Barbarella

Stunning, oversized Collector’s Edition of Jean-Claude Forest’s timeless Erotic Sci-Fi series recounting the spatial adventures of the beautiful titular character.

Jean Claude Forest’s iconic titular character--and source material for the cult 1968 film of the same name--has managed not only to survive a series of interstellar adventures and bawdy encounters with strange beings (from robots to angels, to alluring aquamen), but to firmly establish herself in the worldwide pantheon of science fiction and pop culture. Here she is, as brave and beautiful as ever in these seminal stories.

Collects both the original Barbarella volume as well as its sequel, The Wrath of the Minute-Eater, and features a contemporary English-language adaptation by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Marvel’s Captain Marvel, DC’s Aquaman, Image’s Pretty Deadly, Bitch Planet).

​Jean-Claude Forest was a true innovator of the comics scene of the 1960s and the 1970s, mainly because of the classic ’Barbarella’ series. He made his debut at the publishing house Élan, where he drew comics like ’Le Vaisseau Hanté’, ’Hyppolite et les Diamants de Pésetas-City’. He then worked for the magazines O.K., Caméra 34 and Vaillant. For the latter, he created the ’Copyright/Copyrit’ series. he joined the S.P.E. (’Société Parisienne d’Édition) in 1952, where he took over the ’Charlot’ character and began series like ’Mike Hagarth’. Throughout the 1950s, he was an illustrator for numerous magazines and pocket books.​

Kelly Sue DeConnick is best known for surprise hits like Carol Danvers’ rebranding as Captain Marvel and the Eisner-nominated mythological western, PRETTY DEADLY; the latter was co-created with artist Emma Ríos. DeConnick’s most recent venture, the sci-fi kidney-punch called BITCH PLANET, co-created with Valentine De Landro, launched to rave reviews in December 2014 and has since been nominated for an Eisner. DeConnick lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Matt Fraction, and their two children. Under their company Milkfed Criminal Masterminds, Inc., DeConnick and Fraction are currently developing television for NBC/Universal.