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A review by arrianne
Before the Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky
5.0
So I read this after Akala mentioned the series is his favourite in Natives. I started with The Incal, which in the timeline should be second but was the first written, on some vague recommendation I read online and I think it would work either way.
If you read it the way I did, this is the backstory of John DiFool, Class R Detective, and the tale of him falling in love and solving some of the most scandalous crimes set to at least keep people glued to their TV sets for a bit.
The world it’s set in has very obviously inspired other things, most clearly The Fifth Element, with its malevolent corporations, focus on consumption, lack of morals and obsession with televising more and more scandalous events to keep interest. The art is amazing. I definitely think I preferred this to The Incal but both are great.
CW: near-constant violence or threat of violence/rape, substance use.
If you read it the way I did, this is the backstory of John DiFool, Class R Detective, and the tale of him falling in love and solving some of the most scandalous crimes set to at least keep people glued to their TV sets for a bit.
The world it’s set in has very obviously inspired other things, most clearly The Fifth Element, with its malevolent corporations, focus on consumption, lack of morals and obsession with televising more and more scandalous events to keep interest. The art is amazing. I definitely think I preferred this to The Incal but both are great.
CW: near-constant violence or threat of violence/rape, substance use.