Sunday, November 20, 2022

Burton and Cyb: The Next God Will Be A Better One

Burton and Cyb
'The Next God Will Be A Better One'
from Heavy Metal magazine, March 1989
The March, 1989 issue of Heavy Metal magazine features cover art by Luis Royo. By now, editor Julie Simmons-Lynch was firmly dedicated to filling the magazine with softcore porn and cheesecake content and abandoning the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror pieces that had made the first five years of Heavy Metal interesting and worthwhile. 

That said, the centerpiece of this issue, the lengthy 'Leo Roa' comic written and illustrated by Juan Gimenez, is reasonably entertaining (although it does channel the sensibilities of Jodorowsky and Moebius and 'The Incal').

Also of value in the March, 1989 issue is another episode of 'Burton and Cyb'. Here, the galaxy's favorite con men find themselves engaged in more trickery, this time involving some fractious aborigines............

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1 comment:

  1. fredNovember 24, 2022 at 6:58 AM

    I think the mag ran out of steam in the late 80s, after the 1981 HM movie, but there was still much to enjoy. Burton and Cyb maybe weren't my faves then, but by my count this was the second entry of the impressive fourteen times they were in the mag (as late as May 2012!). I did like the Gimenez and Herikberto also in this March 1989 issue.

    thanks, fred

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