Metal Hurlant 1. Old dreams, young visions

50 years after the debut of Metal Hurlant in France, the iconic and genre-defining publication is finally coming to the English language, and in bigger and bolder form than ever before: as a quarterly anthology published by Humanoids.

Each volume of Metal Hurlant will feature 272+ pages of a one-of-a-kind, otherworldly, literary experience, expertly curated from archival material from the original ’70s and ’80s run, along with top A-list and up-and-coming creators from around the globe.

“AS A KID IT REALLY WAS AN ELECTROSHOCK. I DON’T KNOW IF MY BRAIN MELTED OR EXPLODED… BUT I’M STILL HAUNTED BY THE POWER OF CREATIVITY THAT WAS IN THOSE BOXES.” —DENIS VILLENEUVE, speaking with NPR about his intro to sci-fi via boxes of Metal Hurlant

First Issue features works from:

ALIAS • MATTHEW ALLISON • DERF BACKDERF • YANN BÉCU • FRED BLANCHARD • PIM BOSS • YURI CAMPOS • LENO CARVALHO • CAZA • NICOLE CLAVELOUX • JEAN-PIERRE DIONNET • PHILIPPE DRUILLET •MATT FRACTION • JEAN-CLAUDE GAL • ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY • AFIF KHALED KILLOFFER • SIMON LECLERC • MASHA MORAN • MŒBIUS • JEAN-MICHEL NICOLLET • KARLA PACHECO • FREDERIK PEETERS • PHILIPPE PICARET • NIKOLA PISAREV • HOMERO RIOS • SAGAR FRANÇOIS SCHUITEN • LUC SCHUITEN • PETER SNEJBERG • JAMES STOKOE • KEVIN SULLIVAN • JAKE THOMAS • ELÈNE USDIN • JORG DE VOS • YANG WEILIN • EDITH ZHA