jodorowsky – Page 3 – Moebius Odyssey

Moebius: Fusion (1995)
Marvel/Epic Comics 
24 x 29.7cm, 128 pages

Moebius: Fusion collects work made by Moebius between 1985 to 1995 for print, Film/TV and more.

Fusion is divided into five sections:

Diffusion,
Perfusion,
Confusion,
Effusion,
Transfusion.

The Diffusion section showcases poster illustrations of comic book superheroes including Marvel’s Elektra, The Thing, Iron Man, Daredevil, Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Silver Surfer, The Punisher and also DC’s Batman and Sandman’s Death. Also inside are production designs made for movies such as Little Nemo in Slumberland (1989) and Willow (1988).

Fusion, Diffusion, Marvel’s Elektra, The Thing, Iron Man

Fusion, Diffusion, Marvel’s Daredevil, Wolverine

Fusion, Diffusion, homage to Marvel’s Silver Surfer

Perfusion contains illustrations and poster work for French publication and another for a comics festival. Of particular note in Perfusion is a short 15 page comic entitled Oracle told in mostly 2-panel structure about the story of Zon who is on a path of self-discovery and who meets the eponymous Oracle.

Confusion features illustrations for various French publications, some watercolour pieces that Moebius had completed whilst in Los Angeles and a handful of immersive double-page spreads. Inside are also a series of portraits by Moebius of friends and loved ones including of longterm creative collaborator Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Fusion, Confusion, Alejandro Jodorowsky portrait (left)

Effusion includes a Moebius homage to Katsuhiro Otomo’s manga masterpiece Akira, production designs for the movie The Abyss (1989) and various poster and t-shirt designs.

Fusion, Effusion, homage to Otomo’s Akira (left), The Abyss (right)

Transfusion consists of a series of abstract pieces with accompanying poetry by Moebius.

Jean Giraud concludes Fusion with a dedication to his mother, Pauline Vinchon.

Fusion, “This book is dedicated to my mother, Pauline Vinchon.”

Moebius 3 (1988)
Graphitti Designs 
22 x 28.5cm, 315 pages

Moebius 3 is the third volume of a limited edition of 1500, signed & numbered hardback collection of beautiful, bound, books published by Graphitti Designs that collects and reprints the acclaimed trade paperbacks that were originally published by Marvel/Epic Comics.

The book jacket of Moebius 3 features a blown up panel of Class “R” Detective John Difool (the protagonist of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius’ epic story The Incal) as he is about to be thrown over the edge by masked men, centred and framed on a forest green. Once the book jacket is taken off, it reveals underneath a leafy green faux leather hardcover with embossed gold foil stamped “The Incal” title in serif type and in the bottom-right hand a unique embossed Starwatcher hand drawn styled circular icon.

This volume collects Marvel/Epic Comics’ The Incal 1, The Incal 2 and The Incal 3 paperbacks which contains all 6 books of The Incal which are:

The Black Incal,
The Luminous Incal,
What Lies Beneath,
What Is Above,
The Fifth Essence – Part One: The Dreaming Galaxy,
The Fifth Essence – Part Two: Planet Difool.

Moebius 3, The Fifth Essence – Part One: The Dreaming Galaxy

Moebius 3, The Fifth Essence – Part Two: Planet Difool

Both the Marvel/Epic Comics paperbacks and the Graphitti Designs hardback books are sadly now long out of print, rare editions that are much sought after today. Amazingly, Graphitti Designs still has copies in stock of Moebius 4-9 (at the time of writing) and is available online through their website here.