The Exotics

by Mœbius, Randy Lofficer (Translator), Jean-Marc Lofficer (Translator)

J.D. Foster is an Earthman on shore leave in the spaceport city of Pharagonesia. It's a crazy day in the city, as the locals are celebrating Mutation Day. And it's a crazy day for J. D. Foster, as he's about to experience his first glass of "koks"! Earthmen and koks, they don't mix too well, with the result being more than a little . . . messy. "Shore Leave on Pharagonesia" is just one of the peculiar stories you'll find in Moebius' The Exotics, a collection of the French cartoonists more unusual science-fiction works. Featuring such notable stories as the long-out-of-print "The Horny Goof," the prequel to The Airtight Garage and The Man from the Ciguri, this 80-page classic travels the wondrous pathways that could only have been created by the legendary Moebius. This volume also includes story notes by Moebius.

Genres: Comics

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996

About the author

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (pen-name: Mœbius) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer, who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées tradition.
Also published as Jean Giraud.

Reviews

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

->IT'S ONLY 6" x 9"<-

The size is unforgivable but I didn't take it out of my rating. Make sure to try this guy with a higher and wider eye another time.

I did appreciate the blurbs about most of the story where he wrote interestingly about the backgrounds and his process.

"Shore Leave on Pharagonesia" (the best within) and "The Horny Goof" are the 24 pagers that bookend 6 shorts that range from 1-5 pages. I liked everything and the art is mostly exquisite!

[Zach · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moebius Exotics contains a wonderfully whimsical mix of outrageous, beautiful science fiction stories by the great Jean "Moebius" Giraud: (i) 'Shore Leave on Pharagonesia' (26 pages), an absolute epic about an intrepid traveler's visit on a strange planet--you just have to read it; (ii) 'Blackbeard and the Pirate Brain' (5 pages), about a mad AI that thinks it's a pirate, which to say the least interferes with its operation of the interstellar space vessel it was created to guide; (iii) 'There is a Prince Charming on Phenixon' (4 pages), about a small-time space trader who loses his wife to a monster (it sounds like a spoiler, but it's not what you think); (iv) 'The Artifact' (4 pages), a jokes little jewel about a pare of space travelers who discover an alien "artifact" on an Earth-class planet; 'Split the Little Space Pioneer' (2 pages), a short gag about a poor lonesome traveler on a long interstellar journey; (v) 'You're the Object of This and That' (4 pages), possibly the most random story in the bunch, which is saying a lot; (vi) 'The Invaders' (1 page), a classic newspaper-style strip about an alien invasion; and (vii) 'The Horny Goof' (24 pages), another ridiculous, layered masterpiece you have to read to believe. Incroyable.