The Blueberry Saga
Blueberry, the name of a shadow figure of the American West, is everywhere, yet nowhere. Blueberry is a tale of adventure, action, and gold. It is in part a hybrid of two classic American pop-culture forms: the Western pulp and the comic book. Ironically, though the basic inspiration is American, the project by artist Moebius (Jean Giraud) and writer Jean-Michel Charlier is an import from France and shows a strong influence of the gritty 3spaghetti2 Western movies filmed in Spain and Italy, especially by Sergio Leone (3Fistfull of Dollars2). Full of excitement and heroics, slashing knives and blazing guns, white hats and black hats, Blueberry is a classic. Awe-inspiring compositions, amazing brushwork and great characters create a mythical Western dreamscape.