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The Metabarons: Path of the Warrior

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It's a family saga, really, of the most brutal line of warriors in the history of this imagined universe. Jodorowsky's story and Gimenez's art continue this exceptional story into its second and third generations.

In what becomes a family tradition, Aghnar inherits title from his father, inducing the inheritance by killing him. First, though, the father lays on Aghnar the duty of avenging his mother's death. You'll have to read the rest for yourself, though, the story of Aghnar's generation followed by the start of Steelhead's. It's narrated to us, some time far in the future of the events we see, when one robot of the Metabaron household tells the tale to another.

This is a worthy successor to the first book in this series, "Othon and Honorata." The artwork is strong and painterly, some combination of watercolor, pen, and other media. The story is fairly exciting, even if narrative flow is sometimes dictated by the length of one of the five original comic books collected into this volume. Those vampires, for example, seemed to have appeared and been defeated with little regard for the story as a whole. And, as in the first volume, stilted language, especially between the robots, impairs smooth flow in the dialog.

The strengths of the series outweigh its weaknesses, though, so I came back for volume 2 in this collection. I'll be back for volume 3 as well. Maybe "The Metabarons" won't change the face of comic art or storytelling, but it's a good read anyway.

//wiredweird

This review is not for Hardcore Jodorowsky fans. But rather for graphic novels lovers.
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Well, I read through the metabarons saga, and I have to say that it has a lot of strong points. The story is deep, the themes are interesting, artwork is great. so why 3 stars?
My problem is with Jodorowsky writing. I find is characters flat. Dialogues merely serve the purpose of the plot and tend to be very very dry. They have no life.
In the end it is a worth read and a worth buy, but I can't really stand the author, I always have the feeling he is preaching through his writing.
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And the 2 robots are just boring.
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