Barbarella

Jean-Claude Forest’s Barbarella launched in 1964 from French publisher Éric Losfeld, a single-issue comic that became a landmark of adult-oriented, psychedelic science fiction. Forest wrote and illustrated the story of the titular space adventuress, blending eroticism, whimsy, and surreal cosmic landscapes in a way that broke from traditional comics of the era. Its influence on European bande dessinée and pop culture endures, anchored by Forest’s singular, dreamlike vision.