A review by nolansmock
The Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky

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.