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The Metabaron #1
Wilhelm, The Techno-Admiral
The return of the greatest warrior in the universe: The Metabaron! 2 VOLUMES RELEASED - WORK IN 8 VOLUME(S). The Metabaron once single-handedly brought the Techno-Techno Empire to its knees. But in the chaos that followed, a new regime within the Techno-Techno civilization has rebuilt by seizing control of the galaxy's most precious fuel, the Epiphyte. When this tyrannical new force learns that the Metabaron is back and headed towards Marmola, the only known source of Epiphyte, the Empire dispatches its most trusted servant: the notoriously invulnerable and cruel Wilhelm-100, The Techno-Admiral. Can the Metabaron save the universe once more, or has he finally met his match?
56 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 28, 2015
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Alejandro Jodorowsky
698 books1,953 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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March 23, 2025
Amazing artwork and solid writing. Only the dialogue sticks out like a sore thumb. Almost every single noun has a prefix (meta and techno being used for 2/3 of them) and that becomes annoying fast. The shoddy Croatian translation definitely doesn't help.
April 7, 2019
The dialogue in this is terrible. Yes, this is a sci-fi story, yes technology is awesome but seriously? The prefix techno/meta/holo/neo/bio is slapped in front of everything. It turns the dialogue cringy and utterly grating. We have phrases like : " How dare you techno-cardinal do this to his techno-eminence, he who represents the Techno-technos". Stop. Seriously how did they not realise how unecessary and annoying it was? We get it, it's a world of technology but tone it down with the robot-guillotine, the techno-cardinals... just call them guillotine, cardinal etc!
Aside from this, the story in itself was confusing and does not really properly set up the plot and characters which remain vague. And what it lacks in clearness and plot value it compensates with utter (meaningless) violence. I mean people like that probably exist but eh. Not my thing...
Aside from this, the story in itself was confusing and does not really properly set up the plot and characters which remain vague. And what it lacks in clearness and plot value it compensates with utter (meaningless) violence. I mean people like that probably exist but eh. Not my thing...
February 1, 2017
Metabarun se vratio!
Stripaši, čime smo zaslužili povratak Metabaruna? Je li genijalni Jodorowsky odlučio svoju ultimativnu space-operu Jodoverzuma zaključiti jednom zauvijek? Ili je čista logika u pitanju, kreativni marketinški mozgovi Humanoidsa na slučaju Metabaruna zaigrali su na sigurno, okrenuli su se oprobanom i uspješnom serijalu koji ne može podbaciti? Bio je to serijal kojeg se rado čitalo, što zbog odličnog Jimenezovog crteža ili kreativnih scenarističkih bravura Alejandra Jodorowskog, stripovskog enfant teribblea. Originalni serijal završio je sad već davne 2003. godine nakon osam albuma, a naknadno su bila izdana još tri spin-off albuma. No to se sve s vremenom privelo kraju.
Inkal je bilo pripovjedni sinkretizam, istovremeno mistično i pustolovno putovanje u tajne veće od svemira. Čvrsto ukorijenjen na SF počelima, Inkala još karakterizira ispreplitanje različitih žanrova te pruža čitatelju priču na ekstra razini simbola. Metabaruni su pak autorovo istraživanje obitelji, genetike, degeneracije i ratničkog koda u obliku višestoljetne sage o jednoj moćnoj galaktičkoj ratničkoj obitelji Metabaruna. Ovaj bi aktualni serijal Metabaruna mogao biti zaključna točka tzv. Jodoverzuma u kojeg bi bio uključen sam njegov kreator Jodorowsky – čovjek ima već 87 godina!
Priča o filmu koji nikad nećete vidjeti
Koliko je Jodorowsky genijalan, toliko je fascinantna njegova fiksacija eksploatacijom Dine Franka Herberta. Kao da je od Boga dobio poslanje i misiju da ispriča pravu priču o Dini. Ako ste čitali Fibrin integral Inkala, ili u nekom drugom slučaju nabasali na njegov intervjuu gdje priča o iskorištavanju nekog umjetničkog djela, te da je Herbertova ideja isto toliko njegova koliko je i Don Quijote od de Cervantesa. Prema njegovim riječima, ideje se "primaju" iz kolektivnog nesvjesnog, ne "stvaraju" od strane autora. No, očito je zaboravio na tu svoju tezu kad su on i Moebius išli tužiti Luca Bessona zbog njegovog filma Peti element. Svi smo ga gledali, jel tako? I dragi Alejandro, gdje tu nestadoše ideje o primanju, a ne stvaranju?
Pričajući o posuđivanju elemenata od drugih autora, ili primanja iz nesvjesnog - primjerice moćna tvar epifit i planet Marmola analogni su začinu melanžu s pješčanog planeta Arakis iz poznate serije romana Franka Herberta. Dobro je poznata i priča o nastojanju Jodorowskog da snimi megalomanski film o Dini, no nakon stotine sati rada i uloženog truda, projekt je pripao Davidu Lynchu, iz kojeg je nastao film "Dina". No, Jodorowsky nije bacio svoje skice, ideje i nacrte, niti odbacio svoje suradnike, te je iz toga napravio još bolju stvar – stripovski univerzum Inkala, tzv. Jodoverzum! U koji spada i već sada legendarni spin-off serijal Metabaruni. Izdvajam isječke iz jednog intervju s njim gdje govori o spektakularnom završetku njegove proročanske filmske verzije Dine. Zašto ne bih vjerovao da Jodorowsky ide u tom smjeru?
"U mojoj verziji melanž bi bio plava spužvolika droga puna biljno-životinjskog života i obdarena sviješću, najvišom razinom svijesti. Neprestance bi poprimala svakojake oblike, stalno bi bila u pokretu. Melanž bi kontinuirano stvarao nove univerzume."
"Stvarnost se u trenutku preoblikuje, iz planeta izviru tri svjetlosna stupa, tope se i stapaju s pijeskom planeta. "Ja sam Zemlja koja čeka sjeme!"… Dina počne bujati životom, zazeleni se. Plavi prsten sad okružuje planet. Dina je prosvijetljeni svijet koji putuje galaksijom i napušta je, koji svoje svjetlo – Svijest – dijeli s cijelim svemirom."
Dva prijašnja odlomka direktni su citati iz intervjua s autorom gdje on opisuje svojstva melanža u njegovoj viziji te u drugom gdje opisuje kraj Dine. Taj kvazialkemijski proces preobrazbe nužan je sastojak svakome od njegovih djela, te tome teže svi njegovi junaci tijekom njegovog narativa. Sjetimo se, na kraju Metabarunu Bezimenom, posljednjem od Metabaruna, javila se neka svijest u obliku simbola njegove kaste Castake. Na kraju ovog diptiha, također mu u misli dolaze tajanstvene poruke nakon kontakta s emanacijom epifita. Smatram da nije slučajna povezanost simbola i moći njegove kaste i tajanstvenog epifita. Oni koji su gledali ili čitali Dinu, znaju na koji je način melanž preobratio Paula Atreidesa, Proroka Dine i koje su moći svjesnog melanža. Preoblikovati stvarnost, a upravo je to možda jedini način kako popraviti štetu koju su napravili Tehnotehnosi univerzumu i samoj Marmoli.
Vidi cijeli osvrt na Stripovi.com
Stripaši, čime smo zaslužili povratak Metabaruna? Je li genijalni Jodorowsky odlučio svoju ultimativnu space-operu Jodoverzuma zaključiti jednom zauvijek? Ili je čista logika u pitanju, kreativni marketinški mozgovi Humanoidsa na slučaju Metabaruna zaigrali su na sigurno, okrenuli su se oprobanom i uspješnom serijalu koji ne može podbaciti? Bio je to serijal kojeg se rado čitalo, što zbog odličnog Jimenezovog crteža ili kreativnih scenarističkih bravura Alejandra Jodorowskog, stripovskog enfant teribblea. Originalni serijal završio je sad već davne 2003. godine nakon osam albuma, a naknadno su bila izdana još tri spin-off albuma. No to se sve s vremenom privelo kraju.
Inkal je bilo pripovjedni sinkretizam, istovremeno mistično i pustolovno putovanje u tajne veće od svemira. Čvrsto ukorijenjen na SF počelima, Inkala još karakterizira ispreplitanje različitih žanrova te pruža čitatelju priču na ekstra razini simbola. Metabaruni su pak autorovo istraživanje obitelji, genetike, degeneracije i ratničkog koda u obliku višestoljetne sage o jednoj moćnoj galaktičkoj ratničkoj obitelji Metabaruna. Ovaj bi aktualni serijal Metabaruna mogao biti zaključna točka tzv. Jodoverzuma u kojeg bi bio uključen sam njegov kreator Jodorowsky – čovjek ima već 87 godina!
Priča o filmu koji nikad nećete vidjeti
Koliko je Jodorowsky genijalan, toliko je fascinantna njegova fiksacija eksploatacijom Dine Franka Herberta. Kao da je od Boga dobio poslanje i misiju da ispriča pravu priču o Dini. Ako ste čitali Fibrin integral Inkala, ili u nekom drugom slučaju nabasali na njegov intervjuu gdje priča o iskorištavanju nekog umjetničkog djela, te da je Herbertova ideja isto toliko njegova koliko je i Don Quijote od de Cervantesa. Prema njegovim riječima, ideje se "primaju" iz kolektivnog nesvjesnog, ne "stvaraju" od strane autora. No, očito je zaboravio na tu svoju tezu kad su on i Moebius išli tužiti Luca Bessona zbog njegovog filma Peti element. Svi smo ga gledali, jel tako? I dragi Alejandro, gdje tu nestadoše ideje o primanju, a ne stvaranju?
Pričajući o posuđivanju elemenata od drugih autora, ili primanja iz nesvjesnog - primjerice moćna tvar epifit i planet Marmola analogni su začinu melanžu s pješčanog planeta Arakis iz poznate serije romana Franka Herberta. Dobro je poznata i priča o nastojanju Jodorowskog da snimi megalomanski film o Dini, no nakon stotine sati rada i uloženog truda, projekt je pripao Davidu Lynchu, iz kojeg je nastao film "Dina". No, Jodorowsky nije bacio svoje skice, ideje i nacrte, niti odbacio svoje suradnike, te je iz toga napravio još bolju stvar – stripovski univerzum Inkala, tzv. Jodoverzum! U koji spada i već sada legendarni spin-off serijal Metabaruni. Izdvajam isječke iz jednog intervju s njim gdje govori o spektakularnom završetku njegove proročanske filmske verzije Dine. Zašto ne bih vjerovao da Jodorowsky ide u tom smjeru?
"U mojoj verziji melanž bi bio plava spužvolika droga puna biljno-životinjskog života i obdarena sviješću, najvišom razinom svijesti. Neprestance bi poprimala svakojake oblike, stalno bi bila u pokretu. Melanž bi kontinuirano stvarao nove univerzume."
"Stvarnost se u trenutku preoblikuje, iz planeta izviru tri svjetlosna stupa, tope se i stapaju s pijeskom planeta. "Ja sam Zemlja koja čeka sjeme!"… Dina počne bujati životom, zazeleni se. Plavi prsten sad okružuje planet. Dina je prosvijetljeni svijet koji putuje galaksijom i napušta je, koji svoje svjetlo – Svijest – dijeli s cijelim svemirom."
Dva prijašnja odlomka direktni su citati iz intervjua s autorom gdje on opisuje svojstva melanža u njegovoj viziji te u drugom gdje opisuje kraj Dine. Taj kvazialkemijski proces preobrazbe nužan je sastojak svakome od njegovih djela, te tome teže svi njegovi junaci tijekom njegovog narativa. Sjetimo se, na kraju Metabarunu Bezimenom, posljednjem od Metabaruna, javila se neka svijest u obliku simbola njegove kaste Castake. Na kraju ovog diptiha, također mu u misli dolaze tajanstvene poruke nakon kontakta s emanacijom epifita. Smatram da nije slučajna povezanost simbola i moći njegove kaste i tajanstvenog epifita. Oni koji su gledali ili čitali Dinu, znaju na koji je način melanž preobratio Paula Atreidesa, Proroka Dine i koje su moći svjesnog melanža. Preoblikovati stvarnost, a upravo je to možda jedini način kako popraviti štetu koju su napravili Tehnotehnosi univerzumu i samoj Marmoli.
Vidi cijeli osvrt na Stripovi.com
February 18, 2026
The comic depicts disgusting ageism towards women. For the author, women only exist when they're young, while men in his comics can be old, disgusting, and sleazy. It's sickening. The author is completely detached from reality. The comic is kitschy, chauvinistic, ageist, and unworthy of any attention. The author is a pathetic old man who perpetrates ageism towards women and fulfills his pathetic fantasies.
In the world of Metabarons, Jodorowsky employs a very drastic division: a woman is a sexual being almost exclusively as long as she is young and capable of procreation. Once this stage passes, her body in the author's narrative ceases to be an object of desire and becomes a symbol of decline or merely a "vehicle of wisdom."
Here's how this plays out in practice:
"Permanent" Sexuality: Heroines like Honorata are extremely sexualized while they are young. Jodorowsky and artist Juan Gimenez celebrate their young bodies with an almost obsessive intensity. However, as soon as the heroine reaches middle age or older, her sexuality fades in the comic. The author doesn't portray mature women as desirable beings.
Escape to Rejuvenation: Honorata's storyline is key here. As her body ages, her consciousness is transferred to a young, ideal body. This is a clear signal from the author: an older woman in her natural body is no longer attractive in this story. Only by "returning" to youth can she regain her status as an object of desire and an active participant in romantic/sexual intrigue. Comics Guild - Metabaron Caste
Middle Age as a "Shadow Zone": In Jodorowsky's work, you'll rarely see a woman of 45 or 50 enjoying a sexual life. Women of this age are either martyr mothers, embittered priestesses, or simply disappear from the frame to make room for new, young heroines. Contrast with men: The men in this saga can be 70 or 80 years old, made of metal and sporting gray beards, yet the author still portrays them as "alpha males" with powerful libido and sexual drive. It's a striking example of ageism that only affects women.
This last bit is truly hilarious. Especially since in the real world, most old men simply struggle with impotence, while women's age doesn't affect their sexual performance at all, only their fertility. Men, on the other hand, experience age in the context of a drastic decline in potency, and when it comes to fertility, even if it is preserved, the genetic material is often damaged, as research has also confirmed. I understand that Metabarons is a bit of a sci-fi opera, but it doesn't quite add up. It's more like the author's chauvinistic disconnection from reality and some kind of sick fantasy.
In the world of Metabarons, Jodorowsky employs a very drastic division: a woman is a sexual being almost exclusively as long as she is young and capable of procreation. Once this stage passes, her body in the author's narrative ceases to be an object of desire and becomes a symbol of decline or merely a "vehicle of wisdom."
Here's how this plays out in practice:
"Permanent" Sexuality: Heroines like Honorata are extremely sexualized while they are young. Jodorowsky and artist Juan Gimenez celebrate their young bodies with an almost obsessive intensity. However, as soon as the heroine reaches middle age or older, her sexuality fades in the comic. The author doesn't portray mature women as desirable beings.
Escape to Rejuvenation: Honorata's storyline is key here. As her body ages, her consciousness is transferred to a young, ideal body. This is a clear signal from the author: an older woman in her natural body is no longer attractive in this story. Only by "returning" to youth can she regain her status as an object of desire and an active participant in romantic/sexual intrigue. Comics Guild - Metabaron Caste
Middle Age as a "Shadow Zone": In Jodorowsky's work, you'll rarely see a woman of 45 or 50 enjoying a sexual life. Women of this age are either martyr mothers, embittered priestesses, or simply disappear from the frame to make room for new, young heroines. Contrast with men: The men in this saga can be 70 or 80 years old, made of metal and sporting gray beards, yet the author still portrays them as "alpha males" with powerful libido and sexual drive. It's a striking example of ageism that only affects women.
This last bit is truly hilarious. Especially since in the real world, most old men simply struggle with impotence, while women's age doesn't affect their sexual performance at all, only their fertility. Men, on the other hand, experience age in the context of a drastic decline in potency, and when it comes to fertility, even if it is preserved, the genetic material is often damaged, as research has also confirmed. I understand that Metabarons is a bit of a sci-fi opera, but it doesn't quite add up. It's more like the author's chauvinistic disconnection from reality and some kind of sick fantasy.
March 18, 2023
Currently available on Kindle Unlimited, this is yet another series in the Jodoverse, this time concentrating on the Meta-Baron incarnation of the Incal, set I think just before the original Incal series.
The storytelling is loyal to Jodorowsky’s style, but thankfully cuts out the mystical bullshit for a straightforward military space opera. In that sense, it works well enough.
The art is very good in an airbrushed photorealistic cinema FX style similar to the Simak series in the Jodoverse.
Altogether it was an okay read and I’ll happily read the following volumes as long as they are on KU. But it’s no classic.
The storytelling is loyal to Jodorowsky’s style, but thankfully cuts out the mystical bullshit for a straightforward military space opera. In that sense, it works well enough.
The art is very good in an airbrushed photorealistic cinema FX style similar to the Simak series in the Jodoverse.
Altogether it was an okay read and I’ll happily read the following volumes as long as they are on KU. But it’s no classic.
February 16, 2025
So gorgeous to look at. Need we word bubbles? Well, this is more restrained than the metalanguage paleoAlejandro parafoisted on techno-us 22 time cycles ago. This is part of a longer bit, so I am not bothered that we build towards things throughout. Pure set dressing. But what sets! This is where Hoopla’s panel-by-panel makes the reading feel more like storyboards, more cinematic. Few splash pages to pull back to.
December 20, 2018
He's back!
The Metabaron is back and he's gone back to his ancestral roots. The real star of this tome is the cyborg, half-man, half-robot, Wilhelm 1000. This guy is huge. He's a powerhouse! What continues to make this series great is the vast array of characters, the human element which can also be found in the robot narrator, the ever faithful Tonto.
The Metabaron is back and he's gone back to his ancestral roots. The real star of this tome is the cyborg, half-man, half-robot, Wilhelm 1000. This guy is huge. He's a powerhouse! What continues to make this series great is the vast array of characters, the human element which can also be found in the robot narrator, the ever faithful Tonto.
March 27, 2018
Very much in the tradition on the original Metabarons series including ultra violence. But so far not quite on the same level for me. I do like the very realistic and colorful art style. Surely want to read the next volume.
September 12, 2021
Gorgeous artwork. Interesting story. Not sure this is the best place to start. If it is, then it just throws you in without explaining anything while remaining intriguing enough to keep the reader interested.
September 3, 2020
Superb!
It is at least on par with Incal... If not better. Metabaron is a damn fine MC for this series.
It is at least on par with Incal... If not better. Metabaron is a damn fine MC for this series.
October 25, 2020
Budiž tohle hodnocení pro první 4 díly, na GR jsem žádné souborné vydání nenašel.
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February 16, 2021
Techno-techno
October 12, 2021
The Metabaron #1: Wilhelm, the techno Admiral
Evil begets evil...
This universe is full of evil men. All they want is power, and to belittle people
Enjoy
Evil begets evil...
This universe is full of evil men. All they want is power, and to belittle people
Enjoy
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January 3, 2022Vizuál moc pěkný, příběh blboučký.
April 13, 2022
The basis of the story is interesting, but the text does get in the way with its techno this, techno that...
February 27, 2024
We're Back
Straight back into Metabaron shenanigans, as if we didn't already have a good enough end. Villains are even more dastardly, religion is even more disgusting and the Metabaron is still dramatic.
Straight back into Metabaron shenanigans, as if we didn't already have a good enough end. Villains are even more dastardly, religion is even more disgusting and the Metabaron is still dramatic.
January 26, 2025
Story 2/5⭐️
Art 2/5⭐️
Dialog 0/5⭐️ - Really, just the worst.
Art 2/5⭐️
Dialog 0/5⭐️ - Really, just the worst.
February 19, 2025
Odd and at times barely readable. But visually distinctive.
February 3, 2017
I love the worlds of the Incal and Metabaron, and Metabaron does have the feel of a tragic saga, but sometimes the world just feel too shallow and not lived in enough to really have the stakes felt. This particularly seems to be lacking in character development and its weight is dependent on larger saga of the meta-barons more than its own story. The art is far more brutalist than the whimsy of Incal and that works both for and against the text.
October 24, 2023
Je suis content d'avoir pu retourner dans l'univers des Méta-Barons et j'ai apprécié l'histoire, par contre la patte de l'illustrateur Gimenez me manque. C'était moins lisse et on sentait l'influence de H. R. Gieger dans l'esthétique de certaines vignettes et on retrouve pas ça dans le dessin de Valentin Sécher.
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