Inside Mœbius, Vol. 1 Review

Rating: 3/5

Synopsis: Inside Moebius Vol. 1 collects the first two chapters of the author's stream-of-consciousness journey in his mind as he meets his older creations, historical figures, etc.

My Thoughts: This felt like an introspective reflection of Moebius's (aka Jean Giraud's) previous work and his recovery from drug addiction along with his thoughts on contemporaneous events like 9/11 at the time he wrote this comic during the early 2000s. There isn't much of a linear narrative to it besides Moebius's random musings, some of which were downright hysterical such as his visualization of Osama Bin Laden as a woman. There were oodles of puns and other forms of wordplay also which tragically was lost in translation; however, the footnotes do clarify the nature of the jokes so it wasn't so much a dealbreaker. Neither was the crudely drawn art that I saw as a tacit statement to the cartoonist's slow addiction recuperation. Unfortunately for me, since I haven't read any of Moebius's previous work aside from a few random short-form comics here and there such as Arzach, I couldn't appreciate the meta-commentary to its fullest extent.

Final Thoughts: Though I was able to enjoy the book's surreal (albeit crude-looking) art and dialogue, I think it would be better suited for those who are already familiar with Moebius's previous opus.