Dr. Moebius and Mister Gir

by Numa Sadoul, Jean Giraud (Interviewee), Mœbius (Pseudonym)

Working closely with publisher Casterman and Moebius Production, Dark Horse now brings you Numa Sadoul's landmark interviews with Jean "Moebius" Giraud. The master reflects on his many lives as an artist and man, from his Heavy Metal breakthrough era to a year before his untimely passing.

Numa Sadoul--whose exclusive fourteen-hour interview with Herg� in 1971 was the basis of the 2003 documentary Tintin and I--is known for his book-length conversations with such major comics figures as Jacques Tardi, Andr� Franquin (Spirou), and Albert Uderzo (co-creator of Ast�rix). Edward Gauvin, translator of over three hundred graphic novels, brings us Sadoul's English-language debut, as he explores maestro Moebius's mind.

Genres: Comics, Nonfiction

248 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 2015

Reviews

[Mike Jozic · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little uneven in a few places but a spectacular portrait of an artist, his life, his work, and his philosophy over the course of two decades and several interviews. If only we talked to our cartoonists this way about their work and lives and published books about it.

Absolutely spectacular stuff and Sadoul's afterword almost brought a year toy eye. I can't say enough good things about this book.

I also love how Sadoul has no fear when speaking with Giraud. He straight up tells him when he thinks one of his books is garbage. Oouaaaaah!

Brilliant.

Jean Giraud was a true genius whose work is timeless and speaks for itself but this book allows Giraud to speak outsodemof the work. Without the veneer. You get to see him as the complex, sometimes contradictory, vulnerable, flawed, passionate human being he was. It's really a beautiful thing.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Surprisingly few drawings considering Moebius was an artist for his entire life. What it is is almost 300 pages of interviews Sadoul conducted with Moebius at three different periods of his life before he passed away. It's extremely in-depth. The kind of thing that only his biggest fans would want to read.

[Pedro Pascoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

A series of interviews, over a series of years, that took me a series of years to start, leave, and return to.

An invaluable insight into one of the world's best illustrators, an artist I have followed since being introduced to him and many others in Heavy Metal Magazine, and highly recommended by fans of Moebius, European comics in general, and artists more generally.