Finalmente recuperato uno degli inediti supereroistici di Alan Moore e un crossover fondamentale fra i WildC.A.T.S di Jim Lee e lo Spawn di Todd McFarlane! Alan Moore, dopo aver scritto il ciclo definitivo anni ’90 di storie di supereroi con i suoi WildC.A.T.S, torna sul super gruppo creato da Jim Lee per scrivere questo eccitante incontro/scontro con Spawn. Una versione futura dei WildC.A.T.S torna indietro nel tempo per uccidere Spawn. Nel loro futuro è diventato un tiranno malvagio e potente che ha conquistato il mondo. La battaglia per il futuro si combatte ora, in un intreccio temporale che solo Alan Moore poteva concepire! Di Alan Moore e Scott Clark.
Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.
As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sinclair; New Wave science fiction writers such as Michael Moorcock; horror writers such as Clive Barker; to the cinematic–filmmakers such as Nicolas Roeg. Influences within comics include Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby and Bryan Talbot.
As a kid, I had a phase of collecting comic books. In 1992, Image Comics was founded and it was interesting to me at the time because there was an opportunity for a 12 year old kid to get in on the ground level of a new universe being built. That new universe included books "Spawn" and "WildC.A.T.S".
In 1996, Image decided to do a crossover of these two titles via a 4 issue mini series. The legendary Alan Moore was the writer. The result: not great. Moore is the author of the all time heralded "Watchmen" but the writing here in this series seems lazy. Maybe Moore was confined by the demands of the owners of Spawn (Todd McFarlane) and WildC.A.T.S (Jim Lee) or maybe some other reason but the end result is not impressive.
At the beginning of the mini series, Spawn busts into WildC.A.T.S headquarters looking for a fight. Then they all decide to go from 1996 into the future. In 2015, they find a dystopian society where the 2015 version of Spawn is a dictator and in charge. (He is also very physically big). Essentially, this is an excuse to have the 1996 versions of the characters fight the 2015 version. The plot is paper thin and the resolution unsatisfying and unconvincing.
Este crossover creo que nunca se editó en castellano por separado pero sí estaba incluido en las viejas ediciones de Wild Works de Alan Moore, ignoro si en las nuevas también.
One of those Alan Moore Image projects he seemed to have done on autopilot. What you get is a run-of-the-mill story juggling many characters, ignoring a good chunk of them, and mischaracterizing some.
One thing however was surprisingly well done. So surprisingly that I'd rather not say it because it acts as a surprise in the story.
Supongo que esta historia la terminaré leyendo dentro del tomo de Wild Works de Alan Moore que sacó Norma, pero si le encuentro la suficiente gracia a esta miniserie en particular, seguro la reseñe por separado.