Barbarella (comics)

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Barbarella
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Barbarella: Le Semble-Lune (1977) published by Pierre Horay; cover art by Jean-Claude Forest
Character information
Created by Jean-Claude Forest
Publication information
Publisher
Title(s)
V Magazine
Evergreen Review #37-39
Heavy Metal (vol. 1) #11
(vol. 2) #3
FormatsOriginal material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) V Magazine, Evergreen Review and Heavy Metal  and a set of graphic novels.
Genre
Publication date 19621978
Number of issues
  • (Dynamite – vol. 1): 13
  • (Dynamite – vol. 2): 10
Creative team
Writer(s) Jean-Claude Forest

Mike Carey

Sarah Hoyt
Artist(s) Jean-Claude Forest

Kenan Yarar

Madibek Musabekov
Reprints
The series has been reprinted, at least in part, in English.

Barbarella is a fictional heroine in a French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. [1]

Contents

History

Jean-Claude Forest created the character of Barbarella for serialization in the French V Magazine in spring 1962, [2] and in 1964 Éric Losfeld published these strips as a stand-alone book titled Barbarella. The book caused a scandal and became known as the first "adult" (erotic) comic book, though American pornographic comic books known as "Tijuana bibles" had long predated it. For her creator, the character embodied the modern, emancipated woman in the era of sexual liberation, and as a result, this literary work has come to be associated with the mid-20th century sexual revolution. [3] The comic would stop publishing in 1978 [4]

Barbarella was relaunched as an ongoing series by the American publisher Dynamite Entertainment in December 2017.The creative team was as writer Mike Carey and Kenan Yarar as artists. The comic would be supervisor by Jean-Marc Lofficier who worked with the original creator. [4] It ran for 12 issues with a holiday special.

Another relaunch was announced in May 2021 by writer Sarah Hoyt and artist Madibek Musabekov. [5] It ran for 10 issues.

After the announcement of a remake movie, Dynamite announced in November 2022 it would relaunch the comic with Sarah Hoyt returning as writer and the artist will be Riccardo Bogani. The comic will be called Barbarella: The Center Cannot Hold. [6]

Characters

Bibliography

The stories have been reprinted by Dargaud and Les Humanoïdes Associés.

Barbarella also guest-stars in Mystérieuse, Matin, Midi et Soir [Mysterious, Morning, Noon And Evening] (originally serialized in Pif, 1971; book edition by Serg, 1972)

Barbarella was translated into English by Richard Seaver and published in Evergreen Review #37-39 (1965–1966) and Heavy Metal (vol. 1) #11 through (vol. 2) #3 (1978). An updated adaptation of Book 1 is being released by Humanoids Publishing [8] on September 24; this new adaptation has been done by Kelly Sue DeConnick. Book 2 will see its first English adaptation in January 2015 by Kelly Sue DeConnick from Humanoids as well.

PUBLICATIONPUBLISHERWRITERARTISTCOLLECTED EDITION

*=not collected

Barbarella (1-12) (2017-2018)Dynamite EntertainmentMike CareyKenan Yarar
Barbarella Holiday Special (2018)Dynamite EntertainmentJean-Marc LofficierJose Louis Ruiz Perez
Barbarella/Dejah ThorisDynamite EntertainmentLeah WilliamsGermán Garcia
Barbarella Vol.2 (1-10) (2021-2022)Dynamite EntertainmentSarah HoytMadibek Musabekov

Adaptations

Reception

Barbarella has been criticized for being dated and sexist. [24] [25] Barbarella has also been described as a sex symbol. [2] [26] [27]

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