The French sci-fi comic that inspired Blade Runner and Akira

Mœbius (Jean Giraud) was the artist who was responsible for the look of many of our favorite films (Escape from New York, Blade Runner, the Fifth Element, etc.) and he published his sci-fi works in Métal Hurlant. His impact was far reaching and he's not as well-known as he should be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraud

Some of his best work was his collaboration with Jodorowsky on the Incal books. Surreal, gorgeous, and colorful.

Great post, Its quite fascinating to see that some influences of cyberpunk owes its origin to french Sci-Fi. I would like to also add that, they are many more French influences such as Jean Giraud which have also inspired, countless artists, e.g. like Hayao Miyazaki (creator of spirited away) and worked several times together. Just to add, that one of my favorite sci-fi movies of all time, has to be the fifth element, well its concept art was made by Jean Giraud & Jean-Claude MézièresaS. And I must say that movie along with blade runner and the matrix, those movies were the best tech-noir / cyberpunk comic -movie sci-fi adaptations ever made. Merci la France.

Valérian et Laureline for Star Wars:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C3%A9rian_and_Laureline

I love these; I recently picked up the whole collection and started reading them as I never read them all. Last year I went to a village somewhere north of Tokyo and if gave me flashbacks to one these albums: 70s buildings with big roots flowing through them. They should just base a complete series on these. The Star Wars link is lost on me though. Maybe I will find that when I reread.

The 5th element, too