![]() Moebius’ Storyboards & Concept Art for Jodorowsky’s Dune Mœbius & Jodorowsky’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece, The Incal, Brought to Life in a Tantalizing Animation It was a victim of an illusion of a technological sort, of a progression without stopping towards a consummation of energy.” He and Métal hurlant did more than their part to transform and enrich that vision, but plenty of old perceptions still remain for their countless artistic descendants to warp beyond recognition. “It was a naive and materialistic vision, which confused external space with internal space, which saw the future as an extrapolation of the present. “A while ago, SF was filled with monstrous rocket ships and planets,” said Moebius in 1980. Read through the back issues of the magazine - or its 40-years-running American version, Heavy Metal - and you’ll also glimpse, in the work of Moebius and others, elements that would later find their way into the worlds of Neuromancer, Mad Max, Alien, Blade Runner, Star Wars, and much more besides. Métal hurlant saw the debuts of two of Moebius’ best-known characters: the pith-helmeted and mustachioed protector of miniature universes Major Grubert and the silent, pterodactyl-riding explorer Arzach, who bears a certain resemblance to the protagonist of Miyazaki’s 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. As ‘Moebius’, Giraud not only worked in a different genre to ‘Gir’ – a deeply personal, highly idiosyncratic form of science fiction and fantasy – but his art looked like it was drawn by a completely different person,” and “unlike anything that had been seen in comics - or, for that matter, in any other medium.” By the mid-1970s, Giraud was feeling increasingly constrained by the conventions of the western genre, so decided to revive a long-dormant pseudonym to embark on more experimental work. Under the pen name “Gir,” writes Lennon, he “was best known as the co-creator of the popular Western series, Blueberry. Giraud took to the possibilities of the new publication with a special avidness. This demanded “artistic innovation at every level,” from high-quality, large-format paper stock to risk-taking storytelling “shot through with a rich vein of humour and delivered with a narrative sophistication previously unseen in the medium.” Influenced by both the American underground comix scene of the 1960s and the political and cultural upheavals of that decade, their goal was bold and grandiose: they were going to kick ass, take names, and make people take comics seriously.” Métal hurlant, according to Tom Lennon in his history of the magazine, launched “as the flagship title of Les Humanoïdes Associés, a French publishing venture set up by Euro comic veterans Moebius, Druillet and Jean-Pierre Dionnet, together with their finance director Bernard Farkas. You’ll find a good mix of fiction and nonfiction on their best of list this year.Would you believe that one particular publication inspired a range of visionary creators including Ridley Scott, George Lucas, Luc Besson, William Gibson, and Hayao Miyazaki? Moreover, would you believe that it was French, from the 1970s, and a comic book? Not that that term “comic book” does justice to Métal hurlant, which during its initial run from 1974 to 1987 not only redefined the possibilities of the medium and greatly widened the imaginative possibilities of science fiction storytelling, but brought to prominence a number of wholly unconventional and highly influential artists, chief among them Jean Giraud, best known as Moebius. Of their best eight audiobooks of the year, we have three wonderful listens: We have four titles on their annual Top 10 list of young adult and children’s titles: ![]() Three of the ten best fiction and nonfiction titles selected are our audiobooks that you can listen to. Three of our audiobooks made their list this year. On their list for best youth audiobooks, we had five titles make it. On their list for best adult audiobooks, we had four titles make the list. There are 125 spots on this expansive list, which means you’re bound to find the perfect title for you! The Bear and the Nightingale, Best Fantasy You Are a Badass at Making Money, Best Business BEST 2017 AUDIO BOOKS SCI FI FULLFor the full list of finalists and winners, click here. There are many categories in their Best of 2017 list, and we were lucky enough to nab six top spots. How do you choose which audiobook to buy this season? Whether it is a gift for someone, or you received a gift card and want to buy something for yourself, you’ll find a good recommendation on these Best Of lists.
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