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Barbarella Vol. 1 Kindle & comiXology

by Jean-Claude Forest (Author, Artist), Kelly Sue DeConnick (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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 1 VOLUME - COMPLETED WORK.
In Book 1 (first collected in 1964), Barbarella's spaceship breaks down, she finds herself trapped on the planet Lythion. There, she has a series of adventurous, and bawdy, encounters with a variety of strange beings, from robots to angels. 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").
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"...a stunning package that delights in laying bare Jean-Claude Forest’s id laden classic in all its artistic majesty as paired with a strong new voice that never undermines the original intent.

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- All-Comic.com

"Barbarella is unlike anything you've ever read and is still miles ahead of anything that exists now. "

- GeekedOutNation.com

"These awesome creations from Forest’s brilliant mind are the inspirations for what came after in European and American comics and a large debt is owed to this fantastic inker."

- SciFiMonkeys.com

"Forest’s art is gorgeous, as always, and it’s richly textured with heavy, harsh hatching. It’s densely packed with visually stimulating aesthetics and singular science fictional conceits. "

- ThisIsInfamous.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00SVE6YDY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Humanoids; Limited edition (September 24, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 24, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 214015 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 71 pages
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3.9 out of 5 stars
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James Elfers
5.0 out of 5 stars There's a Reason Barbarella Is a Legend
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2016
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This legendary comic strip has been a classic for decades. The inspiration for the Jane Fonda film and the much later Heavy Metal magazine, it is a light-hearted, sexy romp featuring Earth's most alluring space babe. If you have seen the famous film, you will discern that much of the plot of the graphic novel migrated to celluloid.Jane Fonda looks the part but the comic incarnation is smarter, more resourceful, and, in some ways, sexier. She also exposes more skin. I purchased the Kindle edition and was not disappointed. The price is more than reasonable. On my Kindle Fire, the zoom feature brings up the entire page which then can be expanded and easily read. If you are only familiar with the cinematic version, you owe it to yourself to experience the genuine article. .
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wiredweird
4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2017
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For better or worse, my first experience of Barbarella was that  goofy movie  with the pre-enlightened Jane Fonda. I liked it, but had no idea it was a comic adaptation. Not the first, by a long shot, but that was way before comics movies turned into heavy industry.

So, I was prepared to like the comic that the movie came from, and really did. As far as the book itself: beautifully printed and bound, with heavy, opaque paper, but that bound-in ribbon bookmark seemed a bit much for what is, after all, just a comic. I'd be happy with a gum-wrapper as bookmark. And the art - I liked that too. The Bardot-esque heroine, her iffy relationship with clothing, and her tendency to get PG-13 snuggly with any guy who'd move the plot along, that's all good.

But, when you stand her artwork next to  Modest Blaise , for example - well, it looks a bit sketchy, I mean as in MB being carefully drawn and inked, and B-girl more dashed-off. And, although their eras overlapped, MB took a serious approach to characters, as much as the daily strip format allows. A few of B's characters seem to have her logo on their shirts, and look like Tele-tubbies or Zika microcephali. And really, how serious can it be when she's sitting starkers under a chicken with a bunch of others dressed the same, and receiving the mailman. This lived within a year or so of  The Prisoner  and shared some of its deadly serious nonsense, but mixed in a big bit of the "Summer of Love." You know, the era when women could take charge of birth control, but before AIDS and drug-resistant STDs.

I got this because of the movie's cheerful goofiness, but like it for itself. It's not a must-have. But, as my shelves fill and I need to cull the herd, this will make it past a good few rounds of downsizing.

-- wiredweird
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Freeman64
3.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2020
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Being a long-time fan of the campy 1968 film with Jane Fonda as the titular character I was happy to finally read the source comic book. What might strike some right off is the artwork and its very simplistic and almost primitive quality. I quite like it. It never gets graphic in its nudity or sexuality. It was about halfway through that the story became recognizable and began seeing characters and scenes that would be adapted for the film. The story doesn't make a whole lot of sense but a comic book of this nature loses its weird charm and whimsy if over analysed. Like the film it is campy fun and certainly a product of its time period. It's worth reading for fans of the film.
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Anthony Contento
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Sexy Sci-Fi
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2017
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Barbarella is a space age Gulliver in a tank-top and yoga pants. She's confident, competent and lives for new adventures. This book didn't quite match the movie storyline, but jt was a good read.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Review
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2015
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It was okay but some of the dialog was missing.
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Joshua
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2017
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pretty cool comic. worth checking out.
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J. M. Hayes
4.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative adventures
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2023
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I've never actually read the original Barbarella before this, but have been a fan of hers since the movie came out back in 1968. I love the loose flow of the stories, and the artwork. It fit with the time that it came out, and satisfies still today. Probably not to everyones tastes, but who cares? I'm so happy this was made available to us. I bought vols.1 & 2 sight unseen, and now I want more.
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C. Derick Varn
3.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgic Erotic Futurism of Past-Future-Kitsch?
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2020
Much more tame than one would expect of European erotic comics now but it is as madcap and cheesecake filled as the Jane Fonda Film, Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella is a paean to the more seemingly innocent side of the swinging 60s put in a far future. Kelly Sue DeConnick's adaptation does make Barbarella's visit to Lythion and her episodic adventures here. Yes, there are seemingly more rules than the largely unexplained movie, but not a lot more rules to flesh out the world. The humor does seem a bit juvenile. Still, the nostalgic feel probably does shape if one likes this or rejects it as past-future-kitsch.
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Prof. Vargas
5.0 out of 5 stars Um clássico que eu precisava
Reviewed in Brazil on September 8, 2021
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Excelente história, arte e enredo
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Antoine Wasserfallen
5.0 out of 5 stars La meilleure érotique fantasy jamais publiée
Reviewed in France on March 21, 2021
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L’éditeur de la première édition était donc Éric Losfeld. C’était un éditeur qui risquait tout sur chaque publication et qui à chaque fois investit une immense dose de courage artistique dans chaque livre. Ici il publie Forest qui est une espèce de surdoué de la bande dessinée francophone. Une plume qui va plus vite que son ombre ce qui se déchiffre bien des images et scénario que l’on peut découvrir dans ce livre. Ce n’est que plus tard que Forest transcendera ce personnage extraordinaire de Barbarella avec Hypocrite. Qui est un autre personnage tout à fait étonnant. Toujours féminine précurseure libérée intellectuellement dans sa sensibilité et sexualité. Dans Barbarella les machines, les robots, les monstres, les extraterrestres ont tous des personnalités extraordinaires qui fonctionnent parfaitement avec le Scénario. Également ses personnages ou ses protagonistes de l’action n’ont pas pris une ride, ce qui est tout de même extraordinaire en plus d’un demi-siècle. La traduction anglaise est bien faite et rénove par moment les visions qui était celle de la version original en français (Barbarella qui mentionne software & hardware pour les élans physiques du robot au lit !). Ce panorama Interplanétaire va beaucoup plus loin que tout ce qui a été créé par la suite dans les autres Heroic Fantasies comme par exemple Star Wars. Visionnaire, Forest dessine machines volantes, femmes actives, cyberpunks, des combats, des robots avec des traits humains donc des Androïdes ... Des victimes socialement opprimées avec par exemple les prisonniers du labyrinthe qui vont mourir asphyxiés et envenimés par un flot empoisonné. Et même un ange qui sauve la belle et la bête à la fin. C’est tout simplement un livre merveilleux.
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Mark Davis
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 14, 2018
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Meh.
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JBHHLW
2.0 out of 5 stars ジェーン・フォンダの映画バーバレラの原作だから期待したんですが・・・
Reviewed in Japan on August 31, 2017
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ジェーン・フォンダの映画バーバレラの原作だから期待したんですが、それほどエロチックではありません。何期待してたんだ？
漫画なのですが、日本の漫画に慣れていると、コマ割りがなんとなく、ちぐはぐです。アメコミっぽいけど、白黒だしダイナミックではありません。
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Alan Smith
1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Edition - I'd love to be able to read this book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2016
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Kindle Edition - I'd love to be able to read this book, but can't get it to display properly on any of my Kindle devices. The formatting is all wrong and you can only see partial pages. A complete waste of money as far as I'm concerned. Download it from iBooks if you want a version that you can actually read.
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