THE INCAL ...immersive, influential, but it also felt like a high school assignment

Published: Oct. 10, 2020, 10 a.m.

The Incal is an epic sci-fi by filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and the legendary French artist Moebius. A madcap adventure that involves acid lakes, a boy turned into a spaceship, and a naked woman riding a rat, it's also a book that can be confusing and frustrating to read if you come into it not knowing what to expect. Or it can be a magical romp. Or maybe some of column A, some of column B.

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