Editing Jean Giraud (section)

==Influence and legacy==
{{blockquote|quote=They said that I changed their life, 'You changed my life', 'Your work is why I became an artist'. Oh, it makes me happy. But you know at same time I have an internal broom to clean it all up. It can be dangerous to believe it. Someone wrote, 'Moebius is a legendary artist' I[t] put[s] a frame around me. A legend — now I am like a [[unicorn]].|source=Giraud, [[Burbank, California]], 2011, on the idolization accorded to him.<ref name="boucher"/>}}

Long before his death Giraud had already been coined "the most influential ''bandes dessinées'' artist after [[Hergé]]" by several [[Comics studies|academic comic scholars]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ucparis.fr/files/1413/4728/1665/PCC131_Dufoix_Tarzan_FA12.pdf.pdf|title=''French Historical Studies'', Vol. 26, No. 4|last=Jobs|first=Richard I.|quote=Tarzan under Attack: Youth, Comics, and Cultural Reconstruction in Postwar France pp. 687-725|date=Fall 2003|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]|place=[[Durham, North Carolina]]|access-date=19 September 2022|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://ucparis.fr/files/1413/4728/1665/PCC131_Dufoix_Tarzan_FA12.pdf.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Screech2005"/> and many artists from around the world have cited him as a major influence on their work. Testament to this was the publication of two special homage issues of the French [[Trade magazine|comic journal]]s ''{{ill|Casemate (magazine)|fr|lt=Casemate}}'' (Hors Série 3) and ''{{ill|dBD (périodique)|fr|lt=dBD}}'' (Hors Série 09) a month after Giraud's death. The original "Chihuaha Pearl" album-cover-endowed 84-page ''Casemate'' issue featured, aside from an elaborate in-memoriam overview of Giraud's life and career, testimonials from 89 predominantly European comic artists, who often had their testimonials accompanied with their own Giraud/Mœbius-themed art made for the occasion. For the 96-page ''dBD'' issue, which came in two cover variants, "Giraud, mort d'un géant" ("Giraud, death of a giant") and "Mœbius, Adieu à l'immortel" ("Mœbius: Farewell to an immortal"), over 100 comic artists, this time added with international overseas artists, contributed art as tribute to the deceased artist.<ref>{{cite web| title=Casemate Hors Série 3 - Jean Giraud-Mœbius| date=25 April 2012| url=http://www.casemate.fr/casemate-hs3-giraud-moebius| website=Casemate.fr| language=fr}}; {{cite web| title=dBD HS 09: Hommage à Giraud-Mœbius | url=http://www.actuabd.com/dBD-HS-09-Hommage-a-Giraud-Moebius | website=Actuabd.com| language=fr}}</ref> In January 2013, a similarly executed 64-page homage reverse double cover journal, became the first issue of the newly launched ''Tonnerre De Bulles!'' comics journal as issue Hors Série 1, which was followed by a similar 76-page Gir/Mœbius-themed double cover issue (Hors Série 5) in October 2015. Both issues were limited to 650 copies.<ref>{{cite web| title=''Tonnerre De Bulles !''| url=https://www.bedetheque.com/revue-Tonnerre-De-Bulles.html| website=Bedetheque.com| access-date=28 February 2021| language=fr}}</ref>

The testimonials quoted below, gathered from a myriad of other sources, are but a small and far from complete, random selection of all the accolades given to the artist, and presented in no particular order;

*Giraud was longtime friends with manga author and anime filmmaker [[Hayao Miyazaki]].<ref name="miya"/> Giraud even named his daughter Nausicaa after [[Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)|the character]] in Miyazaki's ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Miyazaki Moebius : coup d'envoi| first=Julie| last=Bordenave| url=http://www.animeland.com/index.php?rub=articles&id=618| website=AnimeLand.com| access-date=18 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| title=Ghibli Museumdiary 2002-08-01| editor=Ghibli Museum| url=http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/diary/004624.html| publisher=Tokuma Memorial Cultural Foundation for Animation| language=ja| access-date=18 May 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601031717/http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/diary/004624.html| archive-date=1 June 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Asked by Giraud in an interview how he first discovered his work, Miyazaki replied,
<blockquote>"Through ''Arzach'', which dates from 1975, I believe. I only read it in 1980, and it was a big shock. Not only for me. All manga authors were shaken by this work. Unfortunately, when I discovered it, I already had a consolidated style so I couldn't use its influence to enrich my drawing. Even today, I think it has an awesome sense of space. I directed ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä]]'' under Mœbius's influence."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/miyazaki_moebious.html |title=Miyazaki and Moebius |website=Nausicaa.net |access-date=29 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616063255/http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/miyazaki_moebious.html |archive-date=16 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/10/jean-moebius-giraud-dies-age-73|first=Andy|last=Khouri|title=R.I.P. Jean 'Moebius' Giraud (1938–2012)|website=ComicsAlliance.com |date=10 March 2012 |access-date=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619131449/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/10/jean-moebius-giraud-dies-age-73|archive-date=19 June 2012}}</ref></blockquote>

*[[Mike Mignola]], creator of ''[[Hellboy]]'', has stated upon seeing ''Arzach'',
<blockquote>"I fell out of love with American comics, lost interest in the super-hero subject matter, was more interested in the fantasy I saw in the European art."<ref name="redux"/><!--at 19:10--></blockquote>

*Pioneering [[cyberpunk]] author [[William Gibson]] said of Giraud's "[[The Long Tomorrow (comics)|The Long Tomorrow]]" work,
<blockquote>"So it's entirely fair to say, and I've said it before, that the way Neuromancer-the-novel "looks" was influenced in large part by some of the artwork I saw in ''Heavy Metal''. I assume that this must also be true of John Carpenter's ''Escape from New York'', Ridley Scott's ''Blade Runner'', and all other artefacts of the style sometimes dubbed 'cyberpunk'. Those French guys, they got their end in early."<ref name="brmovie">{{cite web|url=http://brmovie.com/FAQs/BR_FAQ_BR_Influence.htm |title=Did ''Blade Runner'' influence William Gibson when he wrote his cyberpunk classic, ''Neuromancer''?"|website=brmovie.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209150843/http://brmovie.com/FAQs/BR_FAQ_BR_Influence.htm |archive-date=9 December 2013 }}</ref></blockquote>

*"The Long Tomorrow" also came to the attention of [[Ridley Scott]] and was a key visual reference for ''[[Blade Runner]]''.<ref name="brmovie"/> Having previously cooperated with the artist on his 1979 sci-fi thriller ''Alien'', Scott stated as late as 2010 on Mœbius' influence on contemporary science fiction movies,
<blockquote>"You see it everywhere, it runs through so much you can't get away from it."<ref name="boucher"/></blockquote>

*Comic artist, publisher and editor [[Stephen R. Bissette]], responsible for the first-time publication of "Les yeux du chat" in English, had it recorded that,
<blockquote>"When I first saw the work of 'Mœbius' &ndash; a.k.a. 'Gir', both noms de plume of Jean Giraud &ndash; his fresh science-fiction and fantasy comic art forever altered my perception of the comic medium."<ref name="taboo4"/></blockquote>

*[[George Lucas]], who had invited Giraud to work with him on his 1988 fantasy movie ''Willow'', wrote in the foreword of the 1989 "[[#Marvel/Epic|The Art of Mœbius]]" art book,
<blockquote>"In all his drawings, Mœbius demonstrates a command of many disciplines in art. He is a master draftsman, a superb artist, and more: his vision is original and strong. Since first seeing the Mœbius illustrations in ''Heavy Metal'' years ago, I have been impressed and affected by his keen and unusual sense of design, and the distinctive way in which he depicts the fantastic. perhaps what strikes me most of all his work is its sheer beauty&ndash;a beauty that has always given me great pleasure."</blockquote>

*British author and comic artist [[Neil Gaiman]], with whom Giraud collaborated on Gaiman's ''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' series, stated,
<blockquote>"I read [''Métal Hurlant''] over and over and envied the French because they had everything I dreamed of in comics – beautifully drawn, visionary and literate comics, for adults. I wanted to make comics like that when I grew up."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/03/remebering-moebius.html|title=Remembering Moebius|website=journal.neilgaiman.com|date=10 March 2012}}</ref></blockquote>

*"I consider him more important than [[Gustave Doré|Doré]]", said Italian filmmaker [[Federico Fellini]], elaborating,
<blockquote>"He's a unique talent endowed with an extraordinary visionary imagination that's constantly renewed and never vulgar. Moebius disturbs and consoles. He has the ability to transport us into unknown worlds where we encounter unsettling characters. My admiration for him is total. I consider him a great artist, as great as [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] and [[Henri Matisse|Matisse]]."<ref>Italian television interview cited in Mollica, Vincenzo (2002), ''Fellini mon ami'', Paris: Anatolia, 84.</ref></blockquote>

*Following Giraud's death, Brazilian author [[Paulo Coelho]] paid tribute on Twitter stating,
<blockquote>"The great Moebius died today, but the great Mœbius is still alive. Your body died today, your work is more alive than ever."<ref name="euro"/></blockquote>

*Comic book editor, translator, and publisher [[Kim Thompson]] eulogized,
<blockquote>"I have said for years now — in fact, probably since 2000, when [[Charles Schulz]] left us, and there were four — that the three greatest living cartoonists are [[Robert Crumb]], Jacques Tardi, and Jean Giraud. In the last 48 hours, that number has shrunk to two. &ndash; Salut, Jean!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcj.com/jean-moebius-giraud-1938-2012/|title=Jean “Moebius” Giraud, 1938-2012|date=12 March 2012|website=The Comics Journal}}</ref></blockquote>

*[[Benoît Mouchart]], artistic director at France's Angoulême International Comics Festival, made an assessment of his importance to the field of comics,
<blockquote>"France has lost one of its best known artists in the world. In Japan, Italy, in the United States he is an incredible star who influenced world comics. Mœbius will remain part of the history of drawing, in the same right as [[Albrecht Dürer|Dürer]] or [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Ingres]]. He was an incredible producer, he said he wanted to show what eyes do not always see."<ref name=Jakarta/></blockquote>

*French Culture Minister [[Frédéric Mitterrand]], speaking at his funeral services at Saint Clotilde Basilica on 15 March 2012,<ref name="adieu"/> said that by the simultaneous death of Giraud and Mœbius, France had lost "two great artists".<ref name=Jakarta/> By both his presence and speech Mitterrand essentially cemented Giraud's status as France's premier standard bearer of "Le Neuvième Art" ("the 9th art"), the ''bande dessinée'' has officially become recognized as.

===Awards and honors===
* 1969 & 1970: Prix Phénix<ref>''Phénix'' was a specialized [[Trade magazine|comic journal]], published quarterly between 1966 and 1977 by Parisian publisher SRP Éditeur, and has been one of the oldest of its kind in the world ([http://www.bedetheque.com/revue-Phenix.html Bedetheque.com]).</ref> Paris (France), for ''Lieutenant Blueberry'' in the category "La Meilleure Serie d'Aventures".
* 1971: "Best European Artist" [[Prix Saint-Michel]] (Belgium, as Jean Giraud) from the city of [[Brussels]].
* 1972: "Best Realistic Artist" Special Award from the [[National Cartoonists Society]] (USA) for ''Lieutenant Blueberry''.<ref name="taboo4"/>
* 1973: [[Shazam Award]] (USA), for ''Lieutenant Blueberry'' in the category "Best Foreign Comic Series", shared with Jean-Michel Charlier.
* 1975: [[Yellow Kid Award]], [[Lucca Comics & Games]] (Italy), in the category "Best Foreign Artist".<ref name="salon11">{{cite web|website=ImmagineCentroStudi.org|title=11° Salone Internationale del Comics, del Film di Animazione e dell'Illustrazione|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone11.asp|language=it}}</ref>
* 1976: "Grand Prix Saint-Michel" (Belgium, as Mœbius) from the city of Brussels for ''[[Arzach]]''.
* 1977: [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]] (France) [[Former prizes of the Angoulême International Comics Festival#Award for best French artist|Best French Artist]]
* 1978: Goldene Sprechblase Award, Vereinigung für Comic-Literatur (Austria) for ''Leutnant Blueberry'' in the category "Besondere Verdienste um die Comic-Literatur".<ref>''Zack'', issue 4, {{ill|Koralle-Verlag|de}}, 1979</ref>
* 1979: [[Adamson Awards|Adamson Award]] (Sweden), for ''Lieutenant Blueberry'' in the category "Best International Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist".
* 1980: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca Comics & Games (Italy), in the category "Best Foreign Author".<ref name="salon14">{{cite web|website=ImmagineCentroStudi.org|title=14° Salone Internationale del Comics, del Film di Animazione e dell'Illustrazione|url= http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone14.asp|language=it}}</ref>
* 1980: Grand Prix de la Science Fiction Française, Special Prize, for ''Major Fatal''.<ref name="noosfere">{{cite web|website=nooSFere.org|title=Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire|url=http://www.noosfere.org/gpi/palmares.asp|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204024519/http://www.noosfere.org/gpi/palmares.asp|archive-date=4 December 2003|df =dmy-all}}</ref>
* 1981: [[Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême#1980s|Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême]] (France), [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]].
* 1982: [[Fantafestival]] Award (Italy) for ''[[Les Maîtres du temps]]'' in the category "Best Children's Film", shared with Director [[René Laloux]].
* 1985: Angoulême "[[Former prizes of the Angoulême International Comics Festival#Grand Prix for the graphic arts|Grand Prix National des Arts Graphiques]]" (France).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bdparadisio.com/scripts/detail.cfm?Id=296|title=Jean Giraud: Bibliographie, Photo, Biographie|website=BDparadiso.com|language=fr}}; first time this specific prize was awarded and was on this occasion presented by [[Minister of Culture (France)|Culture Minister of France]], [[Jack Lang (French politician)|Jack Lang]], in person</ref>
* 1985: Dubbed Chevalier de l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]], French civilian knighthood,<ref name="whoswho"/><ref name="voicifr"/>
* 1986: [[Inkpot Award#1986|Inkpot Award]] (USA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot|title=Inkpot Award|website=Comic-Con.org}}</ref>
* 1988: [[Harvey Award]] (USA), for ''Moebius'' album series by Marvel/Epic in the category "Best American Edition of Foreign Material".
* 1989: [[Eisner Award]] (USA), for ''Silver Surfer'' in the category "Best Finite Series".
* 1989: Harvey Award (USA), for ''Incal'' by Marvel/Epic in the category "Best American Edition of Foreign Material".
* 1989: [[Haxtur Award]] (Spain), Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias, Spain, for ''The Incal'' in the category "[[Haxtur Award#Best Drawing|Best Drawings]]"
* 1990: Soleil d'Or of the {{ill|Festival BD de Solliès-Ville|fr|Festival de Solliès-Ville}} (France) for ''Altor'': "Le secret d'Aurelys", in the category "Best Children's Comic Album", shared with Marc Bati<ref name="sollies"/>
* 1991: Eisner Award (USA), for ''[[Concrete (comics)|Concrete]]'' in the category "Best Single Issue".
* 1991: Harvey Award (USA), for ''Lieutenant Blueberry'' by Marvel/Epic in the category "Best American Edition of Foreign Material".
* 1991: Haxtur Award (Spain), Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias, for ''La Diosa'' (The Goddess) in the category "Best Drawings".
* 1996: Soleil d'Or of the Festival BD de Solliès-Ville (France) for ''Blueberry'': "Mister Blueberry", in the category "Best Comic Album"<ref name="sollies"/>
* 1996: [[U Giancu's Prize]], [[International Cartoonists Exhibition]], Rappollo, Italy
* 1997: Designated finalist for induction into the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame (USA) in 1989, inducted in 1997.
* 1997: [[World Fantasy Award]] (USA) in the category "Best Artist".<ref name=SFAwards>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomArt17.html#1971|title=Giraud, Jean ('Moebius')|access-date=11 April 2013|website=LocusMag.com (The [[Locus Publications|Locus Index]] to SF Awards: Index of Art Nominees)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016201049/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomArt17.html#1971|archive-date=16 October 2012}}.</ref>
* 1998: Induction into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame (USA).
* 1998: {{ill|Premio Attilio Micheluzzi|it}} (Italy) for ''L'Incal lumière'' ("The Luminous Incal") in the "Miglior Fumetti" (=Best Comic) category
* 2000: [[Max & Moritz Prizes]] (Germany), [[Max & Moritz Prizes#2000|Special Prize for outstanding life's work]].
* 2000: [[Sproing Award]] (Norway) for ''Blueberry'': "Geronimo" in the category "Best Translated Strips".
* 2001: Spectrum Grandmaster (USA)<ref name=SFAwards/>
* 2001: Haxtur Award (Spain), Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias, for ''The Crowned Heart'', in the category "[[Haxtur Award#Best Long Comic Strip|Best Long Comic Strip]]".
* 2003: Haxtur Award (Spain), Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias, in the category "[[Haxtur Award#Author That We Love|Author That We Love]]".
* 2004: {{ill|Albert-Uderzo Award|fr|Prix Albert-Uderzo}} (France) as "Mœbius" in the category "Life-time Achievement".<ref name ="prix">{{cite web|url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/detail_prix_auteur.php?auteur=410__Moebius|title=Moebius|website=Prix-Litteraires.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120002549/http://www.prix-litteraires.net/detail_prix_auteur.php?auteur=410__Moebius|archive-date=20 January 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
* 2009: Lauriers Verts de La Forêt des Livres - Prix BD (France) for ''Le Chasseur Déprime''.<ref name ="prix"/>
* 2011: Induction into the [[EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame|Science Fiction Hall of Fame]] (USA).<ref name=SFAwards/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empmuseum.org/exhibitions/index.asp?categoryID=203|title=Science Fiction Hall of Fame|website=[[EMP Museum|Empmuseum]].org|access-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162138/http://www.empmuseum.org/exhibitions/index.asp?categoryID=203 |archive-date=21 July 2011|quote=EMP is proud to announce the 2011 Hall of Fame inductees:&nbsp;...}}.</ref>
* 2011: Dubbed Chevalier de l'[[Ordre National du Mérite]] (France) for his contributions to French culture, French civilian knighthood; last honor received personally by artist in life. Received from [[Ministry of Higher Education and Research|Higher Education Minister of France]] [[Laurent Wauquiez]] on 24 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comixtrip.fr/dossiers/moebius|first=Nicholas|last=Albert|title=Disparition de Jean Giraud Moebius|date=10 March 2012|website=ComixTrip.fr|language=fr}}</ref>
* 2011: Prix La Nuit du Livre (France &ndash; established in 2004 by a collective of Parisian bookstores<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.creativbook.fr/content/la-nuit-du-livre|work=CreativBook.fr|title=La Nuit du Livre|language=fr}} &ndash; official website</ref>) for the ''Mœbius transe forme'' art book in the "Bande Dessinée" category.
[[File:Cnbdi nil.jpg|thumb|right|{{center|The "Vaisseau Mœbius" on the grounds of the Cité national comics museum, named for the nation's most revered ''bande dessinée'' artist}}]]
'''Posthumous awards and honors''' (usually accepted on behalf of the deceased artist by widow Isabelle Giraud)
* 2012: The [[Roland Castro|Castro]] site on the grounds of the {{ill|Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image|fr}}, France's national comics museum, is rechristened "Le Vaisseau Mœbius" (English: "The Vessel Mœbius") on 11 December in honor of the deceased artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citebd.org/spip.php?article4312|title=Un nom pour le site Castro : le Vaisseau Mœbius| work=CiteBD.org|language=fr}}</ref>
* 2014: Elevation from "Chevalier" to "{{ill|Commandeur (french)|fr|Catégorie:Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres}}" of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres civilian knighthood, the highest rank of the order.
* 2017: Eisner Award (USA), for ''Moebius Library: The World of Edena'' in the category "Best U.S. Edition of International Material".<ref name="eisner17">{{cite web|title=Eisner Award recipients 2010-present |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present |website=Comic-Con.org |date=2 December 2012|access-date=12 September 2022|archive-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213024118/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2018: Asteroid [[109435 Giraud]] was named in his memory.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official naming citation was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 25 September 2018 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 111801}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />
* 2020 [[Society of Illustrators]] Hall of Fame (USA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://societyillustrators.org/award-winners/jean-henri-gaston-giraud-moebius|title=Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (Mœbius)|website=SocietyIllustrators.org}}</ref>
* 2021 Inducted in the {{ill|BD Gest'|fr}} "Le Panthéon de la BD - Franco-Belge" hall of fame for his Moebius work only (France).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/pantheon/index/cat/1|title=Le panthéon de la BD - Franco-Belge|website=Bedetheque.com|language=fr}}</ref>