Art
Jean Giraud
- Born
- May 8, 1938 · Aged 73
- Died
- Mar 10, 2012
- Place of birth
- Nogent, Haute-Marne, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 9
- TV credits
- 5
- Directing credits
- 3
Also known as (4)
- Gir
- Moebius
- Jean 'Moebius' Giraud
- Jean 'Moëbius' Giraud
Biography
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (French: [ʒiʁo]; 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 (/ˈmoʊbiəs/; French: [møbjys]) for his fantasy/science-fiction work, and to a slightly lesser extent as Gir (French: [ʒiʁ]), 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…
