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Barbarella #2
Barbarella Vol. 2
Jean-Claude Forest's timeless Erotic Sci-Fi series recounting the spatial adventures of the beautiful titular character is now available in a brand new English-language adaptation. PUBLICATION IN 2 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. In Book 2, Wrath of the Minute-Eater (first published in 1974), Barbarella's traveling Circus Delirium enters another dimension, led by the mysterious and alluring aquaman, Narval, whose machinations catapult Barbarella & Co. into a complex battle for the planet Spectra. Featuring a brand new, contemporary English-language adaptation by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Marvel's Captain Marvel, Avengers Assemble, Dark Horse's Ghost, Image's Pretty Deadly).
81 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 1974
About the author
Kelly Sue DeConnick
367 books2,243 followersKelly Sue DeConnick’s work spans stage, comics, film and television. Ms. DeConnick first came to prominence as a comics writer, where she is best known for reinventing the Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times best-sellers and been honored with Eisner Awards, British Fantasy Awards and Hugo nominations.
Ms. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023’s forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle AWAKENING, which opened at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas in November 2022.
Mission-driven, Ms. DeConnick is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to produce non-fiction and educational comics including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics.
In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and recently expanded in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy.
Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.
Ms. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023’s forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle AWAKENING, which opened at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas in November 2022.
Mission-driven, Ms. DeConnick is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to produce non-fiction and educational comics including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics.
In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and recently expanded in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy.
Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.
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January 6, 2022
Meglepően érdekes ötletek a képi világban, de közel elviselhetetlen gagyiság a párbeszédekben. A történet pedig teljesen szétesett már az első oldalakon.
Mondjuk, hogy egy képregénytörténeti kis kuriózum.
Mondjuk, hogy egy képregénytörténeti kis kuriózum.
August 22, 2020
This second volume of Barbarella jettisons a lot of the dead weight of the first volume and instead provides a single convoluted story about Barbarella, her Circus delirium, and a love/hate relationship with an egotistical aquaman that leads her through a variety of adventures on a planet at the edge of space and time.
The art is similar in quality to the first volume, although the loss of the blue spot color work is definitely missed and the line work is a little messier. Barbarella still spends as much time naked as dressed, and uses her body to get through a number of situations, which can be pretty uncomfortable to read. And there's a whole section about an ennui-overloaded princess who wants to commit suicide when she can't see paintings that is weird even by the standards of the series. While there are a lot of unusual ideas, the central plot gets very convoluted, and the ultimate resolution isn't particularly satisfying (and side note; why is the Eiffel tower a spaceship now?)
Again, DeConnick isn't able to do much with the translation because just capturing the plot points fills up most of the word balloons. I ultimately found myself at a bit of a loss after reading this; I can't say I regret reading it, but I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I did. Your mileage may vary.
The art is similar in quality to the first volume, although the loss of the blue spot color work is definitely missed and the line work is a little messier. Barbarella still spends as much time naked as dressed, and uses her body to get through a number of situations, which can be pretty uncomfortable to read. And there's a whole section about an ennui-overloaded princess who wants to commit suicide when she can't see paintings that is weird even by the standards of the series. While there are a lot of unusual ideas, the central plot gets very convoluted, and the ultimate resolution isn't particularly satisfying (and side note; why is the Eiffel tower a spaceship now?)
Again, DeConnick isn't able to do much with the translation because just capturing the plot points fills up most of the word balloons. I ultimately found myself at a bit of a loss after reading this; I can't say I regret reading it, but I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I did. Your mileage may vary.
April 8, 2021
Story feels pretty random, artwork isn't as good as the first.
comics-read
July 27, 2024Transporting a copy of this to Sydney Sweeney like how donor hearts are sent to hospitals via helicopters
October 16, 2018
This story has time being weird, interstellar circus freaks, and of course scantily clad Barbarella not really caring what other people think of her. She's a strong independent woman but there's still some weirdness and whatnot due to the creator being a man. Good for it's time, maybe not quite as mind blowing in the present.
August 30, 2019
Barbarella Strikes Again
It's a fun, weird ride for an adult graphic novel. It's one big story instead of several stories like the first Barbarella graphic novel. Its plot in this story can be confusing at first but it took awhile to figure it out through clues in overlapping dialogues. Other than that, this imaginative graphic novel is still fun to read with good graphics.
It's a fun, weird ride for an adult graphic novel. It's one big story instead of several stories like the first Barbarella graphic novel. Its plot in this story can be confusing at first but it took awhile to figure it out through clues in overlapping dialogues. Other than that, this imaginative graphic novel is still fun to read with good graphics.
July 1, 2021
Barbarella was written in the 1960s and there are elements of it that are troubling today. True it does have a female lead, who remains the core of the story throughout, but her way of dealing with most dangers (through 'vice' as she refers to it), is not what would be expected now.
A comic of it's time.
A comic of it's time.
March 10, 2025
Much like the first volume, this is a bit of a mess to try to wade through. Plenty of bits and pieces that are kind of cool ideas, but there's very little in the way of connective tissue to form them together into a story. Unlike the first one, this one doesn't have the additional attraction of having been adapted into the classic movie, so there's no additional axis to appreciate it on.
March 11, 2020
The Wrath Of The Minute-Eater is even trippier than Barbarella's first adventure. The artwork is excellent, Barbarella is a spectacular, super-sexy heroine, and the book, brimming with time anomalies, fish-men, and all kinds of oddities, is a chewy, chunky, pulpy delight to read.
July 21, 2023
What a weird book. Time-travel, an evil fish-person, a dessert tundra where people live under giant chickens, teaching people language by erotic stimulation, a mountain of severed heads, and more. You never know where it's going and it can be convoluted at times but it's such a fun ride.
May 7, 2025
3.75/5 *
This was such a trip. I felt like I needed to be high to enjoy this experience. Was interesting but not as exciting at the first comic. This one felt just amusing and not really structured well. But it was fun.
This was such a trip. I felt like I needed to be high to enjoy this experience. Was interesting but not as exciting at the first comic. This one felt just amusing and not really structured well. But it was fun.
January 15, 2021
I think what really gets my goat is they're not even particularly well drawn breasts
April 18, 2025
The art is much less elegant than part 1, and the story is total nonsense. But she’s still sexy as hell.
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