editions
The English-language versions of many of Moebius’s comics have been collected into various editions, beginning with a series of trade paperbacks from Marvel Comics’ Epic imprint in the late 1980s and early 1990s:
The Collected Fantasies of Jean Giraud (1987–1994):
Moebius 0 - The Horny Goof & Other Underground Stories (72 pages, Dark Horse, 1990, ISBN 1878574167)
Moebius ½ - The Early Moebius & Other Humorous Stories (Graphitti Designs, 1992, ISBN 0936211288)
Moebius 1 - Upon A Star (72 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1987, ISBN 0871352788)
Moebius 2 - Arzach & Other Fantasy Stories (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860456, Marvel/Epic, 1987)
Moebius 3 - The Airtight Garage (120 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860464, Marvel/Epic, 1987)
Moebius 4 - The Long Tomorrow & Other Science Fiction Stories (70 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1987, ISBN 0871352818)
Moebius 5 - The Gardens of Aedena (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860472, Marvel/Epic, 1988, ISBN 0871352826)
Moebius 6 - Pharagonesia & Other Strange Stories (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860480, Marvel/Epic, 1988)
Moebius 7 - The Goddess (88 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1990, ISBN 0871357143)
Moebius 8 - Mississippi River (64 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1991, ISBN 0871357151)
Moebius 9 - Stel (Marvel/Epic, 1994)
Most of these volumes were later reissued by Graphitti Designs in assorted combinations, as a series of signed and numbered hardcover limited editions.
In 2010 and 2011, the publisher Humanoids (in the U.S.) began releasing new editions of Moebius works, starting with three of Moebius’s past collaborations with Alexandro Jodorowsky: The Incal(original series complete in one volume), Madwoman of the Sacred Heart (all three parts complete in one volume), and The Eyes of the Cat.
[edit]Filmography
Alien (1979)
The Time Masters (1982)
Tron (1982)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Willow (1988)
The Abyss (1989)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
The Fifth Element (1997) - The production design for the film was developed by French comics creators Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières and is detailed in a DVD/Blu-ray special feature.
The Jodorowsky Constellation (1994) - He talks about his collaboration with Alexandro Jodorowsky on the mega film project Dune and on the comic strip the Incal. During the psycho-genealogical session that concludes the film, he also impersonates the father of the filmmaker Louis Mouchet.
Mister Gir & Mike S. Blueberry (1999) - A documentary portrait by Canadian filmmaker Damian Pettigrew produced by the Centre National de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France. Giraud does numerous sketches and watercolors of his most famous creation, Blueberry, travels to Saint Malo for the celebrated comic-book festival, visits his Paris editor Dargaud, and in the film’s last sequence, does a spontaneous life-size portrait in real time of Geronimo on a huge sheet of glass using a felt-tipped pen.
Fellini: I’m a Born Liar (2002) - Giraud conceived the poster for the documentary’s 2003 North American release and appears in the DVD bonus extras of the French version.
Blueberry (2004) - On the DVD extras Giraud talks about the comic, the film etc., dressed in period costume, apparently having done a cameo role in the film. At IMDB,[24] Giraud is credited as a writer and uncredited actor in the film.
Thru the Moebius Strip (2005)
Giraud worked on Alejandro Jodorowsky’s film adaptation of Dune which was never completed.
Giraud’s artwork for the Dan O’Bannon short story comic “The Long Tomorrow” was a key visual reference for Blade Runner.
Giraud represented the jury of the Paris Storyboard Contest 2005 (Concours SOPADIN - Société Parisienne des Images Nouvelles) and awarded the two young artists and filmmakers “K-Michel Parandi” (Kay Parandi) & “Jean François Guillon” for their work on the futuristic and experimental film “Minuit 14”. Jean Giraud was assisted on this by the notorious French director “Gerard Krawczyk” (Taxi, Fanfan la tulipe).
George Lucas used one of Giraud’s designs for the Imperial Probe Droid in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Lucas’s later Star Wars films also share many visual characteristics with Giraud’s work, particularly the depiction of the city-planet Coruscant.
Giraud also shared “Story by” credit on the animated film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.
Strange frame (2009)
Métamoebius (2010) - Documentary portrait of Giraud-Moebius directed by Damian Pettigrew and co-written by Jean Giraud for the 2010 retrospective held at the Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art in Paris.
[edit]Video games
Fade to Black cover art (1995)
Panzer Dragoon (1995)
Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon (1998)
An arcade and bar based on Giraud’s work, called The Airtight Garage, was one of the original main attractions at the Metreon in San Francisco when the complex opened in 1999. It included three original games: Quaternia, a first-person shooter networked between terminals and based on the concept of “junctors” from Major Fatal and The Airtight Garage; a virtual reality bumper cars game about mining asteroids; and Hyperbowl, an obstacle course bowling game incorporating very little overtly Moebius imagery. The arcade was closed and reopened as “Portal One”, retaining much of the Moebius-based decor and Hyperbowl but eliminating the other originals in favor of more common arcade games.
[edit]Awards
1973: Shazam Award, Best Foreign Comic Series, for Lieutenant Blueberry
1975: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italy, Best Foreign Artist[25]
1977: Angoulême International Comics Festival Best French Artist
1979: Adamson Award, for Lieutenant Blueberry etc.
1980: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italy, Best Foreign Author[26]
1980: Grand Prix de la Science Fiction Française, Special Prize, for Major Fatal[27]
1981: Angoulême International Comics Festival Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême
1985: Angoulême International Comics Festival Grand Prix for the graphic arts
1986: Inkpot Award
1988: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Moebius album series
1989: Eisner Award, Best Finite Series, for Silver Surfer
1989: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Incal
1991: Eisner Award, Best Single Issue, for Concrete
1991: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Lieutenant Blueberry
1997: Designated finalist for induction into the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1989, inducted in 1997
1997: World Fantasy Award: Artist category
1998: Included in the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
2000: Max & Moritz Prizes, Special Prize for outstanding life’s work
2001: Haxtur Award Best Long Comic Strip, for The Crowned Heart](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0otv9H5721r89j2so1_400.jpg)
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012)[1][2] was a French comics artist, working in the French tradition of bandes dessinées. Giraud earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Mœbius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist’s paintings.
Among his most famous creation was the Western comic series “Blueberry” which he cocreated with Jean-Michel Charlier, one of the first Western anti-heroes to appear in comics. Under the pseudonym Moebius he created a wide range of science fiction and and fantasy comics in a highly imaginative andsurreal almost abstract style, the most famous of which are Arzach and the Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius, and the The Incal. Blueberry was adapted for the screen in 2004, and in 1997 Moebius and cocreator Alejandro Jodorowsky sued Luc Besson for using the Incal as inspiration for his movie The Fifth Element, a law suit which they lost.[3]
Moebius contributed storyboards and concept designs to numerous science fiction and fantasy films, including Alien, Willow, and Tron (1982).
He died of cancer on 10 March 2012 at age 73 in Paris.[4][5][6]
As Jean Giraud
- Blueberry (29 volumes, English translation, 1965 - ), artist (all vol), writer vol 25-29
- Jim Cutlass (7 volumes, 1979–1999), artist vol. 1, writer vol 2-7
- XIII (volume 18, La Version irlandaise in 2007), artist
- Marshall Blueberry (3 volumes, 2000), writer
- Le Cristal Majeur (3 volumes, 1986–1990), writer (artist: Bati), Paris: Dargaud
[edit]As Moebius
- Le Bandard fou (English translation, 1975), writer & artist
- Arzach (English translation, 1976), writer & artist
- The Long Tomorrow (Originally in English, 1976), artist
- L’Homme est-il bon? (English translation, 1977), writer & artist
- Le Garage Hermétique (The Airtight Garage, English translation, 1976–1980), writer & artist
- Les Yeux du Chat (1978), artist
- Tueur de monde (1979), writer & artist
- l’Incal (The Incal, 6 volumes, English translation, 1981–1988), artist
- Les Maîtres du temps (1982), artist
- Venise céleste (1984), writer & artist
- Le Monde d’Edena (1985–2001), writer & artist
- Altor (7 volumes, 1986 - ), writer
- Silver Surfer: Parable (Originally in English, 1988–1989), artist
- Escale sur Pharagonescia (1989), writer & artist
- Les Vacances du Major (1992), writer & artist
- Le Coeur couronné (The Crowned Heart, English translation, 1992), artist
- Les Histoires de Monsieur Mouche (1994), artist
- Griffes d’Ange (1994), artist
- Little Nemo (1994), writer
- Ballades (1 volume, 1995), artist
- Après l’Incal (2000 - ), artist
- Icare (2005), writer
- Halo Graphic Novel (Originally in English, 2006), artist
- Inside Moebius (2000–2010), writer & artist
- Arzak L’Arpenteur (2010), writer & artist
[edit]Collected editions
The English-language versions of many of Moebius’s comics have been collected into various editions, beginning with a series of trade paperbacks from Marvel Comics’ Epic imprint in the late 1980s and early 1990s:
The Collected Fantasies of Jean Giraud (1987–1994):
- Moebius 0 - The Horny Goof & Other Underground Stories (72 pages, Dark Horse, 1990, ISBN 1878574167)
- Moebius ½ - The Early Moebius & Other Humorous Stories (Graphitti Designs, 1992, ISBN 0936211288)
- Moebius 1 - Upon A Star (72 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1987, ISBN 0871352788)
- Moebius 2 - Arzach & Other Fantasy Stories (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860456, Marvel/Epic, 1987)
- Moebius 3 - The Airtight Garage (120 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860464, Marvel/Epic, 1987)
- Moebius 4 - The Long Tomorrow & Other Science Fiction Stories (70 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1987, ISBN 0871352818)
- Moebius 5 - The Gardens of Aedena (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860472, Marvel/Epic, 1988, ISBN 0871352826)
- Moebius 6 - Pharagonesia & Other Strange Stories (72 pages, Titan, ISBN 1852860480, Marvel/Epic, 1988)
- Moebius 7 - The Goddess (88 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1990, ISBN 0871357143)
- Moebius 8 - Mississippi River (64 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1991, ISBN 0871357151)
- Moebius 9 - Stel (Marvel/Epic, 1994)
Most of these volumes were later reissued by Graphitti Designs in assorted combinations, as a series of signed and numbered hardcover limited editions.
In 2010 and 2011, the publisher Humanoids (in the U.S.) began releasing new editions of Moebius works, starting with three of Moebius’s past collaborations with Alexandro Jodorowsky: The Incal(original series complete in one volume), Madwoman of the Sacred Heart (all three parts complete in one volume), and The Eyes of the Cat.
[edit]Filmography
- Alien (1979)
- The Time Masters (1982)
- Tron (1982)
- Masters of the Universe (1987)
- Willow (1988)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
- The Fifth Element (1997) - The production design for the film was developed by French comics creators Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières and is detailed in a DVD/Blu-ray special feature.
- The Jodorowsky Constellation (1994) - He talks about his collaboration with Alexandro Jodorowsky on the mega film project Dune and on the comic strip the Incal. During the psycho-genealogical session that concludes the film, he also impersonates the father of the filmmaker Louis Mouchet.
- Mister Gir & Mike S. Blueberry (1999) - A documentary portrait by Canadian filmmaker Damian Pettigrew produced by the Centre National de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France. Giraud does numerous sketches and watercolors of his most famous creation, Blueberry, travels to Saint Malo for the celebrated comic-book festival, visits his Paris editor Dargaud, and in the film’s last sequence, does a spontaneous life-size portrait in real time of Geronimo on a huge sheet of glass using a felt-tipped pen.
- Fellini: I’m a Born Liar (2002) - Giraud conceived the poster for the documentary’s 2003 North American release and appears in the DVD bonus extras of the French version.
- Blueberry (2004) - On the DVD extras Giraud talks about the comic, the film etc., dressed in period costume, apparently having done a cameo role in the film. At IMDB,[24] Giraud is credited as a writer and uncredited actor in the film.
- Thru the Moebius Strip (2005)
- Giraud worked on Alejandro Jodorowsky’s film adaptation of Dune which was never completed.
- Giraud’s artwork for the Dan O’Bannon short story comic “The Long Tomorrow” was a key visual reference for Blade Runner.
- Giraud represented the jury of the Paris Storyboard Contest 2005 (Concours SOPADIN - Société Parisienne des Images Nouvelles) and awarded the two young artists and filmmakers “K-Michel Parandi” (Kay Parandi) & “Jean François Guillon” for their work on the futuristic and experimental film “Minuit 14”. Jean Giraud was assisted on this by the notorious French director “Gerard Krawczyk” (Taxi, Fanfan la tulipe).
- George Lucas used one of Giraud’s designs for the Imperial Probe Droid in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Lucas’s later Star Wars films also share many visual characteristics with Giraud’s work, particularly the depiction of the city-planet Coruscant.
- Giraud also shared “Story by” credit on the animated film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.
- Strange frame (2009)
- Métamoebius (2010) - Documentary portrait of Giraud-Moebius directed by Damian Pettigrew and co-written by Jean Giraud for the 2010 retrospective held at the Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art in Paris.
[edit]Video games
- Fade to Black cover art (1995)
- Panzer Dragoon (1995)
- Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon (1998)
- An arcade and bar based on Giraud’s work, called The Airtight Garage, was one of the original main attractions at the Metreon in San Francisco when the complex opened in 1999. It included three original games: Quaternia, a first-person shooter networked between terminals and based on the concept of “junctors” from Major Fatal and The Airtight Garage; a virtual reality bumper cars game about mining asteroids; and Hyperbowl, an obstacle course bowling game incorporating very little overtly Moebius imagery. The arcade was closed and reopened as “Portal One”, retaining much of the Moebius-based decor and Hyperbowl but eliminating the other originals in favor of more common arcade games.
[edit]Awards
- 1973: Shazam Award, Best Foreign Comic Series, for Lieutenant Blueberry
- 1975: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italy, Best Foreign Artist[25]
- 1977: Angoulême International Comics Festival Best French Artist
- 1979: Adamson Award, for Lieutenant Blueberry etc.
- 1980: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italy, Best Foreign Author[26]
- 1980: Grand Prix de la Science Fiction Française, Special Prize, for Major Fatal[27]
- 1981: Angoulême International Comics Festival Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême
- 1985: Angoulême International Comics Festival Grand Prix for the graphic arts
- 1986: Inkpot Award
- 1988: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Moebius album series
- 1989: Eisner Award, Best Finite Series, for Silver Surfer
- 1989: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Incal
- 1991: Eisner Award, Best Single Issue, for Concrete
- 1991: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Lieutenant Blueberry
- 1997: Designated finalist for induction into the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1989, inducted in 1997
- 1997: World Fantasy Award: Artist category
- 1998: Included in the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
- 2000: Max & Moritz Prizes, Special Prize for outstanding life’s work
- 2001: Haxtur Award Best Long Comic Strip, for The Crowned Heart
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