![]() ![]() Salkowitz: It looks like you are prioritizing unseen and lesser-known works for the announced titles so far. Geof Darrow, a brilliant artist in his own right who had collaborated with Jean, helped to arrange a meeting between Isabelle and me, and things took off from there. After his passing, Isabelle, his wife, was interested in creating just such a library. Jean’s work was such an inspiration to so many that it seemed a shame that a definitive library of his work did not exist in the US. From that point, we began publishing a series of his graphic novels, and he was a regular contributor to my anthology Cheval Noir. David Scroggy, who came to work for me just a few years later, represented him in the late eighties and helped arrange for Jean to visit Portland just a few years after Dark Horse opened. Our first publication was in the summer of 1986. Naturally, he was one of the creators I targeted when I started Dark Horse. ![]() Like everyone else at the time, I was captivated by both his style and his subject matter. ![]() Mike Richardson, President/Publisher, Dark Horse Comics: I first became aware of Jean’s work through his magazine, Métal hurlant, way back in the seventies. Was this a priority for Dark Horse to get this done? Was it personally important to you? Rob Salkowitz, FORBES contributor: US readers have waited a while for really good editions of Moebius’s work. ![]() I had a chance to discuss the ambitious series with Dark Horse President and Publisher Mike Richardson. Dark Horse Shares Its Plans and Vision for the Series ![]()
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