‘Diktor’

‘The ‘ella’ on Barbarella was probably suggested by Feiffer’s Passionella, a brilliant satire on the Cinderella theme and much of American culture.’

In 1966, French scifi comic Barbarella was published in a the US in a translated edition.

Minimal color, racy stories. Robot sex.

The original, a serialized comic strip, was created in 1962 by Jean-Claude Forest for V magazine.

Pictured, images from the American edition – which designwise is rather Lichtenstein in its visual approach (see bottom).

Here’s The San Francisco Chronicle’s take on the book – from July 17, 1966 – the clipped review was found in my thrift-store-grabbed copy.

By 1968, Roger Vadim, Paco Rabanne and Jane Fonda made Barbarella into ‘something else.’ And up next, (allegedly) Anne Hathaway.

More original Barbarella here.

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