If youre a dune fan, this is the best comic book for you, it was written by alejandro jodorowsky, who in the 60s was going to make a 14 hour dune film. The official comic book marvel comics herbert, frank on. This version of dune was set to star david carradine, orson welles, salvador dali and mick jagger. French comic book artist, who created over 3,000 storyboards for jodorowsky s dune. Then its jodorowsky s dune, the jodoverse comics, and a heap of comic books. With a new movie on the way and a comic book history that is largely.
The 1984 dune film spawned the dune storybook september 1984, isbn 0399129499, a novelization written by joan d. In the 20 documentary, jodorowskys dune, they show a thick book of art and scenes from the movie that they sent to the studios. These persons are presumably also the ones who own the copy rights on the material, but i couldnt say for sure, given the labyrinthine nature of cinematic intellectual. Jodorowsky s the incal is a decidedly unique hard book to write about because it is an experience that is deeply engaging, profoundly uneven, narratively frustrating, and dripping with jodorowsky s almost maniac and gonzo ideas. Herbert wrote five sequels, and the first two were presented as a miniseries in 2003. The series, published by humanoides associes, is complete, the last volume having been released at the end of 2003. Alejandro jodorowsky is a chilean comic book writer as well as a philosopher, scholar in comparative religion, director, producer, composer, actor, mime, comic book writer, tarot reader, historian. The original attempt to bring dune to the big screen was an aborted effort by chilean comic writer and director alejandro jodorowsky. The comics universe of alejandro jodorowsky tom lennon.
After spending millions of dollars for preproduction work, that included hiring the artists moebius jean giraud and h. Is the storyboard for jodorowskys dune available for. Frank herberts seminal science fiction novel dune is being adapted as a three part graphic novel series. Dune isnt just being adapted into a new movie this year its also becoming a comic, and ew has the first look. Im a big fan of hardcore trippy scifi comic books and this is a classic. Comic adaptation of the 1984 david lynch movie starring kyle maclachlan. Ew can exclusively reveal that the 1965 book is also being adapted into a graphic novel by abrams books. And it was going to have the then unknown artist h. On the comic book girl 19 show, cbg19, robot, and space brain have adventures in their attempt to make a youtube show about movies, comics, and pop culture. Where the film truncated the novel into a confusing mess, the additional limits imposed on this slim book, make this into a cliff notes version of how not to make a movie. Dune is frequently cited as the bestselling science fiction novel in history. Dune was never produced, but jodorowsky, having been exposed to such immense visual talent, propelled himself into writing graphic novels, pairing up with the artist m. On december 1, 1984, marvel comics and berkley published dune. All of the stories are written by the mastermind alejandro jodorowsky and are very entertaining.
Jodorowsky s dune uncovered an indepth comparison of an apparent early draft of dune written by jodorowsky and the available moebius storyboards. It is a collection of great loosely connected short stories, with different artwork for each story. Alma jodorowsky was born on september 26, 1991 in paris. They show it in the documentary several times, but i think they mention in it that there werent many copies of it. The incal is a french graphic novel series written by alejandro jodorowsky and originally. If youre a dune fan, this is the best comic book for you. Vinge, and the making of dune december 1984, isbn 0425073769, a makingof book by ed naha. The significance of jodorowsky s dune, however, was in its failure. Jodorowskys dune the tale of jodorowsky and his dune is a fascinating trip through creativity and imagination, a story about the relentless pursuit of a dream, and the necessity of art. She is an actress, known for blue is the warmest colour 20, kids in. Alejandro jodorowsky unseen dune dune behind the scenes.
For those who have never read it, dune is set in the far future and takes place, for the most part, on a planet called arrakis. Giger comic book artist jean giraud better known as m. As far as this book being a comic book adaptation of david lynchs movie dune, i wouldnt bother. Frank herberts dune coming to comic books newsarama. The metabarons series was written by creator alejandro jodorowsky and illustrated by argentinian artist juan gimenez. According to the documentary jodorowsky s dune, there are only two known copies of the bound and published storyboard remaining. It won the 1966 hugo award and the inaugural nebula award for best novel, and was later adapted into a 1984 film and a 2000 television miniseries. Frank herberts seminal science fiction novel dune is being adapted as a threepart graphic novel series. One day, an aunt came bearing gifts two big boxes of european scifi comic books and graphic novels, the works of such acclaimed authors as druillet, moebius, and jodorowsky later a scifi director himself, best known for an aborted, predavid lynch version of dune. In a 2002 interview with the danish comic book magazine strip. Trivia alejandro jodorowsky had originally planned on filming dune in the early70s, and had enlisted the help of jean giraud and h. Giger along with french comic book artist jean giraud, otherwise known as moebius, design the sets. Published on jan 22, 2019 alice takes a deep dive into the history of alejandro jodorowsky, the bizarre director of the dune film that changed scifi, despite never being made.
It was weird finally seeing jodorowsky s dune documentary, 2014. Where the film truncated the novel into a confusing mess, the additional limits imposed on this slim book, make this into a cliff notes version of how not to make a. In the dune novel, the spice was controlled by house harkonnen, but. Hold on to your sandworms, abrams books is publishing a three part graphic novel.
Before star wars era, jodorowskys adaptation of frank herberts classic scifi novel dune was poised to change cinema forever. In preproduction for over two years, the film was to star jodorowsky giraud. See exclusive first images from the dune graphic novel. With a new movie on the way and a comic book history that is largely ignored by most collectors, in this post i focus on some of the comics based on and inspired by the frank herbert dune universe. It was like meeting a beautiful woman and falling in love only to discover that she has fallen in love with you also.
Subsequently jodorowsky wrote the script in a castle in france, of course, employed the design talents of h. Oversized deluxe edition 9781594650666 by jodorowsky, alexandro and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The toronto comic arts festival is a weeklong celebration of comic books and graphic novels from. A tribute website to a singular copy of a lengendary and mythic work document. Obannon, moebius and giger subsequently hooked up with ridley scott to create the classic movie alien, and jodorowsky and moebius started making comics. Frank frazetta was an american fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, book covers, paintings, posters, and the movie fire and ice. The documentarys payoff is the last third\, where the influence of jodorowsky s vision on other films is chronicled in both co nvincing and spectacular fashion. This collaboration resulted in what many consider to be one of the most creative european scifi graphic novel series of all time, the incal. Since 1948, jodorowsky has worked as a novelist, screenwriter, a poet, a playwright, an essayist, a film and theater director and producer, an actor, a film editor, a comics writer, a musician and composer, a philosopher, a puppeteer, a mime, a psychologist and.