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lukemosher's review against another edition
Jodorowsky continues to dazzle, and Janjetov continues Moebius's spirit. One thing I didn't notice until the interview with Janjetov at the end, but when Jodorowsky was first introduced to his artwork, he said it reminded him of Moebius's early stuff, before he refined his style, so he decided to write an Incal prequel to fit the style, and over the course of the book the art style gradually becomes more refined, until the very last section, where it looks pretty much exactly like Moebius, at which point the timeline of the original Incal starts. What a fun ride. I also got myself After Incal, The Metabaron, and The Technopriests, and hope to read straight through them this Christmas, to give myself something to do. Long live Jodorowsky!
kateofmind's review against another edition
4.0
This combination of batshit mysticism, corny dialogue and Heavy Metal sci fi really has no business being as entertaining as it is. Croot.
mburnamfink's review against another edition
5.0
Before the Incal is everything I wanted The Incal to be, a delightful romp through the deranged and decadent Cityshaft with John Difool, and much less "it was spaaaaace Jesus the whole time". The young Difool bounces between acts of crime and charity, experiencing the banned emotion "love", falling in with an obsolete Bible-quoting robot cop, and foiling the machinations of the Technopope and repeatedly clone President. His investigation, into where the babies of prostitutes are disappearing, uncovers a scandal of galactic proportions that has him leading psycho-anarchists against the news media in a desperate battle for survival.
There's one quote which I think gets the essence of the story. "We know one thing: The babies have their brains injected with sperm and ova from two non-putrefied ancient saints... Then they're frozen and sent to the Aristo-Maternity Ward... So if we want to resolve this mystery, that's where we have to start!"
Yeah, that's the one thing I know. Strange story by Jodorowsky, great artwork by Janjetov, awesome book.
There's one quote which I think gets the essence of the story. "We know one thing: The babies have their brains injected with sperm and ova from two non-putrefied ancient saints... Then they're frozen and sent to the Aristo-Maternity Ward... So if we want to resolve this mystery, that's where we have to start!"
Yeah, that's the one thing I know. Strange story by Jodorowsky, great artwork by Janjetov, awesome book.
loppear's review against another edition
3.0
Gorgeous, weird, sex-fueled, unloveable characters everywhere, echoes of so much contemporary sci-fi space opera film but Fifth Element most strongly?
lamnatos's review against another edition
4.0
An odyssey that starts as a simple detective mission and ends up being a spacetime quest to save the cosmos. Moebius' drawings are immaculate throughout, both when dealing with a sprawling metropolis or when traversing the edge of reality itself. Jodorowsky has crafted a story that is straightforward (in the save-the-universe-from-evil kind of way), but still has enough twists and turns to remain interesting while it constantly crescents in scope towards the grand finale.
ederwin's review against another edition
4.0
Doesn't make very much sense. The story goes off in 100 different insane directions at once. At times it was fun. At times ridiculous. At times I was so bored I had to force myself onward. Overall, worth the ride.
francomega's review against another edition
2.0
From the minds behind the greatest movie never made, Jodorowsky's Dune. This uses a lot of the imagery that they couldn't use on film. In hindsight, comics may be the best format for realizing such wild ideas. The result? It's okay, though I suspect, as with a lot of foreign comics, a lot is lost in translation.
jameseckman's review against another edition
4.0
The bizarre story by Jodorowsky and the wacky art of Moebius make for a fun read. And it's is purely coincidence that the heroine in this book is a strange platinum blonde along with a Fifth Essence and the film The Fifth Element. A French graphic novel that helped kick comics out of the kiddy section with its storyline of sex and political corruption, items forbidden by the American Comics Code Authority.
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