Tag: fantasy

  • Sex and Drugs and Reich-n-Roll: Metal Hurlant Heavy Metal Bound Edition starring VOSS

    It is a fact that both the original French Metal Hurlant and it’s English counterpart Heavy Metal magazine were always pushing the envelope with sex and graphic violence in illustrated sci-fi magazines.  Artists like Moebius and Philippe Druillet constantly delivered the uncensored adult themes loaded with sexy aliens, futuristic designer drugs, and gruesome gore that…

  • How Heavy Metal and Metal Hurlant Sci-fi Fantasy Magazines Shaped Cinema

    METAL HURLANT From Page to Screen: How HEAVY METAL Magazine Influenced Science Fiction Cinema Many influential artists from both Heavy Metal and Metal Hurlant illustrated sci-fi and fantasy magazines were involved in numerous film productions and their contributions shaped the world of science fiction cinema forever. It should be noted that not only was Moebius…

  • The Birth of METAL HURLANT 1975 to 1984 – Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal Science Fiction Comics

    This is part one of a long series on both Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal illustrated science fiction and fantasy magazines. A few years before Heavy Metal illustrated science fiction and fantasy magazine hit the stands to worldwide acclaim, it’s mother, Metal Hurlant would shake the rafters in a revolutonary new approach to comic books…

  • Heavy Metal and Heavy Metal 2000 Sexy Sci-fi Animation

    Heavy Metal magazine first burst on the scene in the U.S. in 1977 as an all new sexy science fiction fantasy publication through National Lampoon.  Originally created by Les Humanoides Assoc., a quartet of creators including Moebius, Drulliet, and Dionnet and published in Europe under the name “Metal Hurlant” (Screaming Metal), the U.S. counterpart quickly…

  • Sex in Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films

          Since the dawn of cinema with films like Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922), sex has been consistently infused with horror themes in movies, and before that, sex, whether implicit or explicit, has been a staple of many a great genre novel and short story.  In comic books, long legged scantily clad…