John Difool, Class "R" Detective

Before the Incal #4-6

by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Zoran Janjetov (Illustrator)

In the darkly humorous world of the City Shaft, John Difool's first case puts him in the middle of a conspiracy reaching from the posh upper levels to the depths of the vertical city. Will John find the truth and become a full detective, or will love lead him astray?

The Incal is the world-renowned tale from creators Moebius and Alexandro Jodorowsky. The tale begins with a young John Difool, as he tries to survive riots and poverty in the days before the Presidential Cloning. It is here that John must learn to be his own man, as he is slowly drawn into events of cosmic proportions. It is fitting that Janjetov, who studied under Moebius, will illustrate the first two trade paperback collections. The Incal series of books will reprint the COMPLETE story, including a masterful computer re-coloring of every page.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Also 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.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boy, this one goes to dark places, although Jodorowsky's clearly having some fun with certain tropes (witness John and Luz's grandiloquent claims of undying love!) and adds a very Jodorowsky-esque metaphysical dimension to the scifi wonder of the previous volume. Definitely worth a look.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Thaths · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not like this as much as Vol 1 of this series. But surprisingly, I kept thinking back to this book (and Vol 1) when I was listening to news on a local radio station.

[Filip Mladenovic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Malo nabacan i zbrzan kraj (ulazak u glavnu pricu Inkala), inace super prica i odlicna realizacija.