Launched in the United States by Humanoids in 2025, Metal Hurlant, the legendary quarterly comics and science fiction anthology, has announced its very first special issue, devoted to Daft Punk.
This authorised, 272-page special issue will be released in early 2027 and is available for preorder now from the publisher’s website.
Metal Hurlant: Daft Punk features the work of more than 30 creators, including Laura Pérez, Malachi Ward, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, and European comic book superstar Zep, alongside two rock-infused archival stories from masters Mœbius and Philippe Druillet – all punctuated by a slew of articles unpacking the lore, technology, and revolution of Daft Punk and their contemporaries.
Each comic book short story alchemises a fragment of time in the duo’s narrative – sometimes directly, sometimes through metaphor.
An exclusive edition featuring a cover by Daft Punk’s longtime collaborators Cedric Hervet and Warren Fu, the pair behind the cover art and illustrations for Random Access Memories, is available only by preorder.
Also exclusive to preorders: the chance to be part of the “Concert That Never Happened.” Eighty VIP seats are offered to fans and readers, who will have their faces drawn by artist Florian Breuil and their names printed in a double-page spread appearing in every copy of the special issue.
Humanoids has also announced the issue will mark the start of an ongoing collaboration between Metal Hurlant and In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi, a roving music collective based in Los Angeles and New York.
This week also marks the launch of Talking Humanoids, a blog where Humanoids and Metal Hurlant will share insights into their new and ongoing projects, as well as their own lore of both intimate and mythological proportions – transmitted from their rock’n’roll past, cybernetic future, and mercurial present.
• Metal Hurlant: Daft Punk is available for preorder now from the publisher’s website
Metal Hurlant Daft Punk special issue Preview Gallery
Click the pictures for larger images. A broader preview is included on the dedicated Metal Hurlant: Daft Punk page on the publisher’s website
• Metal Hurlant: Daft Punk is available for preorder now from the publisher’s website
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More a movement than a company, Humanoids has spent five decades creating groundbreaking storytelling and stunning visuals. It champions creator-driven content that explores the power of art beyond boundaries and across genres.
• Metal Hurlant: Daft Punk is available for preorder now from the publisher’s website
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who MagazineandOverkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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