Barbarella, by Jean-Claude Forest, adapted by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Second frame of third page of first volume:

Second frame of third page of second volume:

Famous French comic of the 1960s, on which the cult film of 1968 was based. Barbarella is a leader of men and women who biffs as much as she bonks. Her clothes do have a tendency to come off, voluntarily as often as not. Kelly Sue DeConnick has now given us an updated translation, which reads a lot more smoothly and wittily than the long-standing text by Richard Seaver.

Seaver translation:

DeConnick translation:

It's not deep, but it is fun. You can get vol 1 here and vol 2 here.

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