One of France’s best-known cartoonist and comic book creators, Jean Giraud, has died aged-73 in Paris after a long-illness. Giraud was the creator of the hugely popular character Lieutenant Blueberry for a Western series of the same name. (RFI)
Jean Giraud (born 8 May 1938; died 10 March 2012) was a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Mœbius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings. He died on March 10th 2012 at age 73 in Paris. Giraud and the movies on Bleeding Cool.
Jean Giraud on Wikipedia – Official website - The art of Jean Giraud on theartboardstudio