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Jean Giraud
French comics author (1938–2012)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 8 May 1938
- Died
- 10 March 2012
- Place of birth
- Nogent-sur-Marne
- Place of death
- Montrouge
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Giraud
- Child
- Hélène Giraud
- Genre
- comic, Western, science fiction, art of drawing
- Occupation
- comics writer, screenwriter, postage stamp designer, painter, penciller, draftsperson, comics artist, television actor, film actor, film director, television director, cartoonist
- Citizenship
- France
- Awards
- Knight of the National Order of Merit, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Special Award of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême, Yellow Kid Award, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Sproing Award, Inkpot Award, Will Eisner Hall of Fame, Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, Best foreign work published in Spain, Gouden Olifant voor gehele oeuvre
- birth name
- Jean Henri Gaston Giraud
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- copyright representative
- reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
- different from
- Jean Giraud
- educated at
- École Duperré
- employer
- Spirou, Pilote, L'Écho des savanes, Métal hurlant, Marvel Comics, Dargaud, Casterman, Humanoids, Hachette, Novedi, Alpen Publishers, Dupuis
- end of work period
- 2012
- influenced by
- Jijé, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jean-Paul Appel-Guéry, Carlos Castañeda
- languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Jean Giraud
- notable work
- Arzach, Airtight Garage, Blueberry, The Incal, Le Monde d'Edena, Q3236227, The Long Tomorrow
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- pseudonym
- Gir, Mœbius
- start of work period
- 1956
- topic's main category
- Category:Jean Giraud
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