Awards
- 1973: Shazam Award, Best Foreign Comic Series, for Lieutenant Blueberry
- 1975: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italy, Best Foreign Artist
- 1977: Angoulême International Comics Festival Best French Artist
- 1979: Adamson Award, for Lieutenant Blueberry etc.
- 1980: Yellow Kid Award, Lucca, Italy, Best Foreign Author
- 1980: Grand Prix de la Science Fiction Française, Special Prize, for Major Fatal
- 1981: Angoulême International Comics Festival Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême
- 1985: Angoulême International Comics Festival Grand Prix for the graphic arts
- 1986: Inkpot Award
- 1988: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Moebius album series
- 1989: Eisner Award, Best Finite Series, for Silver Surfer
- 1989: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Incal
- 1991: Eisner Award, Best Single Issue, for Concrete
- 1991: Harvey Award, Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for Lieutenant Blueberry
- 1997: Designated finalist for induction into the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1989, inducted in 1997
- 1997: World Fantasy Award: Artist category
- 1998: Included in the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
- 2000: Max & Moritz Prizes, Special Prize for outstanding life's work
- 2001: Haxtur Award Best Long Comic Strip, for The Crowned Heart
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