European Graphic Novels++

Haha, the only reason that I'm not completely blown away by this quality share is that my pal Nacktmull is something of a specialist at this stuff, and heavily contributed to our sub across our nearly 2-yr history on Lemm.ee, before that instance eventually shut down recently, whereafter we relaunched here. (and I miss my pal and his 'Moeby' shares)

But yeah-- thank you kindly for that! <3

Now, in terms of 'surrealism,' that word can of course mean many things (due to its very nature I suppose!), but with Jean Giraud specifically, what I loved as an eternal fanboy (don't say "otoku," goldaggit!) is that he could & would combine outrageous, surreal, fantasy concepts with tightly-drawn, even exactingily, lovingly pen-hatched visuals(!)

Perhaps not unlike the absolutely towering genius of the States' Richard Corben, whose paw-prints are all over all kinds of significant projects, like the Heavy Metal film media.

But also, and yet... I find there's a 'lightness and darkness' aspect/divide upon these two incredible masters, almost like Robert E. Howard examples versus... huh. How'bout... oh, what the hell: Miyazaki himself?! (bumblingly introducing yet a 4th towering master, just to turn the whole discussion in to complete, disintegrating chaos, lol)

Bah... now are those some good or bad analogies?! oO