This little story, featuring such wonderful art, comes from Heavy Metal magazine #6, September 1977. Its artist/writer “Cortman” evidently contributed this and nothing more to the mag, and so far I’ve been wholly unable to find any other work by them online.
Of course it’s possible that it’s a much better-known artist working incognito, but altho the lush, imaginative, cross-hatching style reminds me of a few others, I’m not feeling a perfect match with anyone in particular. Anyway, here’s the full story:
https://imgur.com/gallery/LTPhUIg
NOTE: HM was a rather eccentric magazine that ran for 46 years, ending just last year. It was one of the biggest gateways in the States to encounter the wild, adult world of BD. I’m currently working on an article about the mag, and plan on posting a few more highlights like these. Anyway, enjoy.
EDIT: I just happened to chance on the blog page below. For some reason I’d never thought about ‘Moeby’s school of imitation,’ but it makes sense, no?
What’s interesting about this page is how the artist seems to be channeling Moebius. To be fair, everyone and their brother went through a Moebius period in the 80s and 90s. It was endemic in European art circles, to the point where someone could probably assemble a nice Master’s thesis on the Moebius school.
Has strong Moebius vibes.
Hey! I’ve edited in a link in response to your comment about Moebius. See above, please.
It was endemic in European art circles, to the point where someone could probably assemble a nice Master’s thesis on the Moebius school.
True and let´s also not forget his huge impact on Sci-Fi cinema, which would have been even greater if Jodo´s Dune would have been realized.
True and let´s also not forget his huge impact on Sci-Fi cinema
Hmm, besides Dune, I’m thinking The 5th Element, Tron, and maybe Blade Runner?
Pretty sure I’m mixing stuff up, tho…
Alien comes to mind too and several other movies he worked on: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320786/
I am sure he also had an impact on movies he did not work on personally, just through his style being well known and influential in Sci-Fi.
I have never seen this before (very nice!), and I have the Metal Hurlant n°6 so I fetched it, started browsing, and then it hit me :-)
O_O Amazing! This is great stuff and I have never seen it before. You are full of surprises.
Frankly, I love looking through BD-themed blogs, and as is sometimes the case, I found something I liked in one and decided to expand upon it.
In this case I tracked down the full story with much better-quality art, then did a little more research. The blog page I’m talking about can be seen here.
And it was worth the effort. I appreciate this new impression a lot. Thank you! 🙇♂️
