Space People From the Future

The above man is Lone Sloane, my grandfather, a true Space Person and psychedelic hero in the vein of John Carter of Mars and Elric of Melniboné. He passed the traditions of freebooting, adventuring, and fighting the evil empire to his son, Han Solo, my own father. His adventures were chronicled by the Earthling Philippe Druillet, and published in the pages of magazines such as Pilote and Metal Hurlant, which Druillet co-founded with the god Mœbius.

This very silly video by the Gregory Brothers (recent heroes of the operatic tradition) is a salute to our family tradition, and to space people everywhere: