The Anomaly

Megalex #1-2

by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Fred Beltran (Illustrator)

On the planet-city of Megalex, urban sprawl consumes the entire planet, leaving only a few bastions of nature. Megalexs drug-addled citizens are always searching for a distraction; even the battle Megalex wages on the environment is seen as giddy entertainment. That all changes when a clone, known only as the Anomaly, is born and rescued from certain destruction by the beautiful Adam and her fellow freedom fighters. With the forces of nature on their side, the Anomaly and Adam fight to end the stranglehold Megalex has on the world.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comics

112 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2005

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

[Martin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't read much sci-fi and this was my first "graphic novel". I only grabbed this because I love Jodorowsky's crazy films. Man am I disappointed. First of all, I have no idea what makes this a "novel" in that it's just a comic (and takes all of 10 minutes to "read") but in either case the writing, what little there is, is atrocious. It might impress a fourth-grader. It reminds me of all the awful action movies that Hollywood vomits out every year. Same CGI, same pedestrian dialog, same cliches.

[André · Rating 3 out of 5]

Robotic life, non-biologic life, drug use, clones define the dystopic society of Megalex. A damaged planet that excludes biologic life in a totalitarian system. As the story goes on, an anomaly clone is made and flees for his freedom from the authorities.
The writing is quite simplistic with some sci-fi cliche attributes. The drawings are okay, reminiscent of Hollywood CGI effects though.

Rating: 2.5/5 stars