Halcatraz, Executioners' Star

The Technopriests #4

by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Zoran Janjetov (Illustrator)

If Albino is to become the Supreme TechnoPriest, he must first survive the most feared trial in the universe at the heads of the Exterminators on their planet, Halcatraz. His masters are set on turning Albino into the cruelest being in the galaxy through the horrors of the trial, but Albino has a plan that may end up being the demise of his antagonists.

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Fiction

56 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

Also 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.

Reviews

[Majyl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Art is good. Story is... well, a bit repetitive. The same narrative trope is repeated volume after volume without much originality (or point) in advancing the plot. Oh no, life gets worse! Oh wait, it's worse yet! Sigh.

[Michael Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this specifically

I split myself in two one evil and good sleeps. After 7 years I challenge my beast arise an absorb then I solve and ascend.

[Clicque]

Je m'effor�ai de guider, tel un pal�o-Mo�se, mes 500 000 jeunes pantechnos vers la Galaxie promise, pour y fonder une nouvelle soci�t� harmonieuse. Ebloui par l'espoir, je commis une grave erreur : � la vue de cette merveilleuse plan�te verte tournant autour de son soleil moribond, je crus avoir trouv� l'endroit idyllique que nous avons tant cherch�. J'autorisai mes disciples � d�barquer. Le parfum enchanteur et l'air tr�s pur �taient comme du miel � leurs poumons, martyris�s par l'atmosph�re artificielle de notre vaisseau... C'�tait, � n'en pas douter, la plan�te promise ! En deux secondes, la for�t avait immobilis� mes 500 000 disciples... Moi Albino, � gr�sent devenu Supr�me Technop�re, je peux raconter mon histoire...