![]() Who threw John DiFool over the Suicide Alley railing and why? John is rescued mid-fall, not because of any intrinsic worth, but because he has utility to the police. ![]() The first, The Black Incal, starts with mystery and peril. From the first moment when readers plunged into the tale alongside John DiFool’s first fall into Suicide Alley, The Incal has influenced literature, comics, and the silver screen, even influencing the visuals of Star Wars. Writer Alejandro Jodorowsky and artist Jean “Moebius” Giraud mixed together Dune, dystopia, and Californian pop spirituality to create a cosmic opera. The 1980s saw the pages of Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal filled the strange allegorical journey that is The Incal. I am alive, just like you! And destiny has brought us together to restore justice to the universe. ![]() No, John DiFool, you understand nothing! I am not a computer. With Dune, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and The Incal back in the cinema spotlight, most recently with the announcement of an Incal movie by Taika Waititi, let’s take a look back at the Castalia House Blog’s review of THE BLACK INCAL. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |