Barbarella: Les Colères Du Mange Minutes

Barbarella #2

by Jean-Claude Forest

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

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Romance

80 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1974

About the author

Jean-Claude Forest, né le 11 septembre 1930 au Perreux-sur-Marne et mort le 30 décembre 1998 à Lagny-sur-Marne, est un auteur de bandes dessinées français.
Célèbre pour son imagination débordante, l'élégance de son trait et le sex-appeal de ses héroïnes (Marie Mathématique, Bébé Cyanure, Hypocrite et Barbarella, portée à l'écran par Roger Vadim, avec Jane Fonda dans le rôle-titre), Jean-Claude Forest a participé au chamboulement de la bande dessinée francophone, et notamment de la bande dessinée dite « adulte ».

Reviews

[Oriente · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Cale · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Neal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Story feels pretty random, artwork isn't as good as the first.

[Gabe]

Transporting a copy of this to Sydney Sweeney like how donor hearts are sent to hospitals via helicopters

[ISMOTU · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Declan Waters · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Tom · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[LordSlaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Jhoel Centeno · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Elliot · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think what really gets my goat is they're not even particularly well drawn breasts

[zoagli · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art is much less elegant than part 1, and the story is total nonsense. But she’s still sexy as hell.