Der Incal

In the early 2010s, Splitter Verlag collected the classic, sprawling sci-fi epic The Incal into a six-issue German-language series, reuniting the visionary team of writer Alejandro Jodorowsky and artist Moebius. Originally published in the 1980s, this foundational work of the "Jodoverse" follows the cosmic misadventures of private detective John Difool as he stumbles upon a mysterious, all-powerful artifact. Moebius's fluid, hallucinatory linework and Jodorowsky's dense, metaphysical plotting make this series a landmark of European graphic storytelling, influencing everything from The Fifth Element to Star Wars. For many readers, this edition was a definitive way to experience the psychedelic grandeur of one of comics' most ambitious narratives.