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Richard Corben Obras Completas #8
Mutant World
Dans un monde ravagé par la guerre nucléaire, les survivants retombés dans la barbarie hantent les ruines de la civilisation humaine et s’affrontent pour subsister dans un cadre impitoyable. Parmi eux, Dimento, un jeune mutant au physique hors norme et au grand cœur, parcourt les décombres inlassablement en quête de subsistance et de compagnie. Mais chaque rencontre peut s’avérer mortelle... Après des années d’attente, voici enfin réédité l’un des grands classiques de Richard Corben, Grand Prix d’Angoulême 2018! Monde Mutant et Fils du monde mutant, respectivement publiés en France en 1983 et en 1991 mais jamais réédités, sont ici rassemblés dans une édition intégrale aux couleurs restaurées avec une nouvelle introduction du scénariste Jan Strnad.
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First published January 1, 1979
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September 8, 2013
The team of writer Jan Strnad and artist Richard Corben have collaborated on many popular stories including Mutant World, New Tales of the Arabian Nights, and Jeremy Brood, just to name a few.
I've always been a pretty big Corben fan, and I've read (and own) pretty much everything he's done. An exception being Mutant World. Well, I've recently rectfied that by getting it.
I am pleased to have done so. Even though the story is pretty much 70s underground simple, Corben's art more than makes up for it. Amazing that such colors could be produced way back when, whereas it`s 'above ground' contemporaries were printed on cheap paper with flat colors and crappy inking (for the most part).
Corben never fails to deliver.
I've always been a pretty big Corben fan, and I've read (and own) pretty much everything he's done. An exception being Mutant World. Well, I've recently rectfied that by getting it.
I am pleased to have done so. Even though the story is pretty much 70s underground simple, Corben's art more than makes up for it. Amazing that such colors could be produced way back when, whereas it`s 'above ground' contemporaries were printed on cheap paper with flat colors and crappy inking (for the most part).
Corben never fails to deliver.
September 26, 2017
amazing 3d art by the master !!!!
January 17, 2021
When I learned that Richard Corben had passed away in early December of 2020, it inspired me to pull a few books and magazines that feature his art, and to re-read the stories. I also bought a few underground comics, including a few issues of Slow Death and an issue of Fantagor. My latest purchase is this book, Mutant World.
I discovered Corben in the early 1970's. I must have been about 12 years old. My best recollection of my first encounter is a black & white comic book story called "A Tangible Hatred," which appeared in Creepy Magazine. I was stunned by the dimensionality of the art. Corben's figures looked like they were sculpted, not drawn! "A Tangible Hatred" featured some truly horrifying images of a rotting, wraith-like hitchhiker who butchered those foolish enough to pick him up.
Creepy Magazine was a comic book printed in a full magazine-size format. I'm not sure why I didn't ever subscribe, because I was a loyal reader. Anyway, as I continued to purchase the magazine, it offered a steady diet of Corben's work. Before long, most of Corben's work was in color (this was a sea-change for Creepy, which had for many years published its stories in black & white only).
Corben's coloring was at least as revolutionary as his drawing style. His color palette was different from anything I had ever seen in a comic book. He used color contrasts so effectively that that page would seem to glow with a mystical, psychedelic light. I always knew that if an issue of Creepy had a Corben story, I was in for a special treat.
Mutant World has the same lush color and dimensionality that wowed me back in my teen years, when I was reading Creepy. If anything, the quality of the printing and color registrations seem even better than anything Creepy offered.
It's a post-apocalyptic story of Dimento, who wanders the ruins of a city looking for food. His intelligence is so low that he's continually tricked into giving up the apples he has collected. It's pretty much all he can find to eat, so he's constantly hungry. Of course, one wonders how he can be built like Mr. Universe (typical Corben!) if he's malnourished.
Dimento meets, during his wanderings, a preacher-type man called Dove, who seems to know Kung Fu and wants Dimento to be his disciple and slave. Fortunately for Dimento, Dove gets mysteriously sucked underground as he walks over a sand-pit. Dimento also meets a young woman who offers him food, but she gets kidnapped and raped by some ugly scavenger-mutants.
Mutant world is full of horrific beasts and insects that threaten human existence. At the outset, we learn that humans have lost the ability to reproduce. Eventually, we discover that there's an undergound lab that's cloning humans or human-like organisms.
And that's the key to the surprise ending, which I won't spoil. The story and dialogue are okay but not memorable. Corben's art, however, is quite stunning and is worthy of the highest accolades. I don't think I've seen Corben's colors glow more fiercely or psychedelically than they do in this book. And I've seen a lot of Corben lately!
I discovered Corben in the early 1970's. I must have been about 12 years old. My best recollection of my first encounter is a black & white comic book story called "A Tangible Hatred," which appeared in Creepy Magazine. I was stunned by the dimensionality of the art. Corben's figures looked like they were sculpted, not drawn! "A Tangible Hatred" featured some truly horrifying images of a rotting, wraith-like hitchhiker who butchered those foolish enough to pick him up.
Creepy Magazine was a comic book printed in a full magazine-size format. I'm not sure why I didn't ever subscribe, because I was a loyal reader. Anyway, as I continued to purchase the magazine, it offered a steady diet of Corben's work. Before long, most of Corben's work was in color (this was a sea-change for Creepy, which had for many years published its stories in black & white only).
Corben's coloring was at least as revolutionary as his drawing style. His color palette was different from anything I had ever seen in a comic book. He used color contrasts so effectively that that page would seem to glow with a mystical, psychedelic light. I always knew that if an issue of Creepy had a Corben story, I was in for a special treat.
Mutant World has the same lush color and dimensionality that wowed me back in my teen years, when I was reading Creepy. If anything, the quality of the printing and color registrations seem even better than anything Creepy offered.
It's a post-apocalyptic story of Dimento, who wanders the ruins of a city looking for food. His intelligence is so low that he's continually tricked into giving up the apples he has collected. It's pretty much all he can find to eat, so he's constantly hungry. Of course, one wonders how he can be built like Mr. Universe (typical Corben!) if he's malnourished.
Dimento meets, during his wanderings, a preacher-type man called Dove, who seems to know Kung Fu and wants Dimento to be his disciple and slave. Fortunately for Dimento, Dove gets mysteriously sucked underground as he walks over a sand-pit. Dimento also meets a young woman who offers him food, but she gets kidnapped and raped by some ugly scavenger-mutants.
Mutant world is full of horrific beasts and insects that threaten human existence. At the outset, we learn that humans have lost the ability to reproduce. Eventually, we discover that there's an undergound lab that's cloning humans or human-like organisms.
And that's the key to the surprise ending, which I won't spoil. The story and dialogue are okay but not memorable. Corben's art, however, is quite stunning and is worthy of the highest accolades. I don't think I've seen Corben's colors glow more fiercely or psychedelically than they do in this book. And I've seen a lot of Corben lately!
January 14, 2024
Mutant World is a post-apocalyptic tale starring Dimento who spends his days scavenging for food in the dilapidated ruins of a city. Dimento is a simple minded man who is easily duped but possesses brutish strength despite his constant state of near malnourishment. During his wanderings, Dimento meets a charismatic kung fu fighting preacher named Dove who takes on Dimento as both disciple and indentured servant. Dimento also meets a young woman who is soon captured and assaulted by roving bands of scavenging human-mutant hybrids. The tale is pretty straightforward and remarkably unmemorable, but it stands out because of Richard Corben's eclectic design choices throughout. The landscapes of Mutant World are brimming with horrifying looking creatures and people that threaten the safety of our protagonists, making this a comic where the enjoyment solely lies in soaking in the details of the artwork. This isn't any different from any of the other Strnad & Corben collaborations whereby the story is underwhelming in comparison to the overly psychedelic and imaginative artwork, but with tempered expectations I imagine Mutant World can be a riveting time.
April 9, 2025
Sječam se da sam kao klinac čitao ovaj strip u nastavcima dok je izlazio par stranica po par stranica na kolor koricama Stripoteke. Uvijek me fascinirao taj genijalni art Richarda Corbena i taj opasni, poremečeni svijet Mutant Worlda. Tek sad, 30 godina kasnije, sam sasvim slučajno naletio na cjelokupnu priču u albumu i konačno je pročitao od početka do kraja. Odličan strip no malo nedorečen, taman kad se priča dobro oblikuje iznenada se završi. Osim toga nemam zamjerki.
March 25, 2020
This was totally fantastic. One of the best <3
August 12, 2020
Third Printing = July 1985 = Signed (un#ed)
November 22, 2020
Klassisk dystopisk tegneserie – men med finurlig fortælling og syrede tegninger!
July 9, 2022
Stregen er fed, men historien var ikke lige min kop te
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April 27, 2025pobrecico mío q tontico es
August 2, 2016
El dibujo, con el complicado y exhuberante sistema de coloreado marca casa Corben, es tremendísimo (con algún momento de bajona). La historia es otro cantar, quizá si la premisa se hubiese llevado de otra manera, hubiese resultado algo más interesante que este vodevil postapocalíptico. Se nota que es un encargo de Toutain que Corben tuvo bastantes dificultades en cumplir.
September 24, 2016
Un Corben canónico de si mismo, una historia, y sobretodo, un estilo gráfico definitorios de lo q significaba el reinado de este maestro en los 80. Ciencia ficción, terror y erotismo en un mejunje genial, lleno de fuerza y voluptuosidad visual, servido por un superdotado de la ilustración. Disfrutable al 200%.
January 21, 2021
Délirium font au maudite belle job de célébrer l'art de Corben avec ces éditions magnifiques.
December 13, 2023
Classic stuff here from 1984 magazine. There is a recent book that contains one and two, both.
But number one is the real gem to me.
But number one is the real gem to me.
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