The Metabarons: Second Cycle

About Alejandro JodorowskyJerry Frissen

Jerry Frissen (born Thierry Frissen in Belgium) is an American comic book writer and toy & graphic designer. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the recently relaunched comics anthology magazine Metal Hurlant in France as well as the author of several best-selling graphic novels including the anthology comic book series Lucha Libre (Unfabulous Five The Tikitis) The Fire of Theseus Exo Simak and the new cycle of the internationally acclaimed series The Metabarons co-written with Alejandro Jodorowsky and illustrated by Valentin Sécher Niko Henrichon and Pete Woods. His book The Zombies That Ate The World illustrated by Guillermo Del Toro collaborator Guy Davis was recently adapted by RKSS of Turbo Kid for the silver screen as We Are Zombies. Born February 7th 1929 in Tocopilla Chile of a Jewish Ukrainian immigrant family. Jodorowsky was multi-talented from an early age becoming skilled in puppetry and mime in addition to writing by his late teens. He traveled with a pantomime troupe in the 1950s and within a couple years had made his way to Paris where he collaborated with the world-renowned mime Marcel Marceau. In the 1960s Jodorowsky ventured further into the world of theater creating in Mexico the Panic Movement. This innovative artistic movement allowed him to creatively participate in over a 100 theater productions. The 1970s saw him transition into the world of film where he quickly put a defining stamp on all his cinematic works. He directed several cult films namely the infamous El Topo a Midnight movie favorite. Shortly thereafter Jodorowsky became attached to direct the adaptation of the famous Frank Herbert sci-fi epic novel Dune. At the preparation stage of the film he brilliantly assembled a team of extremely diverse and gifted artists such as HR Giger Chris Foss Dan O'Bannon and Moebius all of who would later be hired as concept artists on Ridley Scott's Alien. The development of Dune came to a halt due to financial problems but Jodorowsky having been exposed to such immense visual talent propelled himself into writing graphic novels pairing up with the artist Moebius. This collaboration resulted in what many consider to be one of the most creative European sci-fi graphic novel series of all time The Incal which went on to sell millions of copies worldwide. Since penning The Incal Jodorowsky continued writing top selling comic books with a wide variety of Europe's most talented artists such as The White Lama (with Bess) The Metabarons (with Gimenez) The Technopriests (with Janjetov) and most recently Bouncer (with Boucq). Along with nurturing his many other talents Jodorowsky remains a unique storyteller whose published contributions have secured his status as one of the world's most prolific graphic novel writers.At only 29 Valentin has already been published by Titan Comics (Khaal) and Humanoids (The Metabaron Book 1 & 3). A rising star in the European comics scene he took up the challenge of following in the footsteps of Juan Gimenez creating his own version of Jodorowsky's universes: cinematic landscapes and beautiful realistic fight scenes.Niko Henrichon is a Canadian comic artist most known for Pride of Baghdad (Vertigo) and Noah (Image) the former earning him an Eisner nomination for Best Penciller/Inker. He has also worked on Fables New X-Men Sandman and Spiderman in addition to his covers of Fantasic Four and X-Men.