From it came spin-off series Metabarons, The Technopriests, and Megalex. Originally published in installments between 19 in the French magazine Métal Hurlant, and followed by Before the Incal (1988–1995, with Zoran Janjetov), After the Incal (2000, with Jean Giraud), and Final Incal (2008–2014, with José Ladrönn), it has been described as a contender for 'the best comic book' in the medium's history.

The Incal includes and expands the concepts and artwork from the abandoned film project Dune directed by Jodorowsky and designed by Giraud from the early 1970s. It is an epic space opera blending fantastical intergalactic voyage, science, technology, political intrigues, conspiracies, messianism, mysticism, poetry, debauchery, love stories, and satire. The Incal, with first pages originally released as Une aventure de John Difool ('A John Difool Adventure') in Métal hurlant and published by Les Humanoïdes Associés, introduced Jodorowsky's ' Jodoverse' (or ' Metabarons Universe' ), a fictional universe in which his science fiction comics take place. The Incal ( / ˈ ɪ ŋ k əl/ French: L'Incal) is a French graphic novel series written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and originally illustrated by Jean Giraud. Jean Giraud, Zoran Janjetov, José Ladrönn He’ll direct and co-write the script with Jemaine Clement (What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Conchords) and Peter Warren (Ghost Team, The History of Us).2014 hardcover trade collection of The Incal. It’s been announced that Jodorowsky has endorsed a new feature film incarnation of The Incal from Taika Waititi. These encounters and many more make up a tale of comic and cosmic proportions that has Difool fighting for not only his very survival but also the survival of the entire universe. John Difool, a low-class detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called “The Incal.” Difool’s adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy’s greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against the awesome powers of the Technopope.

When they couldn’t get a studio to make his version of Dune he pivoted towards a graphic novel instead.Ĭoncept artist Jean Giraud (The Fifth Element, Willow, Alien) and Jodorowsky eventually would reunite for The Incal. Before Dune’s recent success, the first attempt to make a feature film version of the Frank Herbert novel goes back to the 1970s with Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky.

The Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky