Barbarella is a fictional heroine in a French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. Jean-Claude Forest created the character of Barbarella for serialization in the French V Magazine in spring 1962. In 1964 Éric Losfeld published these strips as a stand-alone book titled Barbarella. The book caused a scandal and became known as the first "adult" (erotic) comic book, though American pornographic comic books known as "Tijuana bibles" had long predated it. For her creator, the character embodied the modern, emancipated woman in the era of sexual liberation, and as a result, this literary work has come to be associated with the mid-20th century sexual revolution. The comic would stop publishing in 1978.
Adaptations (1)
Barbarella was adapted into a 1968 film.
Barbarella1968 · film · 98 min · dir. Roger Vadim · IMDb ↗In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
