Jerry Frissen (born Thierry Frissen in Belgium) is an American
comic book writer and toy & graphic designer. He is the
Editor-in-Chief of the recently relaunched comics anthology
magazine Metal Hurlant in France, as well as the author of several
best-selling graphic novels, including the anthology comic book
series Lucha Libre (Unfabulous Five, The Tikitis), The Fire of
Theseus, Exo, Simak, and the new cycle of the internationally
acclaimed series The Metabarons, co-written with Alejandro
Jodorowsky and illustrated by Valentin Sécher, Niko Henrichon, and
Pete Woods.
His book The Zombies That Ate The World, illustrated by
Guillermo Del Toro collaborator Guy Davis, was recently adapted by
RKSS of Turbo Kid for the silver screen as We Are
Zombies.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Prullansky (Spanish: [xoðo'?ofski]; born 17 February
1929) is a Chilean and French avant-garde filmmaker. Best
known for his films El Topo (1970), The Holy
Mountain (1973) and Santa Sangre (1989), Jodorowsky
has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his
work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a
hybrid blend of mysticism and religious
provocation".[1]
Born to Jewish-Ukrainian parents in Chile, Jodorowsky
experienced an unhappy and alienated childhood, and so immersed
himself in reading and writing poetry. Dropping out of college, he
became involved in theater and in particular mime, working as
a clown before founding his own theater troupe, the Teatro
Mimico, in 1947. Moving to Paris in the early 1950s, Jodorowsky
studied traditional mime under Étienne Decroux, and put his
miming skills to use in the silent film Les têtes
interverties (1957), directed with Saul Gilbert and Ruth
Michelly. From 1960 onwards he divided his time between Mexico City
and Paris, where he co-founded Panic Movement, a
surrealist performance art collective that staged violent
and shocking theatrical events. In 1966 he created his first comic
strip, Anibal 5, and in 1967 he directed his first feature
film, the surrealist Fando y Lis, which caused a huge scandal
in Mexico, eventually being banned.
His next film, the acid western El Topo (1970),
became a hit on the midnight movie circuit in the United
States, considered the first-ever midnight cult film, and garnered
high praise from John Lennon, who convinced
former Beatles manager Allen Klein to provide
Jodorowsky with $1 million to finance his next film. The
result was The Holy Mountain (1973), a surrealist
exploration of western esotericism. Disagreements with Klein,
however, led to both The Holy Mountain and El
Topo failing to gain widespread distribution, although both
became classics on the underground film
circuit.[1] After a cancelled attempt at
filming Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel Dune,
Jodorowsky produced five more films: the family
film Tusk (1980); the surrealist horror Santa
Sangre (1989); the failed blockbuster The Rainbow
Thief (1990); and the first two films in a planned five-film
autobiographical series The Dance of Reality (2013)
and Endless Poetry (2016).
Jodorowsky is also a comic book writer, most notably penning
the science fiction series The Incal throughout the
1980s, which has been described as having a claim to be "the best
comic book" ever written.[2] Other comic books he has written
include The Technopriests and Metabarons. Jodorowsky
has also extensively written and lectured about his own spiritual
system, which he calls "psychomagic" and "psychoshamanism", which
borrows from alchemy, the tarot, Zen
Buddhism and shamanism.[3] His son Cristóbal has
followed his teachings on psychoshamanism; this work is captured in
the feature documentary Quantum Men, directed by Carlos
Serrano Azcona.[4]
At only 29, Valentin has already been published by Titan Comics
(Khaal) and Humanoids (The Metabaron Book 1 & 3). A rising star in
the European comics scene, he took up the challenge of following in
the footsteps of Juan Gimenez, creating his own version of
Jodorowsky's universes: cinematic landscapes and beautiful,
realistic fight scenes.
Niko Henrichon is a Canadian comic artist most known for Pride of
Baghdad (Vertigo) and Noah (Image), the former earning him an
Eisner nomination for Best Penciller/Inker. He has also worked on
Fables, New X-Men, Sandman and Spiderman in addition to his covers
of Fantasic Four and X-Men.
Praise for The Metabarons Series
"What keeps me going back to The Metabarons is the
immense volume and speed of its innovation. There is literally a
new and mad idea on every page."
*Warren Ellis*
"The Metabaron cycle (...) is, to my mind, the greatest work
of graphic fiction ever produced."
*David S. Goyer*
"[A] magnum opus of unadorned emotion and one that will
surprise you in its thoughtfulness and craft."
*All-Comic*
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