tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21101554.post8085174399803056239..comments2023-11-18T08:53:40.570-08:00Comments on Jed Alexander: Moebius, 1938-March 10th, 2012Jed Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833411175703626635noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21101554.post-16149888519522471322012-03-31T18:48:22.823-07:002012-03-31T18:48:22.823-07:00I think I remember you showing me those cards! And...I think I remember you showing me those cards! And of course I remember Bonanza Books. Do you remember the artist you were talking to? I might know of her. You were the sweetest kid. I can't believe you're a grown-up now! And thank you so much for the compliments. As for the having coffee in the clouds thing--I think that requires me to be dead, and I'm trying to hang on for as long as I can, but I appreciate the sentiment. Maybe one day in the far far far future. I'm going to be 40!Jed Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833411175703626635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21101554.post-61181966338652826402012-03-30T19:55:12.198-07:002012-03-30T19:55:12.198-07:00Jed- Thank you for sharing. I didn't even know...Jed- Thank you for sharing. I didn't even know he'd passed away. I remember your San Diego visit and going to Comicon. I only had a few dollars to spend and, bored of waiting in line with you guys, I found some quiet booth with a young female artist. I bought her comic full of unicorns and woodland fairie folk...typical little girl. Years ago in some tiny remote town in Idaho, I ran across some Moebius collector cards (the kind with five cards and a hard powdery stick of flavorless pink gum). I remembered being drawn to his work, and purchased as many as they had. I was so excited to bring them home to my dad and Josh. We called around and found out we could order a case through Bonanza Books in the Roseburg Square. I now have an entire collection in a binder made for baseball cards. Loved his work...and I love your work too! I'm sure your enthusiasm upon meeting Moebius stayed with him all his days. Maybe one day, far far away, you two can have a cup of coffee in the clouds.Mia Brownhttp://www.miabrownphotography.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21101554.post-40631886683482893592012-03-25T07:04:43.179-07:002012-03-25T07:04:43.179-07:00Thank you for the kind words!
I should say that ...Thank you for the kind words! <br /><br />I should say that while I didn't care much for the story, the Fifth Element looked great! And it sounds like you had at least a small part in that. It was a very original looking film and there were obviously many many hands that went into making it. I checked out your website and you do some great work! Thanks for reading.Jed Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833411175703626635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21101554.post-22637161122136278482012-03-25T06:32:03.458-07:002012-03-25T06:32:03.458-07:00Great post Jed! The point that you have missed her...Great post Jed! The point that you have missed here is that your unbridled childish enthusiasm, that you feel embarrassed about, is the driving force behind Moebius' work! He never lost touch with that inner force of nature and you need not be embarrassed by it either. It's what drives us to make art.. that unexplainable feeling in the gut that sends us spazzy! ;-)<br /><br />I envy you meeting him too. Closest I got was painting matte paintings on Fifth Element. Funnily enough, one of them was the cityscape behind the floating Thai Restaurant!<br /><br />RegardsWayne Haaghttp://www.ankaris.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21101554.post-49259628664096128232012-03-11T07:37:04.364-07:002012-03-11T07:37:04.364-07:00Jeremy: I remember seeing some of those Willow des...Jeremy: I remember seeing some of those Willow designs in a magazine somewhere, but I had no interest in seeing the movie, even then, even though I loved Moebius. It looked THAT awful. For a movie written by George Lucas with a cast almost completely composed of what appeared to be everyone in Hollywood under five feet tall they could scrounge up (and Val Kilmer), it's amazing how well forgotten that movie is. I just looked at the movie poster again, and it was just as embarrassing as I remember. Maybe he just wanted to keep all those guys employed who played ewoks in Return of the Jedi? Val Kilmer, to this day, is a deal breaker for me. I simply can't watch a Val Kilmer movie. But that happened some time after The Doors...<br /><br />Josh (who is in fact the Josh whose mom took a photo of me in the story above) was the one who invited me to Comicon in the first place. Um, the less said about that trip the better. We'll talk about it when we have coffee.Jed Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833411175703626635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21101554.post-26413463198023808612012-03-11T03:33:45.695-07:002012-03-11T03:33:45.695-07:00Thank you for sharing this Jed. I remember the da...Thank you for sharing this Jed. I remember the day we met Moebius very well. He had a very kind way about him and he seemed to genuinely appreciated your enthusiasm. He will be missed.Josh Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21101554.post-69943599917599387762012-03-11T01:19:54.951-08:002012-03-11T01:19:54.951-08:00I had him sign the same book, too, at a comic book...I had him sign the same book, too, at a comic book shop in Beaverton, Oregon run by the brother of the publisher of Dark Horse Comics. I asked him as he was signing what he was working on next and he said he was working on a movie for George Lucas called "Wheel." I only realized later that this was the French pronunciation of "Willow!"Pinkhamsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791620431728841393noreply@blogger.com