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Check Out Moebius Covers For Metal Hurlant

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4 years ago

July 5, 2022

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Over on the Humanoids website from back in 2020, they showcased all of Moebius’ Metal Hurlant covers with comments from Humanoids’ Senior Art Director and writer Jerry Frissen (The Metabarons: Second Cycle, The Zombies That Ate the World, The Fire of Theseus) on each one…

Metal Hurlant #1

The first Metal Hurlant I got was #13—when I was 13. Since it was forbidden to minors, I stole it. Finding the first 12 was pretty hard. When I finally found the first one, I was so happy that I kept it with me constantly. It was in my backpack, at school, for months.

Metal Hurlant #4

I’ve always been fascinated with this image. I never understood what was going on, but I didn’t really care. I’m not sure who did the design around it—probably Etienne Robial who designed the early look of Humanoids.

Metal Hurlant #6
Personally, I think this is one of the most fascinating illustrations Mœbius has ever done. It shows every part of what he was: an amazing artist with limitless imagination and a great sense of humor. When I realized that there was a black-and-white story from Mœbius inside this issue, I began searching for another copy, and as soon as I found it, I colored it. It was freaking ugly, but still, I should have kept it.

Metal Hurlant #24

More proof that Mœbius’ imagination was absolute.

Metal Hurlant #26

With this cover, we can salute the incredible balls that the people at Humanoids were showing. On one side, they were fighting for the magazine to be sold to minors, but they were also fighting for their freedom of expression. They were about to win. This issue is also the reason why my parents hated to see me reading Metal Hurlant.

Metal Hurlant #38

This was a surprise for everybody: Blueberry was suddenly in Metal Hurlant. It was only one book, Nez Cassé, and lasted for three or four issues. Blueberry was wildly popular back then.

Metal Hurlant #44

A few issues later, to replace Blueberry, Mœbius and Jean-Michel Charlier did another western, Jim Cutlass. They only made one book. It was taken over by another artist years later.

Metal Hurlant, #57B

This is a special one. It’s the only piece of art made by Mœbius and Philippe Druillet. It was colored for this issue of Metal Hurlant, which was a best-of encompassing the early years.

Metal Hurlant, #58

“Merry Christmas,” stated the cover. Indeed, it was! This was the beginning of what was to become the most recognizable of Mœbius’ work: The Incal. I remember how excited I was when I got that issue.

Metal Hurlant, #73

This cover is actually the movie poster of Les Maîtres Du Temps, the movie that René Laloux did and Mœbius’ wrote/designed, based on the novel The Orphan of Perdide by Stefan Wul.

Metal Hurlant, #83

Part of this issue was in 3D, printed in green and red and sold with a pair of glasses.

Metal Hurlant, #86

This issue was the beginning of Book Three of The Incal. It was around that time that Mœbius announced that after the end of The Incal, he would stop doing comics. Obviously and fortunately, it wasn’t true. This cover was only used in The Incal printing from 2003.