jackb_93 's review for:

The Metabarons: Ultimate Collection by Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Difficult to get the measure of this, it appears to be another spiritual journey that reaffirms love in the end, but that is tempered by a clear enthusiasm for violence. The ending is explicitly revolutionary. As a reading experience, it is slightly less compelling for me than the 'Incal' cycle because the Metabarons as characters are a bit too 'unfeeling warrior' to draw you in, representing a lapse into high fantasy, where characters are masculine or feminine ideals or archetypes rather than people who breathe. It's difficult not to see this as intentional however, as Jodorowsky really does seem interested in presenting the kind of psychological makeup that would be required to be the ultimate indiscriminate killer or mercenary. The art by Giménez is incredible, absolutely stunning, and simply has to be experienced. The beauty of it is difficult to describe in words but it's simply some of the most stunningly imaginative art I've seen in books.