Crononauta. Revista De Ciencia-Ficcion Y Fantasia. Jodorowsky, Alejandro.

The first two issues, all published, of Mexico's first magazine devoted to science fiction. Crononauta, a celebration of comics, science fiction, and rock and roll, is "the counterculture in its most vital, unprejudiced expansion" (Muñoz, our translation). Jodorowsky created Crononauta in collaboration with friends including the illustrator Manuel Felguérez, one of the artists who later worked on Jodorowsky's cult-classic film, The Holy Mountain (1973). The publication echoes the work of the "Panic Movement" collective, formed by Jodorwsky with Fernando Arrabal and Roland Topor in 1962. The group staged chaotic theatrical acts as a reaction to surrealism slipping into the mainstream. Unlike surrealism, the "Panic Movement" embraced a fascination with mass media; they dissolved in 1973. Authors published in Crononauta include Tomas Doreste, Carlos Solórzano, and Luis Urias. Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz, Biografías del futuro: la ciencia ficción mexicana y sus autores, 2000. Two volumes, octavo. Issue 1: original stiff grey wrappers, spine lettered in white, front lettered and decorated in red and white, illustration of galaxy on rear wrapper in white. Issue 2: original stiff red wrappers lettered and with photographic illustrations in black and white. Text in Spanish. With black and white illustrations throughout. Lightly rubbed with a little wear at spine ends, wrappers of issue 1 creased, spine of issue 2 sunned: in very good condition.