Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (also written as Alexandro Jodorowsky) is one of the most famous contemporary comic writers, and the director of cult films like 'El Topo' (1970) and 'The Holy Mountain' (1973). Jodorowsky's comics are mostly surrealistic and futuristic, while his interest in alchemy, the tarot, Zen Buddhism and shamanism have brought his oeuvre elements of mysticism, symbolism and spirituality.