Editing Jean Giraud (section)

====Marvel/Epic====
A far more comprehensive effort was undertaken at [[Marvel Comics]] under its [[Epic Comics|Epic]] imprint in the late 1980s and early 1990s, initiated, translated and introduced by [[Jean-Marc Lofficier|Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier]]. The intent was to collect ''all'' comics Giraud had hitherto published in Europe as Mœbius into one single format collection, and in this Epic largely succeeded, when the eventual two &ndash; three when counting ''Blueberry'' as well &ndash; collections had run their courses around 1992. When initiated, the collections were otherwise unaltered published in Great Britain as well, with a lag ranging from a few months to a year, by [[Titan Books]] in a smaller print run of 6.000 copies per title &ndash; like the previous HM Communications book releases had been &ndash; as opposed to the initial 20.000 copies per title release by Epic ''with'' a continuous reprint option for those volumes selling out while the Epic publication effort was underway, a relative novelty in the US comic world at the time.<ref name="Sad69-71"/> However, of the eventual eleven titles in the ''Fantasies'' softcover collection, only six (''Mœbius 1'' - ''Mœbius 6'') were ultimately released by Titan Books. With the exception of Mœbius 9 – ''Stel'' (itself a very late addition to the ''Fantasies'' collection, being a near simultaneous international 1994 release), Giraud created new cover art for the Marvel/Epic releases, including the ''Incal'' (and ''Blueberry'') series. Save for Mœbius {{frac|1|2}} and aside from the covers, it was for the ''Fantasies'' collection that stories originally done in black & white in the French source publications, received first time coloring, most notably ''The Airtight Garage'', but excepting the seminal short story "The Detour".<ref name="detour"/> Remarkably, Epic was aided by outsiders [[Dark Horse Comics]] and [[Graphitti Designs]], who each added a volume to the ''Fantasies'' collection, adhering to the style and format as set by Epic, in which work was published Marvel/Epic itself apparently deemed too controversial to publish themselves, particularly the 0-volume for its heavy, albeit humorous, [[phallus|phallic]] theme.

Though some purist fans have frowned upon the coloring of the originally black & white stories, the Marvel/Epic ''Fantasies'' collection has nevertheless served as the template for similar collections subsequently released in not only native France, but in other countries as well.<ref>[https://www.stripinfo.be/reeks/index/1124_De_verzamelde_werken_van_Moebius De verzamelde werken van Mœbius], stripINFO.be {{in lang|nl}}; Includes other language editions.</ref>

'''''The Collected Fantasies of Jean Giraud''''' (1987–1994):
* Mœbius 0 – ''The Horny Goof & Other Underground Stories'' (72 pages, Dark Horse Comics, June 1990, {{ISBN|1878574167}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius 0: The Horny Goof and Other Underground Stories #0 |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/799251 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref>)
* Mœbius {{frac|1|2}} – ''The Early Mœbius & Other Humorous Stories'' (60 pages, Graphitti Designs, 1992, {{ISBN|0936211288}}); black & white, expanded English-language version of "John Watercolor et sa redingote qui tue!!"
* Mœbius 1 – ''Upon A Star'' (72 pages, Marvel/Epic, September 1987, {{ISBN|0871352788}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius #1 - Upon a Star |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/211596 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref> Titan, 1988, {{ISBN|1852860448}})
* Mœbius 2 – ''Arzach & Other Fantasy Stories'' (72 pages, Marvel/Epic, April 1987, {{ISBN|0871352796}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius #2 - Arzach & Other Fantasy Stories |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/211597 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref>)
* Mœbius 3 – ''The Airtight Garage'' (120 pages, Marvel/Epic, April 1987, {{ISBN|087135280X}}; Titan, January 1990, {{ISBN|1852860464}})
* Mœbius 4 – ''The Long Tomorrow & Other Science Fiction Stories'' (70 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1987, {{ISBN|0871352818}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius #4 - The Long Tomorrow & Other Science Fiction Stories |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/211599 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref> Titan, February 1988, {{ISBN|185286043X}})
* Mœbius 5 – ''The Gardens of Aedena'' (72 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1988, {{ISBN|0871352826}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius #5 - The Gardens of Aedena |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/211601 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref> Titan, 1988, {{ISBN|1852860472}})
* Mœbius 6 – ''Pharagonesia & Other Strange Stories'' (72 pages, Marvel/Epic, June 1987, {{ISBN|0871352834}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius #6 - Pharagonesia & Other Strange Stories |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/211600 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref> Titan, June 1988, {{ISBN|1852860480}})
* Mœbius 7 – ''The Goddess'' (88 pages, Marvel/Epic, October 1990, {{ISBN|0871357143}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius #7 - The Goddess |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/211602 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref>)
* Mœbius 8 – ''Mississippi River'' (64 pages, Marvel/Epic, January 1991, {{ISBN|0871357151}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius #8 - Mississippi River |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/302778 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref>)
* Mœbius 9 – ''Stel'' (80 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1994, {{ISBN|0785100202}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Moebius #9 - Stel |url=https://www.comics.org/issue/781774 |work=Grand Comic Database}}</ref>); executed in the European standard A4 comic album format as opposed to the smaller American graphic novel format hitherto employed.

'''''The Incal''''' '''collection''' (1988)<br>
Mœbius' magnum opus as such, ''The Incal'', was separately released both in the US and Great Britain in its own mini series, each title collecting two of the original French source publications:
* ''The Incal 1'' (96 pages, Marvel/Epic, July 1988, {{ISBN|0871354365}}; Titan, 1988, {{ISBN|1852861061}})
* ''The Incal 2'' (118 pages, Marvel/Epic, 1988, {{ISBN|0871354373}}; Titan, October 1988, {{ISBN|185286107X}})
* ''The Incal 3'' (96 pages, Marvel/Epic, September 1988, {{ISBN|0871354381}}; Titan, November 1988, {{ISBN|1852861088}})

The Marvel/Epic graphic novel releases earned Giraud his three Harvey Awards in the category "Best American Edition of Foreign Material" in 1988 (for the ''Fantasies'' collection), in 1989 (for ''The Incal'' collection) and in 1991 (for the ''Blueberry'' collection).

'''''The Silver Surfer''''' (1988–2012)<br>
This miniseries won Giraud his Eisner Award for best finite/limited series in 1989, each comic book issue enjoying a print run of 200,000 copies.<ref name="Sad69-71"/>
* ''The Silver Surfer, Part 1'' (32 pages, Epic, December 1988); US standard comic book.
* ''The Silver Surfer, Part 2'' (32 pages, Epic, January 1989); US standard comic book.
* ''The Silver Surfer'' (68 pages, Epic, December 1988, {{ISBN|0871354918}}); with new cover and editorial enhanced, limited deluxe hardcover anthology edition in dust jacket, though print run is unknown.
* ''The Silver Surfer: Parable'' (68 pages, Marvel, 1998/Q1, {{ISBN|0785106561}}); softcover trade paperback reissue.
* ''The Silver Surfer: Parable'' (168 pages, Marvel, May 2012, {{ISBN|9780785162094}}); hardcover trade edition, augmented with work from [[Keith Pollard]], concurrently released as a numbered, limited to 640 copies, hardcover edition in dust jacket ({{ISBN|9780785162100}}).

'''Art Books''' (1989–1995)<br>
In between, [[Epic Comics]] did release four stand-alone art book titles, with ''Chaos'' and ''Metallic Memories'' reproducing most of the 1980 original:<ref name="moebius1980"/>
*''The Art of Mœbius'' (96 pages, Epic/[[Byron Preiss]], October 1989, {{ISBN|0871356104}}); softcover US graphic novel format, collecting a selection of art previously published in the French source publications, including "La memoire du futur", but &ndash; being otherwise an American initiative &ndash; it does not adhere to either the content or size format of the source publications, rather featuring artist's annotations on each piece of artwork. Foreword by [[George Lucas]].
*''Chaos'' (96 pages, Epic, November 1991, {{ISBN|0871358336}}); hardcover book in deviant 30x30cm format issued without dust jacket, faithful reproduction of the French source publication.
*''Metallic Memories'' (88 pages, Epic, November 1992, {{ISBN|0871358344}}); hardcover book in deviant 30x30cm format issued without dust jacket, faithful reproduction of the French source publication.
*''Fusion'' (126 pages, Epic, 1995, {{ISBN|0785101551}}); oversized European graphic novel format hardcover book issued without dust jacket, faithful reproduction of the French source publication.

'''''The Elsewhere Prince''''' (1990)<br>
While Giraud (with Lofficier) was only the co-writer of this US standard comic book mini series, which took place in "The Airtight Garage" universe, there was additional art from him featured in short accompanying editorials, as well as one to two page short stories.
* Sonnet 1: ''The Jouk'' (32 pages, Epic, May 1990)
* Sonnet 2: ''The Princess'' (32 pages, Epic, June 1990)
* Sonnet 3: ''Abagoo'' (32 pages, Epic, July 1990)
* Sonnet 4: ''The Prince'' (32 pages, Epic, August 1990)
* Sonnet 5: ''The Bouch' Tarhai'' (32 pages, Epic, September 1990)
* Sonnet 6: ''The Artist'' (32 pages, Epic, October 1990)

'''''Onyx Overlord''''' (1992–1993)<br>
By Giraud co-written sequel to ''The Elsewhere Prince'', and like that series, also featuring additional art from his hand. While Giraud was very pleased with Shanower's art for ''The Elsewhere Prince'' for its "naive qualities" he found very fitting for the story-arc, he was deeply disappointed with Bingham's art for ''Onyx Overlord'', considering the work of the "old comics veteran" uninspired and "truly undignified", suspecting Bingham did not like the work. Because of this, Giraud decided not to dispatch the already completed scenarios for Logs 5 and 6. Disappointing sales of the European editions left the cycle uncompleted indefinitely.<ref>[[#Sources|Sadoul, 2015, p. 228]]</ref>
* Log 1: ''Armjourth'' (32 pages, Epic, October 1992)
* Log 2: ''Randomearth Yby'' (32 pages, Epic, November 1992)
* Log 3: ''Onyx'' (32 pages, Epic, December 1992)
* Log 4: ''Return to Armjourth'' (32 pages, Epic, January 1993)

'''''Moebius' Airtight Garage''''' (1993)<br>
Standard US comic book reissue of the 1987 graphic novel, with some additional art in the editorials.
* ''Volume 1'' (32 pages, Epic, July 1993)
* ''Volume 2'' (32 pages, Epic, August 1993)
* ''Volume 3'' (32 pages, Epic, September 1993)
* ''Volume 4'' (32 pages, Epic, October 1993)

'''''The Halo Graphic Novel''''' (2006)<br>
Comprising four chapters, Giraud provided the 16-page art for chapter 4, "Second Sunrise over New Mombasa". In the editorial of the novel (p.&nbsp;99), Giraud explained that son Raphaël's enjoyment of the game series ultimately compelled him to accept an invitation to contribute his art; before penciling the story, he had never played the video games.
* ''The Halo Graphic Novel'' (128 pages, Marvel, August 2006, {{ISBN|9780785123729}}); hardcover in dust jacket, US graphic novel format
* ''Halo Graphic Novel'' (128 pages, Marvel, June 2010, {{ISBN|9780785123781}}); softcover trade paperback, US graphic novel format