30 in 30: Moebius - Upon a Star

#16: Moebius 1: Upon a Star
Storytellers: Moebius (Jean Giraud)
Publisher: Epic Comics
Year Of Publication: 1987
Page Count (can be approximate or in # of issues format): 64 pages

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT WRITING / STORYTELLING:

When writing alien dialects, one need not be constrained by utilizing our English alphabet.  You can use images instead of words – made up or otherwise – to show their language in the word balloons

 
WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT ART / STORYTELLING:

The coloring in this book really stood out for me.  The use of vivid colors was striking in this.  And the fact that Moebius used colors for common things (such as the sea or the characters’ skin tones) that did not match with our expectations (the sunsets were green, some human-like characters had orange skin) really sold the alien setting of these stories.

 
RECOMMENDATION: B

NOTES / REVIEW / SYNOPSIS This was the first of Epic’s line of Moebius collection from the 1980s and it includes a few short stories and one longer story, “Upon a Star,” that are all part of Moebius’s Aedena cycle.  They were enjoyable, and the art was amazing, but there was little ground-breaking in here, in my opinion. Still, these were very fun and beautiful science fiction stories that I would definitely recommend, if you’re able to find them at a decent price now.