For those who don't know Jodorowsky, this may only be 2 or 3 stars. For those who know Jodorowsky through his two most famous films (El Topo and Holy Mountain) this may be more solidly a 3 star work. For those like me who have heard him talk about Hollywood (such as in the movie Jodorowsky's Dune), the parallels are clear and the cliches are not as detrimental. 
 The Technopriests is written as two interwoven stories. The link between the two stories appears at the start ... though there are hints that our main characters may meet again after their transformations. In story one, we meet Panephra, once virgin oracle to a long forgotten god that is raped by three space pirates. After birthing three children from this rape, Panephra swears revenge on the pirates. She starts off manufacturing Space Cheese to fund her revenge, using two of her three children as slaves and the third she values above the others. Story one follows Panephra and two of her children as she seeks her revenge. Story two follows the third child, Albino, who is sold by his mother to the technocrats upon hearing his wish to be a video game creator. Albino has a talent and his goal is to use video games to enlighten the world ... but the technocrats only want video games to enslave and dumb down the masses. 
 Panephra's story is full of the violence Jodorowsky's movies are noted for. Lots of body parts vaporized, lots of blood, some misogynistic treatment of women (Jodorowsky has explained in interviews that writes stories from a virile and very masculine perspective ... I'm conflicted here since that really doesn't excuse his mistreatment of women in movies, but he also uses all characters - regardless of gender - as symbols and representatives of the Tarot ... so, yeah), and a glimpse of spiritual battle. This is the weakest of the two stories, full of bad writing and cliched lines (including, "You may take my body, but you'll never have my soul"). Until the end of the book (which is only the first of 5 parts ... and the third comic of fifteen?), it lacks the additional weight of Jodorowsky's other work; it's missing the spiritual core that takes weak characters and makes them into symbolic pillars. 
 Albino's story is where I am more engaged. This is because Albino's story is really Jodorowsky's story. Albino's battle to make transcendent video games is Jodo's battle to make beautiful movies. Sure, it is a tad repetitive, but I've always found watching an author exorcise demons to be incredibly fulfilling (which is why I enjoy Stephen King so much). And that's what this series boils down to. This is Jodo exorcising his anger against Hollywood and the way They do business. Quite possibly, these two stories are one and the same. Panephra is Jodo's id, seeking the violent revenge and expressing his anger in the most direct manner. Albino is his superego, seeking to rectify the situation despite countless odds. 
 I shall find and finish this series, but it is not a series I recommend without prior knowledge of Jodorowsky.