Moebius' and Alejandro Jodorowsky's Sci-Fi masterpiece collected in one epic volume. Lose yourself in the in the story that inspired many legendary filmakers including George Lucas and Ridley Scott.
Moebius' and Alejandro Jodorowsky's Sci-Fi masterpiece collected in one epic volume. Lose yourself in the in the story that inspired many legendary filmakers including George Lucas and Ridley Scott.
John Difool, a low-class detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called "The Incal." Difoolβs adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxyβs greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against the awesome powers of the Technopope. These encounters and many more make up a tale of comic and cosmic proportions that has Difool fighting for not only his very survival but also the survival of the entire universe.
“"The Incal isn't a book you just read. It's a science fiction book you experience. A true classic in every sense of the world. It's ingenious."”
"Itβs one ofΒ theΒ great comics team-ups." Rolling Stone
"The Incal is entrancing...It crackles with invention: if you like your sci-fi, youβll love this." The Guardian
"If there is one phrase you could assign toΒ The IncalΒ as a summary of itβs brilliance βlike nothing elseβ is the most pure and accurate description I could think of." Nothing But Comics
"The IncalΒ isnβt a book you just read. Itβs a science fiction book you experience. A true classic in every sense of the world. Itβs ingenious." Forces of Geek
Alejandro Jodorowsky PrullanskyΒ (Spanish:Β [xoΓ°o'?ofski]; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean and FrenchΒ avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his filmsΒ El TopoΒ (1970),Β The Holy MountainΒ (1973) andΒ Santa SangreΒ (1989), Jodorowsky has been "venerated byΒ cult cinemaΒ enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violentlyΒ surrealΒ images and a hybrid blend ofΒ mysticismΒ and religious provocation".[1]
Born toΒ Jewish-UkrainianΒ parents in Chile, Jodorowsky experienced an unhappy and alienated childhood, and so immersed himself in reading and writing poetry. Dropping out of college, he became involved in theater and in particularΒ mime, working as a clown before founding his own theater troupe, theΒ Teatro Mimico, in 1947. Moving to Paris in the early 1950s, Jodorowsky studied traditional mime underΒ Γtienne Decroux, and put his miming skills to use in the silent filmΒ Les tΓͺtes intervertiesΒ (1957), directed with Saul Gilbert and Ruth Michelly. From 1960 onwards he divided his time between Mexico City and Paris, where he co-foundedΒ Panic Movement, a surrealistΒ performance artΒ collective that staged violent and shocking theatrical events. In 1966 he created his first comic strip,Β Anibal 5, and in 1967 he directed his first feature film, the surrealistΒ Fando y Lis, which caused a huge scandal in Mexico, eventually being banned.
His next film, theΒ acid westernΒ El TopoΒ (1970), became a hit on theΒ midnight movieΒ circuit in the United States, considered the first-ever midnight cult film, and garnered high praise fromΒ John Lennon, who convinced formerΒ BeatlesΒ managerΒ Allen KleinΒ to provide Jodorowsky with $1Β million to finance his next film. The result wasΒ The Holy MountainΒ (1973), a surrealist exploration ofΒ western esotericism. Disagreements with Klein, however, led to bothΒ The Holy MountainΒ andΒ El TopoΒ failing to gain widespread distribution, although both became classics on the underground film circuit.[1]Β AfterΒ a cancelled attemptΒ at filmingΒ Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novelΒ Dune, Jodorowsky produced five more films: the family filmΒ TuskΒ (1980); the surrealist horrorΒ Santa SangreΒ (1989); the failed blockbusterΒ The Rainbow ThiefΒ (1990); and the first two films in a planned five-film autobiographical seriesΒ The Dance of RealityΒ (2013) andΒ Endless PoetryΒ (2016).
Jodorowsky is also aΒ comic book writer, most notably penning the science fiction seriesΒ The IncalΒ throughout the 1980s, which has been described as having a claim to be "the best comic book" ever written.[2]Β Other comic books he has written includeΒ The TechnopriestsΒ andΒ Metabarons. Jodorowsky has also extensively written and lectured about his own spiritual system, which he calls "psychomagic" and "psychoshamanism", which borrows fromΒ alchemy, theΒ tarot,Β Zen BuddhismΒ andΒ shamanism.[3]Β His son CristΓ³bal has followed his teachings on psychoshamanism; this work is captured in the feature documentaryΒ Quantum Men, directed by Carlos Serrano Azcona.[4]
Jean "MΕbius" Giraud was a French artist, cartoonist and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinΓ©es tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim predominantly under the pseudonym MΕbius and to a lesser extent under the nameΒ Gir, which he used for the Blueberry series and his paintings. MΕbius' most famous work was The Incal, written by Alejandro Jodorowsky. HeΒ also contributed storyboards and concept designs to numerous science fiction and fantasy films, such as Alien, Tron, The Fifth Element and The Abyss.
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