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La Caste des Méta-Barons #3-4
Metabarons TP Vol 2 Aghnar & Oda
Trade paperback.
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First published February 1, 2003
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Alejandro Jodorowsky
696 books1,909 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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August 20, 2020
The gory saga of Metabaron's ancestors continues with more over the top depictions of Moorcockian masculinity, action scenes and depictions of war. Everything plays on a galactic scale with the sentient repair/medic bots providing humour to break the monotony. All in all, a good read.
My Rating - 4/5
My Rating - 4/5
October 9, 2020
I love the series so far. Don't get me wrong. Great stuff. But the depiction of women is really problematic. The mind control stuff is a lot to think about. Oda isn't really her own character, just a body.
August 6, 2018
"The unique aspect that I tried to bring to The Metabarons is that it isn't just the destiny of one main character - it's the saga of a whole family!" Totally unlike Dune.
"In its own way, The Metabarons illustrates some very real theoretical advances that I made while working for years as a family counselor." Having read a number of his comics and seen several movies, I was at first super weirded out that he was a family counselor, until I saw this line in his biography: "He developed Psychomagic, a combination of psychotherapy and shamanic magic." Ahhhhh ok then.
"In its own way, The Metabarons illustrates some very real theoretical advances that I made while working for years as a family counselor." Having read a number of his comics and seen several movies, I was at first super weirded out that he was a family counselor, until I saw this line in his biography: "He developed Psychomagic, a combination of psychotherapy and shamanic magic." Ahhhhh ok then.
November 15, 2019
Muy buen comic, muy crudo y violento, todo el tiempo te mantiene con interes
January 20, 2016
Art: 4.5
Story: 2.5
Story: 2.5
December 1, 2024
this series is insane and i am loving it
November 25, 2023
I first encountered the Metabaron character in Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Incal graphic novel. He was an intriguing character, if not a bit too invulnerable and intelligent. This book is part of a four volume saga going into his family tree. Jodorowsky’s books are like an acid trip of weird ideas, taboo concepts that will disgust or puzzle you, with little human empathy. The Metabaron and his ancestors are ruthless warriors and you will find little to relate to in the protagonist - no pathos here.
However, the artwork is wild, if not a bit incoherent and almost like visual and sometimes abhorrent imagery. Each page and panel is like a stream of consciousness thread, and it almost feels like the story is full of non sequitors, deus ex machina and crazy concepts. There is creativity here, but it’s almost too much and could use editing. The main arcs of the story are not as strong because you are sent on a wild ride of plot elements which leave your head spinning. The story does wrap up, but as a reader, I feel like I was forced to watch a horrible set of events that relentlessly don’t leave you space to think and reflect, or feel much connection to the Metabaron. Only in the end, do we begin to see some redemption and affinity to him.
However, the artwork is wild, if not a bit incoherent and almost like visual and sometimes abhorrent imagery. Each page and panel is like a stream of consciousness thread, and it almost feels like the story is full of non sequitors, deus ex machina and crazy concepts. There is creativity here, but it’s almost too much and could use editing. The main arcs of the story are not as strong because you are sent on a wild ride of plot elements which leave your head spinning. The story does wrap up, but as a reader, I feel like I was forced to watch a horrible set of events that relentlessly don’t leave you space to think and reflect, or feel much connection to the Metabaron. Only in the end, do we begin to see some redemption and affinity to him.
February 6, 2024
"Nobody attains fullfillment without becoming what he is." Deze quote en de verdere phantasmagorische santenkraam in de kosmos maken dit een lekkere comic over metabaronnen. De metabaronnen zijn een geslacht van onoverwinnelijke krijgers met een cybernetische implantaat, die hun vader moeten doden om zelf Metabaron te kunnen worden.
De hoofdpersoon uit dit deel; Aghnar maakt het wel heel bont. Hij denkt zijn opvolger te verwekken bij zijn geliefde maar zij blijkt dit niet te zijn: Aghnars moeder heeft deze vrouw gekloont en haar eigen geest meegegeven aan dit lichaam, waardoor Aghnar eigenlijk incest met zijn eigen moeder pleegt. Het kind dat uit deze relatie geboren wordt groeit op als cyborg en vermoord zijn vader in een oorlog die sterrenstelsels omspant. En zo komt de profetie toch weer uit; het kind vermoord zijn vader; de huidige metabaron en daarmee is de nieuwe metabaron geboren. Kunt u het nog volgen?
De hoofdpersoon uit dit deel; Aghnar maakt het wel heel bont. Hij denkt zijn opvolger te verwekken bij zijn geliefde maar zij blijkt dit niet te zijn: Aghnars moeder heeft deze vrouw gekloont en haar eigen geest meegegeven aan dit lichaam, waardoor Aghnar eigenlijk incest met zijn eigen moeder pleegt. Het kind dat uit deze relatie geboren wordt groeit op als cyborg en vermoord zijn vader in een oorlog die sterrenstelsels omspant. En zo komt de profetie toch weer uit; het kind vermoord zijn vader; de huidige metabaron en daarmee is de nieuwe metabaron geboren. Kunt u het nog volgen?
February 23, 2020
The spin-off series from Jodorowsky's The Incal. This tells the story of the family history of The Metabarons, one of the main characters from the other series. This volume focuses on Aghnar, son of the first Metabaron, who is forced to go into hiding after a vicious cult attack his home forcing the family to flee. The son of each Metabaron must prove his worthiness by slaying his own father in mortal combat. He defeats all his enemies, but then after a betrayal he turns, becoming one of the most vicious mercenaries in the galaxy.
October 5, 2020
4.5 stars
Insane Euro sci-fi plotting I mostly love. I wish it was a little less needlessly chauvinist at times and had a few more fully clothed women as main characters, but there’s still not much else like it. The story of the second Metabaron is even even more tragic and goes even weirder places, and of course includes another birth scene even wilder and more memorable than Aghnar’s own. The frame story of the two robots sharing these stories continues to amuse and add levity, and Jimenez’s watercolor art similarly continues to impress with its imaginative grandeur.
Insane Euro sci-fi plotting I mostly love. I wish it was a little less needlessly chauvinist at times and had a few more fully clothed women as main characters, but there’s still not much else like it. The story of the second Metabaron is even even more tragic and goes even weirder places, and of course includes another birth scene even wilder and more memorable than Aghnar’s own. The frame story of the two robots sharing these stories continues to amuse and add levity, and Jimenez’s watercolor art similarly continues to impress with its imaginative grandeur.
June 18, 2018
As always with Jodorowsky, the themes are old as story but he manages to weave them into something new, this time in a sci fi mythology of metabarons who must kill their fathers and sleep with their mothers. Oedipus Rex!
September 21, 2017
Better than the first volume in the series. Shocking and gruesome in places, but full of imagination and suspense, nonetheless.
January 3, 2018
Insane plot, with beautiful visuals. Right up my alley.
January 18, 2020
5 за малюнки, 2 за історію
August 9, 2022
Great interesting Sci fi.
April 28, 2023
Me encanta este desmadre.
Simplemente una sorpresa mas a vuelta de pagina.
Simplemente una sorpresa mas a vuelta de pagina.
February 29, 2024
Totally captivating. I can’t wait to start the next one.
August 13, 2025
Probably not the ideal jumping on point, if I’m honest. Absolutely stunning to look at and narratively completely all over the show. I’ll return when I understand the context better
January 4, 2022
Second volume of Metabaron saga. An if you think first one was walking very narrow line between normal and omg-what-is-this, saga officially goes over the edge in this one.
Amount of drama and tragedy in here is getting to a ridiculous levels (volume 1 in comparison is like a light SF novel) . I mean, we have version of Oedipus here (that would not be out of place in Takeshi Kovacs novels) but what happens with [I think he is called] Steelhead is something that Hannibal Lecter would say "Are you bloody kidding me!". And author's comments at the end - again made me wish he made something truly original instead of going for child-level psycho-analysis (the one that looks like they understand Freud but actually they like worlds like sex and incest and just skip the actual core of Freud's thought). I truly wish he did not write it because it just enforces my opinion from volume 1 - Jodorowksy is just trying to sell shock and awe as originality instead of actually going for original story.
Again, visual art is the redeeming part here - Gimenez is a fantastic SF artist. Just look at battle scenes or those space whales. Wonderful.
Even with all of the cons part (for me) this is still very interesting story. I just wish that author is not using such low level childish elements.
Recommended to fans of space opera and of course Metabarons themselves.
Original review, Jan 18th 2012: 4 stars
Amount of drama and tragedy in here is getting to a ridiculous levels (volume 1 in comparison is like a light SF novel) . I mean, we have version of Oedipus here (that would not be out of place in Takeshi Kovacs novels) but what happens with [I think he is called] Steelhead is something that Hannibal Lecter would say "Are you bloody kidding me!". And author's comments at the end - again made me wish he made something truly original instead of going for child-level psycho-analysis (the one that looks like they understand Freud but actually they like worlds like sex and incest and just skip the actual core of Freud's thought). I truly wish he did not write it because it just enforces my opinion from volume 1 - Jodorowksy is just trying to sell shock and awe as originality instead of actually going for original story.
Again, visual art is the redeeming part here - Gimenez is a fantastic SF artist. Just look at battle scenes or those space whales. Wonderful.
Even with all of the cons part (for me) this is still very interesting story. I just wish that author is not using such low level childish elements.
Recommended to fans of space opera and of course Metabarons themselves.
Original review, Jan 18th 2012: 4 stars
December 23, 2023
I still think the overall storytelling conceit of the two robots needs to be jettisoned. The best part of the book was when the one removed the vocal circuits (or whatever) of the one who keeps interrupting.
The stories themselves are still interesting, though there are certainly parts where you think "oh so you're telling ~15 stories in seven pages because there are two panels per page with a small "the battle of ___, and the battle of ___" with each panel. Cool.
I will say that every time they show Aghnar reach down and 'boop' his feet off made me laugh. such an unnecessary panel to include but I love that it's there, every time.
I can't choose between a 3 and 4 because of the robots so 3.5 it is.
The stories themselves are still interesting, though there are certainly parts where you think "oh so you're telling ~15 stories in seven pages because there are two panels per page with a small "the battle of ___, and the battle of ___" with each panel. Cool.
I will say that every time they show Aghnar reach down and 'boop' his feet off made me laugh. such an unnecessary panel to include but I love that it's there, every time.
I can't choose between a 3 and 4 because of the robots so 3.5 it is.
November 14, 2013
Seems like an entirely different universe from The Incal. This is a big story, utilizing a big canvas, and your comic preconceptions get blasted to shreds every issue. This is so good, it;s reminiscent of the occasional GOOD issues of Heavy Metal from the 1970s where everything you saw was not just new art but new underlying ideas, new techniques, and new challenges for what comic art is. I can't think of anyone who wouldn't like Metabarrons: It's part soap opera, historical fantasy, classic Western style on occasion, rooted in sci fi, pulp action...it's all here.
August 15, 2018
The second volume of the metabarons is more epic more tragic more strange than before. The casta of the ultimate warriors of the universe is faced with unsolvable problems that are solved in the end. Incest, hatred, extreme technology and old world ethics mix again in a great comic. Art is great the scenario is original and bizarre overall a great comic.
August 18, 2013
My favourite- oedipal but who cares!?
January 29, 2016
Great SiFi comic. Excellent art and story. Not the normal comic story, a very well done SiFi comic. Very recommended
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November 4, 2022Saying this is over the top is a bit of an understatement.
September 9, 2016
Batshit insane and beautiful
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