The Technopriests

*The Technopriests*
The Technopriests
Publication information
Format	Limited series
Genre	Action/adventure, biopunk, comic fantasy, comic science fiction, dark fantasy, gothic science fiction, philosophical, science fantasy; Anthropomorphic;
Publication date	April 1998 – September 2006
No. of issues	8
Creative team
Written by	Alejandro Jodorowsky
Artist(s)	Zoran Janjetov
Colorist(s)	Fred Beltran

The Technopriests (French: Les Technopères) is an eight-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alejandro Jodorowsky, artist Zoran Janjetov, and colorist Fred Beltran.

Story

The Technopriests follows three plots: The first follows Albino, as Supreme Technopriest, as he leads 500,000 young technopriests to the promised galaxy and the obstacles that they encounter along the way. During this time Albino also narrates, in the form of dictating his memoirs, the other two plots: his rise to the position of Supreme Technopriest and the experiences of his family during that same time period.

Plot

Albino is an old man, recording his memories in the spaceship where he navigates through space with his pet Tinigrifi, leading 500,000 young technopriests to the promised galaxy. His story begins when a spaceship of pirates attack on the sacred asteroid where Panepha, a young virgin destined to become oracle of the Imperial Palace, lived. The pirates rape Panepha and she gives birth to three children: Almagro, Albino and Onyx. Onyx is rejected by her mother, who creates and leads the Great Kamenvert Factory. But Albino doesn't like making cheese, he wants to be a videogame creator. With some reluctance, his mother sends him to Don Mossimo, the director of a technopriest training school. There he begins his journey to become Supreme Technopriest and start a new society, where human relationships will be valued more highly than scientific advances.

Characters

Albino: The future Supreme Technopriest and the narrator of the series.
Tinigrifi: Albino's lifelong companion and co-narrator.
Panepha: Former priestess and mother of Almagro, Albino, and Onyx.
Almagro: Albino's older half-brother as well as one of his triplet siblings and the most-favored child of Panepha.
Onyx: Albino's younger half-sister as well as one of his triplet siblings and the least-favored child of Panepha.

Albums

The Technopriests was originally released in 8 issues:

The Technopriests #1: Techno Pre-School
The Technopriests #2: Nohope Penitentiary School
The Technopriests #3: Planeta Games
The Technopriests #4: Halkattraz
The Technopriests #5: The Sect of the Techno-Bishops
The Technopriests #6: The Secrets of the Techno-Vatican
The Technopriests #7: The Perfect Game
The Technopriests #8: The Promised Galaxy

References

Technopriests at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)