Bande dessinée
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Bandes dessinées, also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics, are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long tradition in
The French comic Les Pieds Nickelés (1954 book cover): an early 20th-century forerunner of the modern Franco-Belgian comic
Close Hergé-collaborator and magazine contributor Bob de Moor
Uderzo (Brussels, September 2005)
Goscinny (l) & Morris (Amsterdam, May 1971)
Jean Giraud
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Jean Henri Gaston Giraud was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim predominantly under the pseudonym Mœ
Bande dessinée
…Peyo) and Spike and Suzy (Willy Vandersteen). Some highly regarded realistically drawn and plotted bandes dessinées include Blueberry (Charlier & Giraud, a.k.a. "Mœbius"), Thorgal (Van Hamme & Rosiński), XIII (Van Hamme & Vance), and the creations of Hermann Huppen. In Europe, French is spoken natively…
Giraud in 2008
Giraud working on plate 31b of Blueberry volume 20; "La tribu fantôme", ca. 1981
Mœbius cover art for Humanoids Publishing's 2014 US hardcover trade collection of The Incal.
Cauchemar Blanc DVD cover by Mœbius (excerpt from the titular bande dessinée)