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?
Aquablue series, originally by Cailleteau and Vatine. I also like the later ones, but I feel the storytelling is simpler, for a younger audience.
Yoko Tsuno, by Leloup. Couldn’t get enough of the series as a kid.
Of course Valerian, and there also the earlier works.
I read a lot of Yoko Tsuno as a kid too :) In retrospect, the series was pretty ahead of it´s time by having not only a strong female but also asian protagonist, don´t you think?
Yes, totally agree. A female, asian, technician, pilot, motorcycle rider main protagonist. How cool is that, or was for the times it was published.
Plus the clear drawing style, especially of techy things.
I think I’ll have to look through the copies I own, and buy the ones missing from the series.
I’m not much a bédé fan, but I read the “The Meta Barons” a long time ago, and found it very interesting… If a bit too violent (or sometime crude) for my tastes.
My favorite series is certainly the Achilles Talon series. Which, granted, have sometimes more text than images on the page.
I’m not much a bédé fan, but I read the “The Meta Barons” a long time ago, and found it very interesting… If a bit too violent (or sometime crude) for my tastes.
Jodo stuff is often a bit over the top with the violence and cruelty, I agree.
My favorite series is certainly the Achilles Talon series. Which, granted, have sometimes more text than images on the page.
I did not know that one before!
Funny, I just randomly came across that series today. I’ll have to check out an album or two.
Btw, I’m trying to provide a diverse series of reviews in this community, so maybe one day you’ll find something else that sounds interesting.
I have no idea what it’s worth translated, but “Le Roi des Zotres”, “La Main du Serpent” and “L’archipel des Sanzunron” (in French) are some of my favorites. The hurricane of puns is a sight to behold.
The hurricane of puns is a sight to behold.
Oh darn, I’ll probably miss most of the humor, then. My French is barely reading level, altho I’m working on it…
Yeah, don’t try this one in french then. The comic is extremely loquacious (it’s a stylistic choice, which work very well for me), and even native French speakers often miss wordplays, or find the style difficult to understand (sentences can become quite convoluted for the sake of a pun).
To be honest, albums are fairly unequal : some of them are downright classics, some of them are quite forgettable.
If you want an idea of the stuff, I found this translation of one here, which should give you an idea of what the short strips ones look like. Even I remember this one being better in french.
Hey, thanks! I’m not usually a fan of the gag stuff, but this looks pretty fun.
I should be able to get a hold of Magnesia’s Treasure, so I’ll give that a read.
Just a fake comment here, in which I’m trying to bump this post up above the new “review index” post.
Trying to get into Enki/nikopol but it is so bleak and text heavy that I had a hard time sticking with it.
Yeah, the Nikopol Trilogy is pretty dystopian stuff. If it gives you a bad mood maybe read something else. What about “The Gardens of Aedena” by Moebius? I found it to be light and uplifting while still feeling deep and intense.
Thanks to a recommendation by @amazing2@lemm.ee , I’m now checking out “Dylan Dog,” and wow, I’m mighy impressed(!)
For some reason I thought it was going to be just a mediocre pulp detective series, but it’s really much more of a… metaphysical work, I guess is the word. Sort of like Milo Manara’s Giuseppe Bergman series, but less absurd and more focused.
I hope to do a proper review when I get a better feel for the overall work.
Ravian! It was a shame the adaption they did a few years ago was such a weird movie… As a child and now adult I pick up the Ravian series again each year for a week of binge reading. Laureline will always be my childhood love ❣️ nice to see someone liking the incal series, just bought the the three deluxe edition ^^
TIL that Valerian is called Ravian in dutch - interesting! What do you think about the new alternative coloration of The Incal? Which one did you get for yourself?
