Moebius œuvres complètes #6

Tardi's cover for Métal Hurlant #138 sets a perfectly sardonic tone: a wide-eyed dark-haired woman in a strapless dress and long black gloves shares an oddly tense moment with a glowering, bowler-hatted figure in a heavy coat, both clutching a gleaming lidded vessel between them — the tagline "Laisse-moi la toucher!" ("Let me touch it!") making the whole scene delightfully ambiguous. Inside, a stellar lineup of contributors — Beltran, Blondel, Bourhis, Dionnet, Højgaard, Jodorowsky, Johnson, Lucas, Macdonald, and Vigouroux — promises the kind of wildly eclectic storytelling that made this French anthology essential reading. A fine reminder of just how much creative energy Métal Hurlant packed into a single issue.