No, Magnus was. Moebius said this himself.

@@pompombuuum3182 Are you talking about Roberto Raviola? I'm not interested in the discussion who's "the best", whatever that means, but I would be interested in Moebius talking about Magnus. Do you remember where he said that and if he got into any details?

@@ja_no yes, Roberto Raviola. It was a documentation about Moebius, where he talked about his life and how he came to work as Giraud, Gir and Moebius. Then he spoke about fame and that people called him God and he himself needed time to learn to live with fame. Then he was asked what he thinks about himself now and he said:“If you ask any good artist, he will tell you, there is only one God among us and that is Magnus.“

@@pompombuuum3182 Thanks for the reply, that's very interesting and slightly confusing. Not that Raviola wasn't a fantastic artist, but, to me, Giraud picking him as the "god" still feels a bit random. I'm probably just not familiar enough with his best work, as I'm sure Giraud had good reasons to pick him...

@@pompombuuum3182 just looked this guy up, wasn’t impressed like I was with Moebius. Any specific works of his that I should look into ?

I wonder if it has more to do with what hes inking specifically, like if he does the hat with the nib to get more precise lines because its a more static object, but then switches to brush for the face for more of an organic expressive feel

Especially in

you can find it anywhere in france, they cheap

Hi SeanvanderM & Sparta007ot thank you for your messages though I’m 11 yrs late replying to Sean ( can’t recall if I replied u earlier) & 3 mths late to Sparta as I didn’t view this Moebius since :) Sparta it will be great if you can give me more info where to get this nib with a link perhaps? Sean I’m surprised Conte sell pen nibs too? As I’m only aware they make excellent Conte A Paris pencils :) Have a great day gents :) Yes like all Moebius fans I missed his excellent line work drawing :)

Yeah...I wondered about that myself...

Jean Giraud-Moebius, murió, pero su obra y su recuerdo persistirán mientras haya humanidad. Aborrezco esa cosa horrible de rip, que significa "descanse en paz", la muerte es el fin de la vida, las personas solo pueden descansar cuando existen. Disculpa, pero me parece horrendo que pongáis esa cosa espeluznante, tan fría y tan poco respetuosa. Es una opinión, claro, y creo que tengo el derecho de comentarla, el mismo que tu tuviste al poner esa losa. Sin acritud, un saludo.

It's from an ARTE television documentary. It's a german-french television, so there are very few programmes that have made their way onto youtube.

I think the brush is a windsor newton series 7 round size 3, an industry standard. But I have no idea about the nib. All I know is that it's really large and loose, and it seems like it has a more rounded point

Nib might be Sergent Major

Don't think the brush is W&N. Pause video at the end (00:59) and you see a golden 2 on the wood. Maybe a Raphael 8404 no.2

The nib is a Sergent Major, yes, very common in France. And the brush is indeed a Raphaël 8404 size 2, as Winsor and Newton brushes are not available in France.

In the dutch edition of the collected Blueberry (Integrale uitgave, deel 7, p6) Patrice Pellerin writes that Giraud used a Winsor & Newton no.3 (and adds that Caniff used a no.1 and Foster and Raymond used a no.2). He also writes that Giraud drew on Schoeller Parole paper for almost his entire life. (A paper that is, I believe, not produced anymore today.)

It's not a color pencil...

It was from a TV show on the Arte Channel, long time ago.