- Airtight Garage
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title=The Airtight Garage
foreigntitle=Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius
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caption=Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius
series=Major Fatal
writers=Moebius
artists=Moebius
publisher=Les Humanoïdes Associés Humanoids Publishing
origdate=1976
origisbn=2731614145|"The Airtight Garage Of
Jerry Cornelius " ("Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius") is a lengthycomic strip work by the artist and writer Moebius (real nameJean Giraud ). It first appeared in discrete two-to-four page episodes, in the French magazine "Metal Hurlant " between1976 -1980 , and later in the American version of the same magazine, "Heavy Metal", starting in1977 .The Jerry Cornelius character was originally invented by
Michael Moorcock who at one point gave permission for him to be used by any artist or writer who wished to - a sort of early 'open source ' brand distribution. There was later some dispute over the character, and the right of use was revoked. WhenMarvel Comics reprinted the series, the name Jerry Cornelius was changed to "Lewis Carnelian".It was published in the UK as a graphic novel by Titan Books in
1989 , in advance of aSony [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.01/moebius.html animated version] that was never made. It was also republished in a four episode run in 1992.The Airtight Garage was followed by "
L'Homme du Ciguri " ("The Man From Ciguri") in1995 . Some of the characters from these stories also show up in the1974 comic "Le Bandard Fou " ("The Horny Goof"), which can be considered aprequel to "The Airtight Garage".The Airtight Garage was also the name of a bar and
videogame parlor in theMetreon inSan Francisco - featuring all original games. The name and architectural styling is no coincidence, and Moebius souvenirs could be purchased there. The arcade was then renamed "Portal One", and the original games were phased out in favor of more familiar ones (although the decor was still Moebius-inspired), and was closed permanently on May 13, 2007.Plot
The story is at times confusing, as Moebius was making it up as he went along.Fact|date=May 2008 The garage itself is actually a hollow asteroid in the
Leo constellation , around whichMajor Grubert revolves in his spaceshipCiguri . From there, he oversees the development of the worlds contained within the asteroid. Several entities, one of them being Jerry Cornelius, seek to invade the garage.
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