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Spotlight: The Metabarons: Volume 1 - Othon & Honorata
The Metabarons: Volume 1 - Othon & Honorata
Story by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Art by Juan Gimenez
A must-read cult spin-off of The Incal, by Mœbius and Jodorowsky, centering around the fascinating lineage of the ultimate warrior. This collection introduces the Metabaron's bloodline and reveals the origins of their deep-seated principles. Find out the source of the family's vast wealth, learn why every Metabaron has cybernetic implants, and why the only way to become the next Metabaron is for him to defeat his own father in a mortal combat. Follow each successive generation as it struggles to overcome the forces amassed against it in a galaxy corrupted by greed, power, and terror.
Quick Facts about The Metabarons: Volume 1 - Othon & Honorata:
• Now in affordable trade paperback editions!
• 1 of 4 volumes in the series that makes up The Metabarons.
• Featured in the acclaimed documentary Jodorowsky's Dune, one of Entertainment Weekly's top ten films of 2014.
• Like The Incal, The Metabarons is also set in the same space opera fictional universe known as the Jodoverse, in which most of Alejandro Jodorowsky-created science fiction comics take place.
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The Metabarons: Volume 1 - Othon & Honorata arrives in stores April 19, 2017 with an MSRP of $14.95/£11.99
Spotlight: Savage Highway
Savage Highway
Story by Mathieu Masmondet and Art by Zhang Xiaoyu
An ancient highway spans the wasteland. Its cracked surface has become a migratory route for the lawless hunters and marauders who inhabit this desolate, future Earth. Along the highway, Helene, an educated young woman on a perilous mission to rescue her sister, meets Mo, a solitary hunter, and Jin, an Asian warrior. Together they embark on an epic journey to a Paris in ruins, where a new social "order" is being forged…
Quick Facts about Savage Highway:
• A post-apocalyptic love story in the vein of Cormac McCarthy's The Road based on the 1976 novel Savage Highway by Gilles Thomas
• Adapted from the novel by the late Julia Verlanger aka Gilles Thomas, a prolific and truly original writer who emerged from the 1970s' European Sci-Fi scene.
• The prestigious Julia Verlanger Prize was created in her honor in 1986 and is awarded to science fiction or fantasy novels that best emulate her success
• Mathieu Masmondet is a writer and actor known for his work on the French crime television series Enquêtes Réservées
• From the artist of Crusades (Humanoids) and contributing artist to Chronicles of Legion (Titan)
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Savage Highway arrives in stores April 19, 2017 with an MSRP of $24.95/£19.99
April Fool 2017: The Ultimate Encounter
The below post was part of our April Fools Day 2017 campaign. Unfortunately there is no Batman/Metabaron team-up in the works and was purely for fun. The art was a labor of love by THE METABARON artist, Valentin Secher.
International publisher Humanoids announces a new graphic novel series that will forever change the superhero landscape.
Los Angeles, California. April 1, 2017.
International graphic novel publisher Humanoids announced today the official launch of a brand new 4-issue comic book series: "The Ultimate Encounter," by multi-hyphenatecreator Alejandro Jodorowsky (story) and French rising star Valentin Secher (art). Production of the first issue, subtitled "Revenge Of The Fools," has been slated for a mid-2018 release worldwide.
Humanoids has tended to stay away from the superhero genre, but as the right elements fell into place, was thrilled at the opportunity of launching a crossover series with one of its most famous characters, The Metabaron, the Universe's Deadliest Warrior, and the iconic Batman, the World's Greatest Detective.
"The Metabaron is the ultimate warrior; strong, undefeatable, yet still very much human. That there can be only one is his tragic legacy. Pairing him with Batman, an equally complex character, was the natural choice, as he is the only superhero with no actual supernatural powers. Together, the duo are the best of both universes." said the publisher.