My all time favorites are:
The Incal - Moebious & Jodo
Before the Incal - Janjetov & Jodo
The Meta Barons - Giménez & Jodo
Fragments of the Encyclopedia of Dolphins - Prado
Nikopol Trilogy - Enki Bilal
The Techno Priests - Janjetov & Beltran & Jodo
Jeremiah - Herman
Megalex -Beltran & Jodo
What do you think about those and what are your favorites?
Oh wow, now WHAT is that…? oO
A collection of short stories, each story presents a certain point of social and technological development in the future of human society. Every story stands on it´s own but they all seem to be in the same timeline. Each story revolves around a different hypothetical point of development and concept of what humanity might develop into and tells about struggles and achievements of individuals and groups in the different scenarios. There is almost no action and a lot of interesting ideas to think about. He also did many other great comics in his distinct style. Two examples:
Thanks! It looks and sounds amazing!
For an English version, would you recommend reading it through “1984” magazine? Or if it’s not too wordy, I can read Spanish & French slowly.
It has parts that are more and parts that are less wordy. If my Spanish would be good enough I would for sure read the original version. I also like having all fragments together in one nice book. I don´t know much about 1984 magazine, just that it is comparable to Métal Hurlant. Are those old issues that had the first release of the single fragments still available?
Magazines like that are sometimes preserved digitally at archive.org. It’s not ideal of course, but I thought it might be a way for me to get a little taste of this work before I look further. Either way, I’ll track this one down in good time.