Art For Art’s Sake #270: The Beauty Of Euro Comics

It’s the weekend and it’s time to kick back and relax a while. But not us here at Comicon. Nope, we (that would be me) have had the highly skilled team (again, just me) poring over the Internet to find you the very best of comic art for the week… it’s Art For Art’s Sake…

Okay then, let us begin with what’s turned out to be a completely Euro-themed Art For Art’s Sake... and why the hell not? Bande dessinee is, after all, one of the hugely dominant forms of the comics medium, way more widely read than North American comics. They’re not called the ninth art for nothing…

So, where to begin? Oh, maybe a little of the master – Moebius…

 

Two classic characters now, first continuing the Moebius/Jean Giraud connection with his characters Blueberry and Chihuahua Pearl by Enrico Marini

…and then Hugo Pratt‘s Corto Maltese by Enrico Marini

And after posting those two by Marini, I’d be remiss to not put up some Blueberry and Corto Maltese art…

Jean Giraud…

Blueberry by Colin Wilson…

Hugo Pratt –  Corto Maltese

 

Corto Maltese by Vladislav Legostaev

Corto Maltese by John Paul Leon

Morris – Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke – Ralf Konig

Lucky Luke by Denis Bodart

Blutch – Lucky Luke

André Juillard draws Blake and Mortimer

Long John Silver art by Mathieu Lauffray

Andre Franquin

Juanjo Guarnido – Blacksad