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Under the cut is a page from "The Long Tomorrow," written by Dan O'Bannon and illustrated by Jean Giraud, AKA Moebius, a story famously credited as inspiring Blade Runner's cityscapes.
I'd love to read this, but unfortunately, my library doesn't have a copy. I have this horrible feeling that this itch will lead to me buying a bunch of old Heavy Metal issues.
Here's an interesting poster I found, while hunting for "The Long Tomorrow". Tetsuo (from Akira), by Moebius
What got me hunting in the first place, was part of a mini-doc on Moebius that I watched during my first cup of coffee. I caught the bits about his time with an odd collective (with shades of cultlike characteristics to it), and his work on Alien. I'm crazy about the Alien series, though I don't think I've ever talked about said craziness here. (A couple of years ago I read a long and involving feminist rereading of the whole series, that I'm forever trying to track down. There are more than a few of them, so it gets complicated).
Anyway, today's tidbit of art, besides the above Moebius, is Necronom IV by HR Giger. This painting was the beginning of the Alien; it's what got him a job as a conceptual artist and designer for the film. It's easy to see how we got to the Alien queen and the facehuggers from here.
I'd love to read this, but unfortunately, my library doesn't have a copy. I have this horrible feeling that this itch will lead to me buying a bunch of old Heavy Metal issues.
Here's an interesting poster I found, while hunting for "The Long Tomorrow". Tetsuo (from Akira), by Moebius
What got me hunting in the first place, was part of a mini-doc on Moebius that I watched during my first cup of coffee. I caught the bits about his time with an odd collective (with shades of cultlike characteristics to it), and his work on Alien. I'm crazy about the Alien series, though I don't think I've ever talked about said craziness here. (A couple of years ago I read a long and involving feminist rereading of the whole series, that I'm forever trying to track down. There are more than a few of them, so it gets complicated).
Anyway, today's tidbit of art, besides the above Moebius, is Necronom IV by HR Giger. This painting was the beginning of the Alien; it's what got him a job as a conceptual artist and designer for the film. It's easy to see how we got to the Alien queen and the facehuggers from here.