Upon a Star

This book collects early examples of Moebius' science fiction work, and is typical for showing his exploration of different artistic styles. Several of the works were commissioned by big business interests who wanted to inspire their employees and readers.

The commercial aspects of these stories are a bit silly, as is Moebius' attempt to inject his humanitarian spiritual philosophies. Each story has a foreword and afterword, and in these Moebius talks briefly about his experiences with various spiritual movements and gurus.

The story published in a French finance magazine is particularly saccharine, with long expository passages about mankind's propensity for war, destructive nature, failure to live 'in balance', and the failure of its show more religions to move towards 'cosmic unity'. Like many romanticized sci fi allegories before and since, Moebius' aliens are stand-ins for angels, and all the philosophies of peace, love, and progress they espouse are about as profound as you'd expect.

There are some interesting moments in the comics, which seem original and thought-provoking, but Moebius often ends up trying to explain them to us, immediately transforming them from mysterious to didactic allegory.

Still there is some originality, depth of character, sense of humor, and lovely art which lift the works up. show less

Sci-fi, filosofia, elegância e muita coisa para pensar... Esse Moebius, viu...

Relí. Primeira leitura em 2013 quando saiu no Brasil. A coletânea completa consegui comprar somente neste ano na Feira do Livro

My first Moebius book.

(Limited-Signed Edition no. 205)

Autre facette de MOEBIUS : la recherche perpétuelle d’une ligne pure illustrant un monde de rêve. C’est avec Casterman et la série EDENA qu’il en montre la vision la plus aboutie. Son trait se fait ligne claire doucement colorée et ses histoires à la symbolique assumée sont un régal pour les rêveurs éveillés. Un grand travail de design est au coeur de l’album « la déesse ». Hélas, une fois de plus, cette vision se clôturera sur un cul de sac d’où il se sortira par une pirouette un peu légère dans le le tome 5.