Reviews

The Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky

staplerscissors's review against another edition

5.0

The world in this series is as big as Star Wars. This edition collects 6 volumes of Une Aventure De John Difool published from 1981-1988.

jlaier's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

nolansmock's review

5.0

An unbelievable ride. Even the ending doesn't give you a second to catch your breath. The universe is on the brink of collapse and The Incal doesn't want you to contemplate anything deep necessarily, it just asks you to hold on for dear life. No time for questions, because there aren't answers anyway. It's a real trip too, somewhere between psychedelic and cyberpunk, has a kind of corny 70s charm. Deepo, the talking bird, is easily one of my favorite characters in any sci-fi. So much of what's here bleeds into Mœbius' later work in Alien, Tron, The Fifth Element, and The Abyss. If the story isn't really your thing, nearly every page is a work of art and you could pore over the details for a long time. I got this through interlibrary loan and am bummed to return it today, especially with that ending that compels you to head right back to the start.

kittenpuke's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

davecorun's review

5.0

Wowza

julcoh's review

5.0

I read The Incal forever ago when I first discovered Moebius... as an adult it hits different.

I'm not going to say anything new on this seminal work from Moebius and Jodorowsky. It's fucking amazing, read it.

chloekg's review

4.0

Compelling, creative, grand, gentle, and visually stunning, the use of archetypes as characters leaves a flatness, a lack of depth or development. It's not necessary to have believable relationships or character growth in a galaxy-spanning sci-fi romp of mystical passion, but they're pretty important in a story about love and transformation.

albertico66's review

2.0

Beautiful art, but the storyline gets so convoluted (or maybe too deep for me???)

benjamin_oc's review

Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius’s THE INCAL (1980-1988, trans. Justin Kelly & Sasha Watson) is a big space opera full of broad comedy and gorgeous artwork. It gets a bit woowoo psychedelic for my taste on a story level, but it’s quite the feat of imagination.

kleonard's review

2.0

Jodorowsky's work is brilliant and bizarre. I can recognize the brilliance, but sometimes it's just too bizarre for my taste.