FRANCE-CULTURE-CARTOON-FILES

Picture taken on February 9, 2008 in Poitiers, central France, shows French cartoonist Jean Giraud, aka „Moebius“, posing in front of a fresco made from one of his albums. Moebius, the creator of famous cartoon strips Blueberry, died at 73, early on March 10, 2012 in Paris following a long illness, told one of his closest collaborators to AFP. AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD