When the project got cancelled, they put all their ideas in a new comic-serial that became The Incal. Klik op plaatje voor grotere versie.Īt the end of the seventies Jodorowski and Moebius worked on a film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune. As Moebius, Giraud made unconventional and surrealist science fiction comics, such as Arzach and The Incal which feature a limitless inventiveness, bright colours and a great sense of humour and sense of perspective. Drawn in a very naturalistic style, the cowboy Blueberry is known as one of the first anti-heroes of western comics. Giraud is best known for the western-series Blueberry, which he created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier. Moebius is the pseudonym of French comic book artist Jean Giraud (1938 –2012). It is described as pure consciousness, a direct emanation of the divine will. When a great darkness threatens the existence of the galaxy, Difool races through the cosmos with his sidekick Deepo, a concrete bird, and a band of characters such as the great warrior Metabaron, on a quest to face the ultimate evil. On the surface The Incal is a sci-fi adventure in which low class private detective John Difool is the main character. Jodorowsky and Moebius present us with a complex universe and narrative that isn’t easily explained in a couple of sentences. The Incal, written by Alexandro Jodorowsky and drawn by legendary comic book artist Moebius, is considered a classic science fiction comic which inspired a lot of comic book artists and filmmakers.

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