This seems targeted at fans of stuff like Heavy Metal, The Fifth Element, or Aeon Flux, the latter two of which this predates by at least a decade. Jodorowsky is typically weird and fantastical, throwing in plenty of drugs, violence, weird sex, and so forth - if I'd read it in middle school I probably would have loved it. The plot is incredibly overwrought space opera, so hopefully you have a high tolerance for incredible evils, intergalactic conspiracies, narrow escapes, goofy metaphysics, robot prostitutes, and that sort of thing. Reading it as an adult makes it less revelatory, but it's good that he was able to scratch his creative itch and indulge his inner teenager. There's some sequels that I probably won't read; I feel like Jodorowsky's weirdness comes across better on film than it does on the page somehow. Worth a look if you've seen his movies and are looking for more. A ver... siempre he admirado la imaginación plástica de Moebius, la nitidez de su dibujo y su sentido del humor irónico y socarrón. Por otro lado NO SOPORTO A JODOROWSKY. Eso me había mantenido lejos de El Incal hasta ahora. Bueno, pues ya está, ya ha caído, y confirma mis sospechas: el aspecto gráfico, deslumbrante. La historia, una pamplina. Y el lado cursi al que Moebius tendía a veces, completamente desbocado.Así que le doy tres estrellitas por respeto a Moebius y porque con los cómics somos más benevolentes, ¿no?
What do You think about The Incal (1988)?
Crazy metaphysical sci fi with gorgeous artwork in a beautiful collected edition.
—AmyAnt
Amazing artwork and fun/cool space opera story.
—Rhinoseat
