Moebius 2: Arzach and Other Fantasy Stories

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Arzach is one of Moebius s defining works It was America s first introduction to him through the Heavy Metal serialization of the story It, like many of Moebius s works, isn t very strong in a narrative sense, but it is nice to look at And, unlike lots of Moebius, it isn t bogged down by text Which is funny to say because the second story in this volume is bogged down by text to the point that I began to skim the text and focused on the drawings.

Another great collection of stories by the master, monsieur Moebius Aside from the masterpiece both in design color and scenario, Arzach, the rest short fantasy and sci fi stories are a sight for sore eyes I loved the The White Citadel and The Ballade , while the The detour had too big speech bubbles for my taste.

Bought this book in the French original so I couldn t understand the first story but since this rest of this book had no text whatsoever it hardly made much difference The art is just incredible Arzach s psy fi chedelic journey through Moebius world is full of naked zombie creatures, giant phallic apes, alien warscapes and deceivingly beautiful monsters I can definitely understand why Moebius art is considered revolutionary in the comic book genre he mereges bright pop art like colour schemes wi [...]

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Moebius tiene un estilo muy personal de narrar y de dibujar, es muy bueno, un poco sombr o y m rbido, pero es parte de la aura que encierra su obra Esta novela encierra las historias del silencioso Azarch, un h roe sobre un pterod ctilo que influencio a Taarna de la pel cula Heavy Metal Me saco un par de sonrisas y hay algunas bromas que me tarde en captar, pero creo que la traducci n tiene algo la culpa Aparte de las de Azarch hay algunas historias cortas como La Ciudadela Blanca, Kutulu y La D [...]

Sehr gemischte ZusammenstellungW hrend die ersten, fr hen Zeichnungen von Moebius komplett ohne Dialog auskommen und eine unheimliche Faszination ausstrahlen, ist der Rest so extrem dialoglastig, dass man die Zeichnungen hinter den riesigen Textblasen kaum mehr sieht Leider ist meines Erachtens mit dem Dazukommen des Texts die Magie der Bilder abhanden gekommen Trotzdem lohnt sich die Anschaffung, denn allein die ersten zwei, drei Geschichten sind, trotz ihrer K rze und Textlosigkeit, extrem fas [...]

Moebius s visual imagination is unparalleled I can just stare at his panels for minutes, each one is an exquisitely imagined and flawlessly executed painting But as Eisner said, comics is sequential art, they need a narrative component, and this is where Moebius falters.The very short stories in this anthology, most of them centered on his famous pterodactyl borne silent alien warrior Arzach, are barely stories at all The humour is rudimentary, drama nonexistent and attempts at psychosexual allu [...]

Esta obra est compuesta por historias cortas que tienen como protagonista al mismo personaje, un hombre llamado Arzach que viaja en una especie de ave gigante para encontrarse con seres extra os Las historias son humor sticas, ambientadas en lugares extravagantes y haciendo uso de ciencia ficci n Un estilo que solo como Moebius era capaz de llevar acabo Cabe mencionar que estas historias practicamente carecen de texto.Los relatos son algo graciosos y entretenidos, sin embargo lo que vale la pena [...]

The art is novel for its time and amazing The story is cryptic This was a source of inspiration for so many artists, including Hayao Miyazaki for Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, for example Enough saidDO art cryptic story loose or no plot gratuitously obscene

Beautiful wordless comix of strange captivating other worlds populated by green skinned men and weird albino pterodactyl like creatures The intricacy care with which Moebius draws his bizarre alien worlds would almost be too fussy if not for the sly humor coursing through each page A delight to behold.

Incredible artwork The entire experience might have been even better if all the stories, like Arzach, had been wordless the narrative doesn t often live up to the art Open it to look and to gaze and to stare, astonished Includes some nudity

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The panels color Very visually pleasing.

More fun Moebius stuff The Arzach stories left me a little confused as to why they re so renowned, and I hated Detour, what a wordy mess.

his art always gets 5 stars.

Not so much a story wise collection, but oh my god those drawings An exquisite surreal safari of wonders.

dont know anything about it but i would like to check this and heavy metal the comic out much moebius is tight.

A triumph of style over story Gloriously artistic, but accompanying slight, forgettable stories.

Excelent I love the albino pterodactile ad the huge skeletons I ve read it in french I love it For the images, this book deserves five stars And Azrach a classic

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Moebius works on the subconscious, evoking emotions with powerful mythical imagery Stunning work And the colours, The colours