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Dark Horse Books presents Moebius Library: The Depressed Hunter

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Another intensely psychedelic adventure from the legendary master of comics, Jean “Mœbius” Giraud, arrives June 2026 in Moebius Library: The Depressed Hunter. This hardcover edition will be the first time this story has been presented in English, written and illustrated by Mœbius, translated by Diana Schutz, and lettered by Adam Pruett.

In this graphic novel prequel to The Major, Mœbius’s Major Grubert finds himself attempting to chase away the blues, but gets caught up into a surreal adventure. Taking a vacation to the Airtight Garage to clear his mind, Grubert walks straight into an assassination plot: his own! As the Major goes undercover, the late, great French master cartoonist Mœbius delivers The Depressed Hunter, taking readers into the intricate world of the Major’s dreams—and nightmares!—with the lush, exquisite pen-and-ink work for which the author is best known. This is another intensely psychedelic adventure that only Mœbius could take us on!

Moebius Library: The Depressed Hunter (hardcover, 88 pages, 8.376” x 10.875”) will be available in bookstores on June 9, 2026 and in comic shops on June 10, 2026. It is now available for pre-order from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore or comic shop for $24.99.

Moebius Library: The Depressed Hunter

Exclusive Preview: Doctor Mœbius and Mister Gir

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Doctor Mœbius and Mister Gir

Writer: Jean Giraud (Mœbius), Numa Sadoul
Artist: Mœbius
Translator: Edward Gauvin
Publication Date: December 13, 2023
Format: 288 pages; TPB; 8 3/8″ x 10 7/8″
Price: $29.99
Age range: 14+

Working closely with publisher Casterman and Mœbius Production, Dark Horse now brings you Numa Sadoul’s landmark interviews with Jean “Mœbius” Giraud. The master reflects on his many lives as an artist and man, from his Heavy Metal breakthrough era to a year before his untimely passing.

Numa Sadoul–whose exclusive fourteen-hour interview with Hergé in 1971 was the basis of the 2003 documentary Tintin and I–is known for his book-length conversations with such major comics figures as Jacques Tardi, André Franquin (Spirou), and Albert Uderzo (co-creator of Astérix). Edward Gauvin, translator of over three hundred graphic novels, brings us Sadoul’s English-language debut, as he explores the mind of the maestro Mœbius.

Doctor Moebius and Mister Gir

Exclusive: Dark Horse Books Presents Mœbius Library: The Major in 2024

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Arriving for the first time in English, Dark Horse Books presents Mœbius Library: The Major. This latest volume in the Mœbius Library series toys with one of its most famous characters. Mœbius Library: The Major features writing and art by legendary creator Jean “Mœbius” Giraud, translation by Diana Schutz, and lettering by Adam Pruett.

The Major is a psychedelic, sequential romp created by Mœbius between 1997 and 2009, following a production principle that embraces graphic spontaneity and improvisation. The lead character of this pseudo-story, Major Grubert, evolves in a humorous yet philosophical manner, echoing how Mœbius’ creations are treated in the Inside Mœbius series.

Join the Major on his last trip to the nebula of The Airtight Garage, where Mœbius rules as the playful Trickster of legend. What begins as a comical jaunt into unusually profound philosophical questions regarding the nature of existence, eventually winds up as a penetrating examination of the relationship between the author and his creation, the latter of whom must necessarily suffer at the heartless whim of his creator, despite the Major’s passionate desire for real life—and even freedom—beyond these comics!

The Mœbius Library: The Major hardcover will arrive in bookstores February 6, 2024 and in comic shops February 7, 2024. The 184-page volume, measuring 8.375 x 10.875”, is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at your local comic book shop and bookstore and will retail for $39.99.

Mœbius Library: The Major

Taika Waititi will Direct The Incal from Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius

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The Incal

A big screen adaptation of the beloved graphic novel The Incal from Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius has taken a major step forward. Taika Waititi will adapt and direct the film. Waititi is collaborating with Jemaine Clement and Peter Warren on the project. It’s the first film for comic and graphic novel publisher Humanoids.

The Incal is a French graphic novel by Jodorowsky and Jean Giraud, aka Moebius. It introduced the “Metabarons Universe.” It was originally published in installments between 1980 and 1988 in the French magazine Métal Hurlant. Additional volumes were releases into 2014, Before the Incal, After the Incal, and Final Incal. It also featured spin-off series Metabarons, The Technopriests, and Megalex.

The story revolves around the Light Incal, a crystal of enormous and infinite powers and the numerous factions that want it. A group comes together to save the universe and stop the forces of the Dark Incal.