Barbarella

Barbarella is a heroin of Cartoon created in 1962 by Jean-Claude Forest.

Barbarella

Travelling of planet planet, Barbarella is a heroin of Science-fiction. Drawn on the model of Brigitte Bardot, not very savage, it incarnates for its creator the modern woman at the era of the sexual Libération. It meets often tempting Extraterrestre S, and tries out the " machine excessive" , a Orgasmotron.

It appears initially in the pages of V Magazine in spring 1962, before leaving in album in 1964. This last fact scandal, and devotes Barbarella like first cartoon " adulte" , whereas it is only slightly erotic and that the Tijuana bible S existed quite front. That the album is published by a traditional editor anticipates the sexual revolution however. The sensual feature and the imagination of Forest ensured its success, relayed in 1968 by the film.

Albums

Barbarella , the Waste ground, 1964.
Angers of the eat-minutes, Kesselring, 1974.
Seems to It the Moon , Pierre Horay, 1977.
the Mirror with the storms , illustrated by Daniel Billon, Albin Michel, 1982.
Barbarella , integral in two volumes, Humanoïdes associated, 1995.

Other characters

Duran : one-eyed old man who helps Barbarella.
Pygar, the angel, the last of the ornithanthropes (man-bird). Blind man, it is guided by Barbarella.
the black Queen: malefic, it reigns on the town of Sogo surrounded by a labyrinth, on the Lythion planet.
Lio: brown teenager saved by Barbarella, it must save the city controlled by her father in Angers of the eat-minutes.
Mado: robot prostitute (Gynoïde). Barbarella repairs its " panne".
Narval, a aiguiote (watery man), come from Cistern IV to complete its scientific experiments in Angers of the eat-minutes.
the artist, self-portrait of Jean-Claude Forest. In the oneiric world of the Seems the Moon , it has a child with Barbarella.

Adaptations

Roger Vadim adapts the first volume of Barbarella to the Cinéma in 1968: Barbarella , with Jane Fonda in the title role.
the film inspires in its turn a musical comedy in 2004.
a new filmic adaptation is planned for 2008.

Appearances

“Barbarella keeps your bottines/Et come to say to me once and for all/That you like me, or sinon/Je returns you to your science fiction”, sings Serge Gainsbourg in " Who is in whom is out" in 1966.
Barbarella appeared in a publicity for Perrier.
Barbarella also appears in Mystérieuse morning, midday and evening .
In the album of Gotlib Rhââ GnaGna , a little girl dreams that it is a mixture of Barbarella and Alice to the country of the wonders, living erotic adventures.

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