Jean-Claude Mézières was a French comics artist and illustrator. Born in Paris and raised in nearby Saint-Mandé, he was introduced to drawing by his elder brother and influenced by comics artists such
Mézières in 1973
Valérian and Laureline, Jean-Claude Mézières' most famous creations
Concept art created by Mézières for Peter Fleischmann's Hard to be a God
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
Jean-Claude Mézières
…for four years. His class there included two other aspiring artists who would go on to find success in the field of comics – Patrick (Pat) Mallet and Jean "Moebius" Giraud. With Giraud in particular, he developed a life-long friendship due to their shared interest in Westerns and science fiction (both men later worked…
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)