The will of a stroke of genius

Jean Giraud, aka Gir, alias Moebius has unfortunately left us there are few. No doubt this must-giant graphic art which revolutionized the comic and illustration of these 40 past years has gone to the other side of the main crystal, to meet the many parallel universes that his genius was the only to be able to be born with such evidence before our very eyes to so many wonderful graphics dizziness.
In the light of this disappearance saddens definitely generations of comic strip fans, the beautiful book published by the Cartier Foundation on the occasion of the great retrospective exhibition she had dedicated to this discreet and prolific artist, barely more a year before his death, is a natural extension becoming ipso facto the ultimate artistic legacy of the Master. Covering his entire career from his early collaborations with Jean Gillain, alias Jijé until its latest digital creations, through the numerous contributions to cinema, advertising and the concepts of futuristic areas in the US, this book very copiously illustrated enjoys a beautiful format and a superb print quality and reproductive putting the best pieces in value. Alas printed in a fairly limited number dexemplaires, this magnificent work was quickly exhausted and now belongs to the field of collectors. The price therefore sen located significantly increased compared to the original. For those who could thus acquire this indispensable bible for any fan of the designer, it only remains to hope that Quà other publishers will have the good idea to pay tribute to this artist with such complete constructions and treated as one.