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09/05/2024

Jean Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012, France) was a popular and prolific comics creator who is equally known for work under his own name and under the pen name ‘Moebius’.

He is widely known for the ‘Blueberry’ western series that he created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier. The character first appeared in ‘Fort Navajo’ in “Pilote” (1963), a magazine that Charlier had recently co-founded.

Blueberry quickly became the central character of the feature, which took his name with the third story and which they continued until 2007.

The collaborators also created “La Jeunesse de Blueberry” (“Young Blueberry”, 1968–1970, collected 1975–1979) to tell his back-story and Giraud wrote “Marshal Blueberry” (1991–2000) for artist William Vance.

As ‘Moebius’, he is known for science-fiction and fantasy artwork with a surreal, compelling style. His works here include ‘Arzach’ (1975) and ‘The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius’ (1976–1979).

He collaborated with filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky on ‘The Incal’ (1980–1985). He has done design and storyboard work on films from “Alien” (1979) to “The Fifth Element” (1997).

From 1984 to 1989, he lived in California and was active in the USA comics market. Marvel published English editions of much of his existing work under its Epic Comics imprint. He created and drew “Silver Surfer: Parable” with script by Stan Lee, also at Epic (1988–1989).

Giraud received a plethora of honors in his career, beginning with a Prix Phénix in 1969, a National Cartoonists Society award in 1972, and a 1973 Shazam Award, all for “Lieutenant Blueberry”.

He received the Yellow Kid at Lucca multiple times, as well as many prizes at Angoulême, Eisner and Harvey awards, Haxtur and Adamson awards.

He received a World Fantasy Award for his art in 1997 and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2011.

At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/giraud.htm
At Wiklipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraud
‘Jean Giraud’ in the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/y9luzxps
‘Moebius’ in the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/yda8spwf
In the IMDb — https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320786/

MOEBIUS #3 (1987)

07/05/2024

Jon Bogdanove (born 7 May 1958, USA) is a comic book artist and writer.

He is best known for his work on “Power Pack” (Marvel, 1986–1990) and “Superman: The Man of Steel” (DC, 1991–1999).

He created the character ‘Steel’ with writer Louise Simonson in “The Adventures of Superman” #500 (June 1993).

At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bogdanove_jon.htm
At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Bogdanove
In the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/yddkreqz

SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #33 (1994)

20/04/2024

John Ostrander (born 20 April 1949, USA) is a comics writer whose career began in the 1980s.
At First Comics, he wrote a back-up series in “Warp” (1983) and took over “Starslayer” (1983–1985).

He and Timothy Truman created ‘Grimjack’ as a back-up feature in “Starslayer” that was quickly followed by his own series (1984–1991)

For DC Comics, he plotted the limited series “Legends” (1986). He guided “Firestorm” through changes growing out of that event (1987–1990). And he and Luke McConnell launched a new “Suicide Squad” series (1987–1992).

He and fellow comics writer Kim Yale (22 November 1953 – 7 March 1997) were married in 1987 and frequently collaborated during the following decade.

Their work included “New America” (Eclipse, 1987), “Manhunter”(DC, 1988–1990), and “Deadshot” (DC, 1988), as well as “Grimjack” and “Suicide Squad”.

They introduced the ‘Oracle’ persona for Barbara Gordon, beginning in “Suicide Squad” #23 (January 1989).

In his prolific career, he has written many other comics at DC and published as well at Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, Valiant, and others.

At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ostrander
In the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/y84hsvdu

SU***DE SQUAD #1 (1987)

17/04/2024

Earl Norem (17 April 1923 – 19 June 2015, USA) was an artist who worked in illustration and painting.

He is known for his painted covers for Martin Goodman, for both men’s-adventure fiction magazines and black-and-white comics magazines from Marvel Comics.
Over his long career, he also illustrated covers for novels and gaming books, as well as movie posters, baseball programs, and trading cards.

At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Norem
In the GCD — https://tinyurl.com/y9qpgd28

MONSTERS UNLEASHED #9 (1974)

29/07/2023

A birthday tribute to Stanley Kubrick…

20/07/2023

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05/10/2022

30/04/2022

Making comics takes determination. A lot of us fell in love with the medium young while others were converted later. What is it about this medium that captivates us? What do you love about making comics?

17/04/2022

Last but not least behold the art of Ken Niimura who illustrated I Kill Giants, Umami, and Never Open It! Check out this award-winning artist!

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16/04/2022

Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋, born 14 April 1954, Japan) is a manga artist, screenwriter, and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga “Akira” and its animated film adaptation.

His career began in 1973 and in 1979 he created his first longer work, ‘Fireball’, in “Action Deluxe”. His feature ‘Dōmu’ (“Young Magazine”, 1980–1982) received the 1983 Nihon SF Taisho Award, given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan.

Otomo’s next feature in “Young” would become his most famous — ‘Akira’ (1982–1990). While the serial was still running, he created the animated adaptation “Akira” (1988). Both the books and the anime remain globally popular and highly regarded.

His other anime works include “Steamboy” (2004) and one of the stories in “Short Peace” (2013).

Otomo was decorated for his accomplishments by France in 2005 and 2014, and was awarded the Purple Medal of Honor by Japan in 2013.

He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame (2012) and he has received the Winsor McCay Award for animation (2014) and the Grand Prix at Angoulême (2016).

At Comiclopedia — https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/otomo_katsuhiro.htm
At Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuhiro_Otomo
In the GCD — http://tinyurl.com/y4tutak7
In the IMDb — http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0960028/

AKIRA #1 (1988)

15/04/2022

Behold the art of Nimali who has contributed to such fan projects as Blank Slate, One With the Sky, and Spirit! Check out this spectacular artist!

Warm Blood by features over 30 illustrators and we’re going to introduce you to each of them!

13/04/2022

Behold the art of Gabriela Epstein who is a NYT best-selling comic book illustrator who has done Baby Sitters Club, Invisible, and Danny Phantom! Check out this spectacular artist!

Warm Blood by features over 30 illustrators and we’re going to introduce you to each of them!

11/04/2022

Behold the art of Kat Lyons who has worked as a background designer on Middlemost Post, The Owl House, and Close Enough! Check out this amazing artist!

Warm Blood by features over 30 illustrators and we’re going to introduce you to each of them!