What are Yea Forums's experiences with Jodorowsky's comics? I've recently read a few Bouncer volumes and while fun adventure stories, they don't really have any depth to them.
From the way people spoke of him and his work, I always got the impression Jodorowsky was an esoteric writer, much like Cormac McCarthy.
Are his other comics similar, or is Bouncer just his way of relaxing with a simple story now and again?
What are Yea Forums's experiences with Jodorowsky's comics...
Elijah Anderson
Blake Ross
the art is always better than the writing
Angel Torres
On the one hand, I do love his stories, he certainly has a unique and strange way of writing characters.
On the other hand, I find the guy fucking insufferable and the mountains of unwarranted self-importance exuding from the text when he dedicates entire pages to basically wanking himself off to how fucking enlightened he is because he meditates.
Isaac Martin
I've read his Metabarons and, well, esoteric might be the right word. It starts as a fairly straightforward space romance adventure and then suddenly dives headfirst into mindfuck.
10/10 would recommend.
Angel Parker
Bouncer is straight up western. You want depth? Read White Llama or The Madwoman of the Sacred Heart
William Cook
I never got that impression from his writing in what little I read, but him being a "guru" is a level of self-importance rivaled only by cult leaders.
What kind of mindfuck specifically? Will I need to read up on some literature before getting into Metabarons?
Thanks for the recommendation, user.
Elijah Cook
>I never got that impression from his writing in what little I read
Yeah, read something like The Technopriests. It's fucking insufferable at times.
Ryan Carter
I heard Technopriests is one of his lesser works. I'll still read it when I get the time just to measure for myself how up his own ass he may or may not get.
David Hill
I'm halfway through The Technopriest and I love how he's taking the piss out of the corporate video game makers
He's best when he's working with religious iconography and twisting it into new messages. It's why Madwoman of the Sacred Heart is so good
Elijah Perry
>What kind of mindfuck specifically? Will I need to read up on some literature before getting into Metabarons?
Don't think so. I sure didn't. But it does toss babies created by psionic orgasm at you, as well as some beautifully painted dimension hopping. It's also rather Nsfw at times, be warned. Also, don't let the silly talking robots confuse you, they're important later.
Gabriel Wood
I'm already expecting NSFW from Jodorowsky, so there's no need to worry about that. I'll give Metabarons a shot then, thanks.
Bentley Cruz
Bouncer is straightforward for Jodorowsky.
You want some zany shit? Read Metabarons, Incal trilogy (Before is my favorite volume), Madwoman of the Sacred Heart, and Son of the Gun.
I also love The Borgias, not trippy but certainly has copious amounts of crazy sex and violence.
Adrian Nguyen
I love The Borgias and get the feeling that is really what is talking about. Sex and incest all over this one, Metabarons is pretty light on that material
Adrian Cruz
Not the OP, but I must ask - just what the fuck was Incal about? It had all that massive build-up, a universef in peril and then it just sort of...ended? What the hey was that?
Eli Rodriguez
They're really bad.
Hunter Carter
You sound like a mad capeshitter. Go rewatch Endgame for the fourth time like a good boy.
Jason Murphy
The power of love to heal all wounds.
Tyler Mitchell
I liked Holy Mountain and Santa Sangre but El Topo didn't really do it for me.
Daniel Diaz
>The Borgias
>Sex and incest all over this one
Alabama before Alabama.
Oliver Rodriguez
I read White Llama and it was pointless faggotry.
Ian Brown
>Jodorowsky was an esoteric writer
Yes. Bouncer is co-authored by Boucq, who is an author in the same vein, and it is indeed a bit lighter than their usual stuff.
He's a very competent writer, but he has a tendancy to throw a bunch of raw concepts and roll with what sticks, with the endings going full acid trip. It's a fun ride, but it can be a bit jarring if you liked the down-to-earth elements of the beginning (see Incal, Megalex, Technopriests...)
Also he has patrician choice in artists.
It helps that Metal Hurlant has always been a laboratory for good visuals and experimental narration. I love Moebius, but storywise Arzach or the AIrtight Garage are all over the place.
Frankly I seen and read a couple interviews of the guy, and he never stuck me as a self important guy.
Everyone in the industry makes fun about Jodo's quirks (like his love for futanari, twins, siamese rulers...). He's seen as an eccentric genius that has always given the finger to big corporations, not as a guru relying on marketing to sell his stuff.
And although it may just be my sensibility, compared to similar anglo authors, I find that it's way easier to just relax and enjoy the fireworks in his works. When, for example, Moore tackles esoteric stuff, it's really heavy handed (dear god Century was bad in that regard).
The well-known "I shit on the US" quote has been grossly mistranslated and misinterpretated, maybe it stems from events like that.
In the usual Jodo way, the final battle between good and evil is fought with the power of the mind and values directly pitted against each other (pic related), so exeunt reality and welcome astral projections.
I think his best work in that regard is Alef Tau, because it goes back and forth from regular adventure and new age crap.