This Paperback Book item from IBooks was reviewed on 25-Oct-2008. Search ISBN:0743400151 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. Moebius Arzach 1 Reference Book. Classifications : General AAS History & Criticism Arts & Photography Subjects Books General Instructional & How-To Arts & Photography Subjects Books General Graphic Novels Comics & Graphic Novels Subjects Books General . Click the following link to view the cover of Moebius Arzach 1. Related topics: General AAS. History & Criticism. Arts & Photography. Subjects. Books. General. Arts & Photography. Subjects. Books. General. requestid: e555ead1-1ebc-4738-86e4-d3a71fae7dda
requestprocessingtime: 0.1479980000000000
salesrank: 615562
numberofitems: 1
packagedimensions: 85832121544
1) Paperback Book Moebius Arzach 1 by IBooks. I´m interested in Moebious works. At the first time, I think this item is one of his work. However, it appears that it is a novel based on the graphic novel, which doesn´t include many of Moebius´s illustrations, only at the beginnings of the chapters.
In terms of its content, I think the book is not as good as I expect. It´s a fair fantasy story, having interesting plot. The book tries to illustrate the Arzach´s world, which I think the graphic novel can do it better, but less focuses on the characters. It seemingly focuses on backgrounds of the characters and connection between them, rather than leads to emotional involvement. So, when I read it, I got the story, but did not share sympathy with the characters as I should.
In summary, this book is ok to read, but not the must. It is a good complement of the Arzach graphic novels.¤ 2) Paperback Book Moebius Arzach 1 by IBooks. I´d give this book zero stars if I could.
I grew up reading bad fantasy literature by the pound. My tolerance is remarkably high for this kind of stuff but this book is simply unreadable. Redundant, pretentious prose. I can´t even get to the content of the book because the writing is so poor. Here´s a typical example...
"The ancient city of Qisque stood on the estuary of the mighty river Arelas, south of the snow-capped land of Qerce, far to the north beyond the fertile plains of Gayoffe and the swampy marshes of Fonville...[the black messengers of Qisque were] the feared envoys of its queen, the lady Maurien, whose beauty was legend and whose wrath was feared from the edge of the Scalding Sea to the mighty peaks of the Avurias"
It gets worse. Terrible imagery, awful metaphors and similes, packed with cliches....
"The mist creature began swaying back and forth, while Sarukin erupted in maniacal, high pitched laughter..."
"He was a man whose skin was burnished, ageless as an old sword that has seen too many battles."
Good lord, man. And get a load of some of the names and titles used in the book...
The Time of the Dark Flame
The Time of Mourning
The Formless Ones
The Desert of Tears
The Morning of Time
The Rock of Everlasting Despair
Totally disappointing book. A few inches above fan fiction. AVOID. Not sure why this book is so highly praised.
Moebius´s art is okay though the illustrations look more like accomplished studies than finished illustrations.¤ 3) Paperback Book Moebius Arzach 1 by IBooks. Jean Giraud, known as Moebius is one of the foremost expert talents when it comes to the comic medium, born in France and trained at an art institute but well known all over the globe. Perhaps best known for illustrating an Old West comic, Blueberry, he was also drawing and designing costumes and sets to such movies as Alien, Tron, Willow, The Fifth Element and The Abyss. His imaginary worlds and characters are lush and rich, making my brain and eyes fill with glee, and honestly making me want to get up and draw myself. Arzach is not a comic book, but an actual novel, tangling the real world with Moebius´s imaginary land of Morning of Time, where the main hero is Arzach himself, a silent and wise warrior flying on a pteron (a pterodactyl like creature) though golden sun rays, rich blue skies over lush green grasses swaying under the creatures wings, which pull any living pray into its green tentacles and devour it. Nothings is as it seems on the strange world filled with deserts and pyramids, forests and dark crystal towers. There are however portals on this land that can transport any creatures to our modern civilization, as something forlorn is brewing in the Morning of Time land and It wants to get out to our side.
Our hero is on a mission, as the book starts of a little complicated, due to strange names, but it slowly melts all the stories and characters as there are many, to form what looks like bedtime stories with a twist into a full fledged battle between good and some really nasty rotten evil. Arzach the silent warrior tires to save his land from Sarakin, a blood hungry evil creature beyond damnation who is literally killing everyone in sight and who is extremely darkly written in this beautiful book. The story flows from the beginning, of how the land rose form the boiling sea, as creature good and free got pushed over by malevolent spirits who rule the underworld, which seems to roam free as it pleased, attacking innocents with huge eight legged monkeys, flying salamanders, evil wizards, soldiers and gnomes and carnivorous creatures who each other. This is the land of Kinds and evil barons, red eyes hounds with yellow teeth who hunt the forests at night and spirits who live in the tar and who will cast away any sanity its prey possesses. Pretty much anything imaginable is reality there as Arzach somehow has a crash of cultures when an artist from Los Angeles gets through to his side, and who against all odds tries to fight the battle with him against Sarakin who is the master of conniving and lying, spying and above all focused on destroying Arzach and all the humans.
I had a great time reading into Moebius´s world of power struggles and relationships between the good creatures and the magical animals, as some of the pteron flights and fighting sequences were movie like in front of my eyes. I felt as if I was there, flying with Arzach wielding a glimmering sword, conquering the dark plague.
Moebius is a great artist, from drawing serene images to lush and violent and sometimes sexually charged topics as his imagination ends where the sun finally sets. The sun will never set anywhere of course, as he will never stop being one of the most influential and amazing artists of our time. This books plunges into his story and makes me crave more. I hope to read continued stories of Arzach, with his tall hat and fuzzy pom poms, slicing through air on his mighty bird.¤ 4) Paperback Book Moebius Arzach 1 by IBooks. Jean "Moebius" Giraud created a work that transcended the comicstrip medium with Arzach. Known as the artist on the classic western series, "Lieutenant Blueberry", Giraud started experimenting with adult themes in his work, exploring a form of narrative storytelling that he channelled directly from his subconscious. Prior to Arzach there was "The Detour", still signed Gir, and then "The Horny Goof", which preempted "The Airtight Garage". But it was Arzach that had the most profound effect on the comic industry. Silent and enigmatic, it is a collection of sometimes comic, sometimes profound short stories. The artwork owes much to early American pulp work by such greats as Virgil Finley. The landscapes linger like realised dreams.
Arzach has provided me with a lifetime of inspiration in my comic work. It is timeless and it is a masterpiece. If you enjoy sophisticated free-form artwork with adult fantasy and science fiction themes, then Arzach will not disappoint.
Also check out Moebius´ "The Long Tomorrow".¤ 5) Paperback Book Moebius Arzach 1 by IBooks. Moebius Arzach is a compelling and original work, wonderfully illustrated with huge appeal. I hope to some day read another volume of tales about Arzach, Charlimpota the jovial wizard and the Pterons. One for the keeper shelf.¤ 6) Paperback Book Moebius Arzach 1 by IBooks. Out of the desert he comes, a hero with no past, in search of his future. The authors have written several other novels about Arzach, and Moebius is the illustrator of both the cover and the interior drawings.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 22-Nov-2008, 07434001519780743400152, 510-960-0X0-981-681-481-8 
Moebius Arzach 1, Book, Image © IBooks
|
