Jean Giraud (aka Moebius) may have passed away more than two years ago, but his works, and advice, lives on. Thanks to a translation by artist Xurxo g Penalta, English speakers now have the opportunity to read Moebius' 18 tips for fellow cartoonists, from a 1996 interview with the Mexican magazine La Jornada Semanal.

Penalto's studio mate Brandon Graham has posted the European master's "brief manual" for cartoonists on his blog. This last tip  is oddly prescient for 2014 despite being offered nearly two decades ago: "Now it is possible to find [a] reader in any part of the planet. We must have this present. To begin with, drawing is a way of personal communication, but this does not imply that the artist must envelop himself in a bubble; it's communication with the beings near us, with oneself, but also with unknown people. Drawing is a medium to communicate with the great family we have not met, the public, the world."