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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
The good stuff: great art, lots of interesting ideas.
The bad stuff: I can't relate to this at all (as a woman), very 'pulpy', (not my taste), and the story is all over the place.
Worth reading if you're interested in Jodorowsky, Jodorowsky's Dune, Moebius, or all things esoteric.
The bad stuff: I can't relate to this at all (as a woman), very 'pulpy', (not my taste), and the story is all over the place.
Worth reading if you're interested in Jodorowsky, Jodorowsky's Dune, Moebius, or all things esoteric.
Took a break and did not return. Last opened June 2022. Plan to finish eventually.
Moebius' art is beyond compare but the story? Inane, repetitive, overstuffed, without any of the charm of, say, the Edena stories.
This is like a 320 page high speed hallucination, drawn out so you can see it. It’s constantly moving on to the next thing, desperate attempts to save the world from weird and unlikely foes.
It’s funny and weird and while a bit dated, the story has clearly been a huge influence on more modern culture like The Fifth Element.
The artwork is beautiful.
It’s funny and weird and while a bit dated, the story has clearly been a huge influence on more modern culture like The Fifth Element.
The artwork is beautiful.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
medium-paced
DNF. The art style and writing style were grating on the nerves.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This comic series is like the film “The Fifth Element” but made by people who were doing weird drugs. The film was clearly inspired by this comic, but the comic is trippy, hippy, digressive, excessive, and at times incoherent. That incoherence is its greatest flaw; the plot often jumps around nonsensically, much of the dialogue is awful, and the tone bounces from slapstick to serious philosophical inquiry without any sensible rhyme or reason. It is clear that the story was written collaboratively by a dreamer and a drawer, without any overarching structure.
In spite of all that, it still manages to be fun to read most of the time.
At its core this is a brightly-colored Noire detective story. The private detective in question is a lowlife who neither wants to be a hero nor attempts to do the right thing very often, but who is driven and pulled into heroism against his will. He’s petty, self-centered, obsessed with sex, and not very bright. He’s a typical likeable rogue. The setting is a dystopic Space Opera featuring a rigid class system, human-animal amalgams, mutants, featherless birdmen, and various cyborgs and robots.
If you can handle the excesses and would like to see the comic book inspiration for the weirdest SciFi movies that have somehow gotten big budgets, give this a whirl.
In spite of all that, it still manages to be fun to read most of the time.
At its core this is a brightly-colored Noire detective story. The private detective in question is a lowlife who neither wants to be a hero nor attempts to do the right thing very often, but who is driven and pulled into heroism against his will. He’s petty, self-centered, obsessed with sex, and not very bright. He’s a typical likeable rogue. The setting is a dystopic Space Opera featuring a rigid class system, human-animal amalgams, mutants, featherless birdmen, and various cyborgs and robots.
If you can handle the excesses and would like to see the comic book inspiration for the weirdest SciFi movies that have somehow gotten big budgets, give this a whirl.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is A LOT. The first half or so is wildly disjointed, and that things tie together at the end feels more happenstance than preordination. The whole book moves at a lighting pace through grand ideas. It feels like the concepts for about twenty films all mashed together (which, I suppose it has become) but without any time to ruminate on the ideas themselves, constantly running into the new. It's what I imagine combining LSD and speed feels like. Mœbius' work is stunning, and Jodorowski's script is inventive, but the breakneck "plot"-driven story leaves a lot to be desired.
Pretty incredible. Epic in scope, didn't get bogged down with too much explanation. Just a fun, wild ride.