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The White Lama / Le Lama Blanc #6
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A Tibetan-set mystical adventure of treachery, martial arts, and spiritual redemption by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Georges Bess. Late 19th century Tibet, after the Grand Lama Mipam dies, Gabriel, the orphan of white explorers, is chosen as his reincarnation. As he is raised by a local family, the seeds of corruption and despair sprout across the land, and it will be up to the White Lama to fight his way back to the light. Alexandro Jodorowsky ( The Metabarons, The Incal ) partners with artist Georges Bess ( Son of the Gun ) to tell a breath-taking & spiritual epic adventure set at the "Roof of the World. "
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First published January 1, 1993
About the author
Alejandro Jodorowsky
699 books1,978 followersAlso credited as Alexandro Jodorowsky
Better known for his surreal films El Topo and The Holy Mountain filmed in the early 1970s, Alejandro Jodorowsky is also an accomplished writer of graphic novels and a psychotherapist. He developed Psychomagic, a combination of psychotherapy and shamanic magic. His fans have included John Lennon and Marilyn Manson.
Better known for his surreal films El Topo and The Holy Mountain filmed in the early 1970s, Alejandro Jodorowsky is also an accomplished writer of graphic novels and a psychotherapist. He developed Psychomagic, a combination of psychotherapy and shamanic magic. His fans have included John Lennon and Marilyn Manson.
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January 19, 2022
"Our Trampled People"
This final issue of The White Lama comics (#6 of 6) revealed some of my predictions as true. But, it concluded with so much more than I had anticipated. I was still a bit foggy on the identity of the Yeti, since reading issue #5. Though I had been concerned with how it could all be resolved in one issue, it was a most satisfying conclusion issue, tying everything up as could be expected.
The ending brought in a very surprising political event that went beyond my expectations. So, it is well worth reading. It is a bit graphic and bloody, more so than in the other issues. Like all human ideas, some of the concepts conflict with each other... like bringing peace through violence, and then championing peace. I could appreciate the complaints of the starving population near the middle, when they complained to Gabriel that as the White Lama he had been more concerned with achieving sainthood and spiritual perfection, than with helping them to survive.
As with the whole series, the art in this hardback graphic novel is beautiful and of excellent quality. I am sure I will want to read the whole series again in the future.
For more on this series, see my earlier reviews of Volumes 1 and 2 here: The First Step and Second Sight They contain more about the series as a whole.
"Whatever harm you do, you do to yourself!"
This final issue of The White Lama comics (#6 of 6) revealed some of my predictions as true. But, it concluded with so much more than I had anticipated. I was still a bit foggy on the identity of the Yeti, since reading issue #5. Though I had been concerned with how it could all be resolved in one issue, it was a most satisfying conclusion issue, tying everything up as could be expected.
"Who meditates upon his body as upon a divine idol, what need has he to sculpt gods of clay?"
The ending brought in a very surprising political event that went beyond my expectations. So, it is well worth reading. It is a bit graphic and bloody, more so than in the other issues. Like all human ideas, some of the concepts conflict with each other... like bringing peace through violence, and then championing peace. I could appreciate the complaints of the starving population near the middle, when they complained to Gabriel that as the White Lama he had been more concerned with achieving sainthood and spiritual perfection, than with helping them to survive.
As with the whole series, the art in this hardback graphic novel is beautiful and of excellent quality. I am sure I will want to read the whole series again in the future.
For more on this series, see my earlier reviews of Volumes 1 and 2 here: The First Step and Second Sight They contain more about the series as a whole.
November 22, 2022
The violence you give is the violence you receive. To expect thanks for fixing a situation that you caused is unjust. Nothing but the dead and silence. Broken Chains. King of Eagles.
February 20, 2015
A beautiful conclusion to this work--fire in the face of the oppressor for the purpose of internal flight.
January 26, 2017
Excellent art by George Bess, wandering disjointed pseudo-spiritual story by Jodorowsky.
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