Zona 84 #29
In "Gene Kong [parte 3 de 6]," the familiar routine of waiting for a bus takes a surreal turn as the street dissolves into a vast, star-filled expanse. When the bus finally arrives—floating in the void—it refuses passage to the protagonist, not for lack of will, but because he doesn’t have the exact change. Written and illustrated by Paul Kirchner, this 1986 installment of Zona 84 delivers a dreamlike shift in reality, rendered with striking precision. The cover by Pepe Moreno captures the moment’s eerie stillness, a visual echo of the story’s growing strangeness.
In the depths of a forgotten underground world, a priest who leads the last congregation beneath the earth is thrown into chaos—only to find himself reborn as part of the very community he once guided, bound to reclaim his place in a faith that now holds him in its grasp.
In a surreal twist on everyday routine, a man waiting for a bus finds the street beneath him dissolving into star-filled space. When the bus finally arrives—floating silently through the cosmos—he’s turned away for lacking the exact fare.
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↩ Reprints Heavy Metal Magazine #9 (1981), Heavy Metal Magazine #12 (1982), Three Dimensional Alien Worlds #1 (1984), Spécial USA #21 / 22 (1986), Spécial USA #23 (1986), Pilote Mensuel #101
Reprinted in Schwermetall #116 (1989), Tung metall #7/1989 [40] (34) (1989), Kraken #[nn] (2020)
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