Return to the parent publisher .281993.E2.80.93present.29 Blueberry (comics)

—giraud, 2010, on return dargaud, , on being sole artist on blueberry.

tiring of giraud s inaction, philippe charlier took matters own hand, , had father s co-creations return parent publisher dargaud @ end of 1993 without apparent objections giraud (though had stipulated exemption non-comic blueberry art, produced either on personal title and/or own publishing houses gentiane/aedena, starwatcher graphics, , stardom – see below), , there blueberry has remained ever since. dargaud joyous occasion of having acquired copyrights of blueberry comic incarnations, reason enough ask giraud – serving sole main series artist – embark on new story-arc, resulted in ok corral cycle, last 1 of main series turned out be. how thrilled dargaud have reacquired blueberry amply demonstrated – aside decision revitalize serialized pre-publication format blueberry mentioned – in 2000 documentary mister gir & mike s. blueberry made on occasion of release of geronimo l apache , in instances shown of considerable marketing efforts publisher undertook in order promote new album – documentary therefore 1 such instance – , among others having many parisian metro stations plastered huge blueberry posters. aside this, dargaud made use of opportunity clean muddied release chronology, formalizing establishment of 3 series , restarting album numbering each in reprint runs. concurrently, international licenses renegotiated.

apart foreign language publishers , constituting break in tradition, dargaud started farm out special, one-time only, series licenses other francophone publishers, besides aforementioned 2013-2014 all-series la collection blueberry hachette, included french book club fr:france loisirs 2003 main series releases. francophone publisher granted special license main series french-belgian newspaper le soir released blueberry intégrale in 2 editions, fifteen-volume edition of 2009, , sixteen-volume edition of 2015. france loisirs release, each volume, save 3 in end, collected 2 of original albums , offered newspaper readers , subscribers. 3 single album volumes (no s 8, 15 , 16) augmented new blueberry art, featured in separate section , separately negotiated giraud s own publisher, mœbius production.

jean-michel charlier has never witnessed return of creations parent publisher, nor has ever mended fences george dargaud – publishing house charlier had made signature contributions after – , , followed charlier in death day 1 year later on july 18, 1990. large extent publication wanderings of blueberry has been mirrored in other european countries well, particularly in germany (where era referred der heimatlose blueberry – homeless blueberry ) , scandinavian countries (the danes referring era blueberrys lange march – blueberry s long march ), every publisher change followed suit similar changes among local publishers in territories well. how confusing era had been, exemplified aforementioned la longue marche title, has been released in french no less 6 publishers in time period 1980-2003, or seven, if 1 include super serialized magazine publication well.

though 2007 apaches title became last in main blueberry series, creating comics became increasingly difficult giraud because eyesight started fail him in last years, did continue create single-piece blueberry art on larger canvases on either commission basis (such aforementioned le soir editions) or under aegis of mœbius production until own death in 2012, of sold considerable prices 2005 onward, alongside older original blueberry art giraud still had in possession, in specialized comic auctions @ such auction houses artcurial, hôtel drouot , millon & associés.