September 1996
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September 2014The Incal
by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius
The Sci-Fi masterpiece by Moebius and Jodorowsky about the tribulations of the shabby detective John Difool as he searches for the precious and coveted Incal. 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." Difool’s adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy’s 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.
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Bouncer
by Alejandro Jodorowsky and François Boucq
A Western tale turned on its ear and filled with strange characters and surreal situations. From what could only have originated from the mind of "El Topo" director, and "The Metabarons" author, Alejandro Jodorowsky, "Bouncer" follows the adventures of a one armed gunslinger and sometimes saloon bouncer in one of the Wild West’s many dangerous and vice-infested towns. Drawn by acclaimed artist François Boucq in a gritty and realistic style.
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April 1998The Technopriests
by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Zoran Janjetov
The cosmic adventures of a young boy on his path to ridding the galaxy of an insidious technological plague. After the Greek tragedy of "The Metabarons," Alejandro Jodorowsky returns to his biblical roots with this quest reminiscent of Moses and set on a galactic scale. To top it off, the characters and the theme of virtual reality are tailor-made for artist Zoran Janjetov ("Before The Incal"), who finds in Jodorowsky his perfect match. Albino, hero of this space odyssey, remembers here his childhood, his apprenticeship, and the big and small battles he had to fight to fulfill his ambitions in a universe where technological advances are paradoxically matched only by the cruelty and the barbarism of the forces controlling it.
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February 2015The Metabarons
First Cycle
by Alejandro Jodorowsky & Juan Gimenez
A must-read spin-off of best selling Sci-Fi masterpiece The Incal. Visionary film director and author Alejandro Jodorowsky's returns with a grand-scale space opera. The Metabarons chronicles the fascinating dynasty of the ultimate warrior. This collection introduces the history of the Metabarons and reveals the origins of their deep-seated principles, their vast wealth, their cybernetic implants, and their most brutal custom: that the only way for a son to become the next Metabaron is to slay his own father in mortal combat. Follow generations of Metabarons as they struggle to overcome the forces amassed against them in a galaxy corrupted by greed, power, and terror.
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Mélasse de fantaisie
by Francis Ouellette
Rue Poupart, Centre-Sud, December 1976. A newborn slips from the inexperienced arms of his mother and tumbles down the stairs of the apartment building. At the moment that the skull should have cracked, time stands still and simultaneously stretches out: Francis sees his whole life and sets about relating it. Guided by Frigo, a well-known local bum, the author roams the nooks and cellars of his memory and a neighbourhood infected by the gangrenous rot of the dearly departed Faubourg à m’lasse, as the working-class area was once called. An at times hilarious and troubling epic, Fancy Molasses is a constellation of (real) characters who are larger than life, such as Ti-Crisse, Josette’s girlfriend, Lil’ Mike the disgraced saxophonist and Raymonde, the undisputed champion of Rock-A-Thon. And while the neighbourhood’s exotic wildlife fascinates, it’s also menacing. Left to his own devices, Francis will try to embrace and escape life as best he can. Anyways, as he says. Somewhere between The Life Before Us, the psychomagic of Alejandro Jodorowski and the opulent cinema of André Forcier, Fancy Molasses is a gargantuan tale stuffed with bits of unforgettable bravery.
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The ArtsOctober 2020RIDLEY SCOTT
A Retrospective
by Ian Nathan
Illustrated with images as iconic as they are stunning and including the author’s first-hand experiences on set and interviews with Scott himself, this book charts the extraordinary journey of Britain’s greatest living director.Telling the stories behind Alien and Blade Runner, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, and many more, it also goes in search of the themes and motifs that unite such different films, and the methods and madness of Scott’s approach to his medium.This is the account of a director who has never been less than stubbornly, brilliantly, unforgettably his own man. Author Ian Nathan is one of the UK’s best-known film writers. He is the author of eight previous books, including Alien Vault, the bestselling history of Ridley Scott’s masterpiece, and Terminator Vault. He is the former editor and executive editor of Empire, where he remains a contributing editor.
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Literature & Literary StudiesEl arte de la cháchara - La poética de lo abigarrado en las novelas de Enrique Lihn
La poética de lo abigarrado en las novelas de Enrique Lihn
by Daniel Rojas Pachas
La trilogía sobre la retórica del poder, que Enrique Lihn nos ha legado, fue creada bajo el signo del bufón y la podemos entender como literatura plural y abigarrada. Antonio Cornejo Polar señala en torno a estos dos conceptos: "corresponde a una especie de supradiscurso multiétnico que acumula, sin sintetizarlas, sus hondas y extensas contradicciones". En ese tenor, Enrique Lihn señala en uno de sus versos, dedicados al ocio increíble del que somos capaces: “el estilo que por lo cierto no es el hombre / sino la suma de sus incertidumbres”. En busca de la contradicción inherente, el autor chileno crea realidades ficcionales, que se apartan de lo documental y privilegia generar efectos de enmascaramiento y una comunicación que se da en términos de una combinación de estados neuróticos y paranoides. Habla que remite a un marco de censura y vigilancia, al punto de extremar el locus horridus propiciado por un poder corrupto e irrefrenable. Se trata del reino en que prevalece la palabra vacía e impotente que surge de la censura. Daniel Rojas Pachas nos entrega en este ensayo, una visión profunda y crítica de la narrativa, de uno de los escritores chilenos más importantes del siglo XX.
