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Crossed + 100 #1-6
Crossed +100 Volume 1
Alan Moore, the man who revolutionized comics, returns to tell a horrifying tale in the world of Garth Ennis' grueling survival horror series, Crossed! Set 100 years in the future, Alan Moore has created a whole newworld and history with a stunning attention to detail. Examining how civilizations rebuild and how generations grow, Moore weaves a rich tapestry of humanity evolving under extreme hardship, all of which is lushly rendered by Gabriel (Ferals) Andrade. Archivist Future Taylor leads a salvage team working to rebuild the historical record of the original Crossed outbreak. She's seen them in videos, but never any live ones, the Crossed are part of the distant past. Until suddenly, a handful appear, and the blood begins to flow. All is not as it seems as a horrific mystery unfolds and once again Alan Moore redefines the medium.This masterwork is a self-contained whole new world, no prior knowledge of the Crossed series is needed. Crossed +100 Vol 1 HC contains the full first story arc originally presented in issues #1-6 of the comic book series.
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First published June 1, 2014
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August 16, 2020
Garth Ennis created the most depraved survivalist/apocalyptic story ever in Crossed with Jacen Burrows. I finally held my nose and finished it so I could get a better understanding of what Moore was about, just as I did when I read Len Wein's original Swamp Thing issues to prepare for Moore's rich and deep revision, which is a kind of commentary on the American southern gothic. You think a swampy monster is horror, Moore seems to ask? Look at what happened to African Americans lynched by their fellow Americans; look at the environment, destroyed by rampant greed and thoughtlessness. There is horror, and then there's Horror!
In Crossed, the premise is that the future is going to be worse than you or anyone ever imagined. It will make Cormac McCarthy's The Road look sweet and gentle and romanticized. So, as with Swamp Thing, Moore, with artist Gabriel Andrade, accepts this basic premise and works within this world Ennis gives him. And looks back at it 100 years later through the eyes of archivist Future Taylor, who is struggling to understand what happened. She has at her disposal some historical videos of the Crossed outbreak, but the main way of her seeing the "future as past" is through classic science fiction, such as Asimov's Foundation and Empire, which she finds to be "wishful fiction".
The model for this kind of wishful science fiction might be Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz, which assumes that the only survivors of the apocalypse are monks (you wish the survivors would be moral and intelligent, Moore says!) trying to decipher the past through scraps of paper like grocery lists. Future's grocery lists are science fiction stories, all of which have just a bit too much optimism in them for the "We Have No Hope" Ennis nihilistic world. Miller's presumption is that civilization will, given the chance, start over again and keep on making the same mistakes. Moore has Miller in mind here, among others.
I really love how classic science fiction frames each of the chapters throughout. It gives Moore a chance to honor all his favorite books and critique them at the same time. As usual with Moore, he gives you more to do than you have time for; he researches deeply and expects you to do the same. He gives you a reading bucket list to . . . die for. He also gives you a chance to reflect on worst case scenarios even as he reflects on how civilizations die. . . and how they may rebuild.
The language in Moore's Crossed is a challenge, as it is a new language the survivors speak, not unlike Anthony Burgess's also horrifically violent futuristic Clockwork Orange. And the hyper-gore continues in Crossed+100, we have to have that, apparently, to be true to Ennis's premise, and trust me, it is very, very hard to read/look at at times, but it just might also be great literature, a literature of our time. How can these two things be true, greatness and gore? See Beowulf, Frankenstein, and oh, yeah, any book about the Holocaust, Hiroshima, slavery, genocide. What is humankind capable of, at our most base? As with Swamp Thing, Moore tacks back and forth between horror as genre and Real Life Horrors, which are of course worse than anything fiction writers ever imagined.
In Crossed, the premise is that the future is going to be worse than you or anyone ever imagined. It will make Cormac McCarthy's The Road look sweet and gentle and romanticized. So, as with Swamp Thing, Moore, with artist Gabriel Andrade, accepts this basic premise and works within this world Ennis gives him. And looks back at it 100 years later through the eyes of archivist Future Taylor, who is struggling to understand what happened. She has at her disposal some historical videos of the Crossed outbreak, but the main way of her seeing the "future as past" is through classic science fiction, such as Asimov's Foundation and Empire, which she finds to be "wishful fiction".
The model for this kind of wishful science fiction might be Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz, which assumes that the only survivors of the apocalypse are monks (you wish the survivors would be moral and intelligent, Moore says!) trying to decipher the past through scraps of paper like grocery lists. Future's grocery lists are science fiction stories, all of which have just a bit too much optimism in them for the "We Have No Hope" Ennis nihilistic world. Miller's presumption is that civilization will, given the chance, start over again and keep on making the same mistakes. Moore has Miller in mind here, among others.
I really love how classic science fiction frames each of the chapters throughout. It gives Moore a chance to honor all his favorite books and critique them at the same time. As usual with Moore, he gives you more to do than you have time for; he researches deeply and expects you to do the same. He gives you a reading bucket list to . . . die for. He also gives you a chance to reflect on worst case scenarios even as he reflects on how civilizations die. . . and how they may rebuild.
The language in Moore's Crossed is a challenge, as it is a new language the survivors speak, not unlike Anthony Burgess's also horrifically violent futuristic Clockwork Orange. And the hyper-gore continues in Crossed+100, we have to have that, apparently, to be true to Ennis's premise, and trust me, it is very, very hard to read/look at at times, but it just might also be great literature, a literature of our time. How can these two things be true, greatness and gore? See Beowulf, Frankenstein, and oh, yeah, any book about the Holocaust, Hiroshima, slavery, genocide. What is humankind capable of, at our most base? As with Swamp Thing, Moore tacks back and forth between horror as genre and Real Life Horrors, which are of course worse than anything fiction writers ever imagined.
July 20, 2016
bonafide genius and expert paradigm-breaker Alan Moore apparently decided to slum it and created a fairly mainstream narrative with Crossed + One Hundred. this is an excitingly cinematic tale that is more concerned with telling a riveting story and building a dense and complicated post-apocalyptic world than it is in exploring challenging themes or creating unique characters. the only immediately recognizable Moore flourish is its meta use of classic science fiction novels to frame and comment upon 5 of its 6 chapters. the results still amazed me. there is so much to enjoy, to live in and to engage with: a gleeful retooling of language reminiscent of Riddley Walker; a new society that illustrates the full range of Moore's progressive-feminist-anarchistic perspective on how an ideal (but still realistic) society would function; an increasingly sinister and hair-raising mystery to be solved; familiar characters who are instantly recognizable types yet still feel fresh and alive - especially a nonchalantly strong, independent, and always sympathetic female lead. this story completely captured my attention with its fascinating narrative, careful attention to detail, refreshingly casual (and incredibly explicit) approach to sex, and wonderfully lush art by Gabriel Andrade that made me really feel what it was like to live in this world. and at times it was genuinely terrifying: so, so much potential for horror lurking on the edges of the story kept me on edge in the best sort of way.
because the comic is set in the often repulsively exploitative Crossed world, unfortunately that potential for horror does rear its head - to an intense degree, more and more as the narrative plunges scarily forward. brilliant mainstream science fiction that could be a part of the Mad Max world slowly and inevitably turning into a post-apocalyptic Texas Chainsaw Massacre. so many scenes of atrocity! sweet Jesus, it was too much. Moore (and Andrade) certainly doesn't condescend to the gorehound Crossed audience - he caters to them. it's not his own creation (we can thank Garth Ennis for that) and although Moore resets the premise, he stays absolutely true to what Crossed is all about. namely, that all paths lead shitward and everything will end up far, far worse than you ever even thought it could be.
this was a superb entry in the series and I think it will also be the last one of the series that I'll read. no more, no more!
because the comic is set in the often repulsively exploitative Crossed world, unfortunately that potential for horror does rear its head - to an intense degree, more and more as the narrative plunges scarily forward. brilliant mainstream science fiction that could be a part of the Mad Max world slowly and inevitably turning into a post-apocalyptic Texas Chainsaw Massacre. so many scenes of atrocity! sweet Jesus, it was too much. Moore (and Andrade) certainly doesn't condescend to the gorehound Crossed audience - he caters to them. it's not his own creation (we can thank Garth Ennis for that) and although Moore resets the premise, he stays absolutely true to what Crossed is all about. namely, that all paths lead shitward and everything will end up far, far worse than you ever even thought it could be.
this was a superb entry in the series and I think it will also be the last one of the series that I'll read. no more, no more!
February 2, 2021
Yes it really is that Alan Moore! Moore brings his world building and storytelling skills to the Crossed franchise with this 'one century later' return to the Crossed reality. In typical bad-ass Moore way, he creates not only a new world but also a new language (neo-Pigeon English) to breath life into this tale of the growing human populace coming to grips with some sighting of the presumed eradicated Crossed. A clever and pretty dark look at the Crossed reality from Mr Moore. 7.5 out of 12.
April 27, 2025
The dialogue is dense and hard to follow. Alan Moore has come up with new slang words that make this a real slog to get through. After the first 3 or 4 issues, I was able to get past the dialogue and focus on the story. The book is set 100 years in the future of the first Crossed outbreak. Humans are starting to rebuild and their current outlook on life is interesting if totally representative of Moore's outlook. Some human patrols have come across some of the Crossed and are seeking to wipe them out. Moore does come up with the mother of all twists towards the end of the book.
June 18, 2022
I’ve sadly read a good chunk of Crossed that isn’t good at all, but this is definitely one of the stories in that series worth reading. The only Crossed stories I have ever jivved with are the ones that actually have something to say about the human condition, not the ones that are just excuses for the writer/artist to do a bunch of gore porn. The best stories to me are all the ones by Garth Ennis and Simon Spurrier, since they always felt like they were actually trying to say something in some of those. I also liked that one volume Kieron Gillen did. Well, now Alan Moore joins that list of 3 decent Crossed writers and makes it 4 with this impressive mini.
I think the most interesting aspect of this book is how Moore envisions a future where we are seeing the aftermath of a world that has torn itself apart. It’s a bit hard to wrap your head around everything at first, with how it presents the reader with information, and especially because of the language used to convey said info. Moore uses an English that is completely different from ours, and it’s because that’s how he envisioned people would talk 100 years into the future after an apocalypse of this nature. The idea of not only language, but all of society completely changing over time is a decent idea, but Moore KILLED it with the execution of it here. I completely get if it was a pace killer for some, but it really added so much to the story for me personally.
And holy shit, that twist at the end though... seriously one of the craziest fucking things I have ever read. Would put some of those classic TZ twists to shame. Did NOT see it coming at all, and it is definitely the most insane climax to any Crossed series, and anyone who has read Crossed before knows that is saying alot. I am beyond excited to delve into the other two volumes, as Alan Moore handpicked Si Spurrier to finish the story he started. Spurrier, being my favorite comic writer besides Ennis, has my trust. I truly believe that he can land the ending on this one.
I think the most interesting aspect of this book is how Moore envisions a future where we are seeing the aftermath of a world that has torn itself apart. It’s a bit hard to wrap your head around everything at first, with how it presents the reader with information, and especially because of the language used to convey said info. Moore uses an English that is completely different from ours, and it’s because that’s how he envisioned people would talk 100 years into the future after an apocalypse of this nature. The idea of not only language, but all of society completely changing over time is a decent idea, but Moore KILLED it with the execution of it here. I completely get if it was a pace killer for some, but it really added so much to the story for me personally.
And holy shit, that twist at the end though... seriously one of the craziest fucking things I have ever read. Would put some of those classic TZ twists to shame. Did NOT see it coming at all, and it is definitely the most insane climax to any Crossed series, and anyone who has read Crossed before knows that is saying alot. I am beyond excited to delve into the other two volumes, as Alan Moore handpicked Si Spurrier to finish the story he started. Spurrier, being my favorite comic writer besides Ennis, has my trust. I truly believe that he can land the ending on this one.
November 2, 2021
If you can get past the annoying futurespeak idioms and the slow world and character building of the opening chapters, Alan Moore serves up some delicious post-apocalyptic horror with nods to Elvis Presley and the great writers of science fiction and a brilliant conclusion.
The series continues with another writer, but without Moore at the wheel I have no interest in seeking out those books right now.
The series continues with another writer, but without Moore at the wheel I have no interest in seeking out those books right now.
March 15, 2017
Vote: 4,5
The Crossed-Apocalypse 100 years later by Alan Moore is one of the best volumes set in the extreme-horror-gory-splatterpunk universe invented by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows.
The world building was a real blast: umanity survived and is looking for its roots, developing new tribe-cultures and languages based on old ones (loved the term"wi-fi" for "wishful fiction"), but the threat of the infected is still alive and kicking. Same for the great artworks, storyline and twists, unexpected and shocking.
My only problem were the characters, really not liked them much and maybe they needed some issues more for better fleshing and development.
Best Crossed story ever together with Spurrier's "Crossed: Wish you were here" mini-series.
July 22, 2015
Alan Moore does 'Crossed,' and it's just what you'd think! He takes an over-the-top, gory/graphic/depraved, post-apocalyptic 'zombie' comic and turns it into something... dense and slow-paced. Taking place 100 years after the initial 'Crossed' outbreak in 2008, the story follows an archivist, Future Taylor, and her small team as they set off from their agriculture-based community to navigate the jungle that the world has transformed into. Most of the 'Crossed' (and humans) have died off, yet not all, and there are still plenty of mysteries to baffle, dangers to face.
Each issue is titled after a classic science fiction work, as Future finds an old sci-fi anthology in a dilapidated public library at the beginning of the series. In fact, the concept of science fiction / speculative fiction plays a huge role in this book, thematically (i.e. what does the idea of speculative fiction mean to/for humanity).
The most frustrating and rewarding aspect of this comic is that Moore writes in a new-fashioned language. It's a bastardized form of English and slang passed down orally for 100 years. So, at first, you really do have to spend time figuring out what the characters are saying. It's completely worth it though, because the pay-off is amazing-- did I mention that this comic is Great? It's a slow-burner, for sure, as Moore has more to say about this '100 years later' society than he does blood/guts/sex (though there's some of that, too). Also, the last two issues are the best Crossed issues I've read (certainly since Garth Ennis' original). In a way, it's the thinking-person's Crossed! No prior knowledge of 'Crossed' comics is needed, though I do recommend Ennis' original miniseries, out of respect, as it's one of the most intense comics I've ever read (though definitely NOT for the squeamish).
Each issue is titled after a classic science fiction work, as Future finds an old sci-fi anthology in a dilapidated public library at the beginning of the series. In fact, the concept of science fiction / speculative fiction plays a huge role in this book, thematically (i.e. what does the idea of speculative fiction mean to/for humanity).
The most frustrating and rewarding aspect of this comic is that Moore writes in a new-fashioned language. It's a bastardized form of English and slang passed down orally for 100 years. So, at first, you really do have to spend time figuring out what the characters are saying. It's completely worth it though, because the pay-off is amazing-- did I mention that this comic is Great? It's a slow-burner, for sure, as Moore has more to say about this '100 years later' society than he does blood/guts/sex (though there's some of that, too). Also, the last two issues are the best Crossed issues I've read (certainly since Garth Ennis' original). In a way, it's the thinking-person's Crossed! No prior knowledge of 'Crossed' comics is needed, though I do recommend Ennis' original miniseries, out of respect, as it's one of the most intense comics I've ever read (though definitely NOT for the squeamish).
June 8, 2017
This was quite the story with a lot going on.
First off, it was not an easy read. The story is set about a 100 years after the Crossed virus and most of the infected have died off. However, the language has evolved, or devolved depending on how you look at it. Therefore, this is written in some broken language resembling English but not quite. That made the book tedious, which was unfortunate because I think there was a cool story lurking.
If I understood things right, the idea is
Alan Moore did his usual and took the concept in a totally new direction. The art was also top notch, as I've come to expect from Crossed. Overall a good story (if you can decipher it) and something Crossed fans should enjoy.
First off, it was not an easy read. The story is set about a 100 years after the Crossed virus and most of the infected have died off. However, the language has evolved, or devolved depending on how you look at it. Therefore, this is written in some broken language resembling English but not quite. That made the book tedious, which was unfortunate because I think there was a cool story lurking.
If I understood things right, the idea is
Alan Moore did his usual and took the concept in a totally new direction. The art was also top notch, as I've come to expect from Crossed. Overall a good story (if you can decipher it) and something Crossed fans should enjoy.
May 19, 2022
Alan Moore completely ruined this fucking book.
Being that the story is set 100 years in the future, Alan Moore came up with the idea that the english language would have drastically changed in that amount of time, so every...single...character speaks in this funky ass dialect that is damned near impossible to understand without using some sort of fan-made glossary.
This is an actual sentence that a character said:
"With the slims? Fuck nothing. And but our sweep-gangs are opsying fuck more illbilies than we'd skulled"
Now imagine trying to read an entire story spanning multiple volumes with that type of nonsensical dialogue and imagine trying to make sense of the story. It's unreadable.
I really wanted to 100% the entire Crossed series, but Alan Moore and his pretentious, stupid ass writing made that impossible for me.
Being that the story is set 100 years in the future, Alan Moore came up with the idea that the english language would have drastically changed in that amount of time, so every...single...character speaks in this funky ass dialect that is damned near impossible to understand without using some sort of fan-made glossary.
This is an actual sentence that a character said:
"With the slims? Fuck nothing. And but our sweep-gangs are opsying fuck more illbilies than we'd skulled"
Now imagine trying to read an entire story spanning multiple volumes with that type of nonsensical dialogue and imagine trying to make sense of the story. It's unreadable.
I really wanted to 100% the entire Crossed series, but Alan Moore and his pretentious, stupid ass writing made that impossible for me.
January 17, 2016
I didn't like the dialogue. They spoke in a broken english that would take me away from the story and would make me focus more on trying to understand the words they were saying. I guess because the setting is 100 years after the virus outbreak, people have no schooling and education is limited. So they speak in a sort of weird way. I couldn't get past it.
July 18, 2016
Me encontré con este comic de casualidad, aunque tenía visto por internet que Moore había escrito algo dentro de esta serie que creó hace ya muchos años Garth Ennis.
Como es de esperarse el comic parece no querer dejar indiferente a nadie. Moore toma una idea ajena y, una vez más, la escribe a su modo y dejando terreno libre para que otros autores desarrollen un poco más. Esta quizás sea la historia de los cruzados que menos gore y violencia gratuita tiene. Hay momentos verdaderamente desagradables y turbios, pero Moore parece estar más interesado en escribir una historia post apocalíptica en donde el desarrollo y profundidad de los personajes son lo más importante.
Por otro lado, una de las virtudes del comic que más sobresalta es la creación de un mundo devastado después de 100 años desde la primera aparición de los cruzados y también el uso que hace Moore del lenguaje. Lamento haberlo leído en español, ya que la jerga que inventa debe ser más interesante de leer en inglés y calculo que con la traducción se deben perder algún par de cositas.
El comic funciona también como homenaje a varios títulos de ciencia ficción, desde autores como Isaac Asimov hasta JRR Tolkien. Moore no descansa ni un minuto en ese tour metaficcional que muchas veces lo ha caracterizado.
Los dibujos no están para nada mal, Gabriel Rodriguez retrata perfectamente ese mundo deprimente y devastado que Moore presenta. No son dibujos excepcionales, pero para esta historia, están más que correctos.
Como es de esperarse el comic parece no querer dejar indiferente a nadie. Moore toma una idea ajena y, una vez más, la escribe a su modo y dejando terreno libre para que otros autores desarrollen un poco más. Esta quizás sea la historia de los cruzados que menos gore y violencia gratuita tiene. Hay momentos verdaderamente desagradables y turbios, pero Moore parece estar más interesado en escribir una historia post apocalíptica en donde el desarrollo y profundidad de los personajes son lo más importante.
Por otro lado, una de las virtudes del comic que más sobresalta es la creación de un mundo devastado después de 100 años desde la primera aparición de los cruzados y también el uso que hace Moore del lenguaje. Lamento haberlo leído en español, ya que la jerga que inventa debe ser más interesante de leer en inglés y calculo que con la traducción se deben perder algún par de cositas.
El comic funciona también como homenaje a varios títulos de ciencia ficción, desde autores como Isaac Asimov hasta JRR Tolkien. Moore no descansa ni un minuto en ese tour metaficcional que muchas veces lo ha caracterizado.
Los dibujos no están para nada mal, Gabriel Rodriguez retrata perfectamente ese mundo deprimente y devastado que Moore presenta. No son dibujos excepcionales, pero para esta historia, están más que correctos.
November 18, 2018
Just finished the 100-issue main series. I’ve gone through all four volumes of Wish You Were Here. So, I was really excited to dive into this: The crossed universe a hundred years into the future. What annoyed me the most was the ridiculously incomprehensible lingo. For some reason, English has evolved. Or was it slang? I can’t tell the difference. Might as well be Chinese. I quit half-way through. Can’t… I just can’t. The torture! Ugh!
May 22, 2021
When I audied that Alan Moore was writering for the series “Crossed” I was fuck nervous: that series was the skullbaby of Garth Ennis, and I wasn’t too fuck excited about the first. I skulled Ennis’s first six issues was tight, but I skulled the next six, writered by David Lapham, was kinda brown. Too much sexing brown and awfuls. It was sometimes hard to opsy.
And but Moore’s writering, of course, was movie. He basically took Ennis’s skullbaby and writered it his own. It was fuck tight. The awfuls was still there but Moore has fuck brains and makes the readers have the asks.
“Crossed + One Hundred” is basically “Crossed” only set one hundred years after the Surprise, which is what the future peoples call the day the Crossed appeared. Normals was taking back the Earth, and Crossed was dying out. AFAWK.
The hero-person is named Future Taylor. She loves reading about the olden days, especially books of Wishful Fiction by writers like Azimuth, Fineline, Jeorge R.R. Tolkien. She thinks those books are fuck movie. She lives in the city of Chooga, Tennessee, one of several cities that managed to survive and thrive after the Surprise.
She’s Archivist, means she finds things from olden times, like books and vids and then skulls on them to find clues as to how the Crossed skulls. She’s opsied some things that give her some fuck asks, things that don’t make sense, things that might change AFAWK forever. All this leads to the sexing awfuls. And but Moore’s writering is standouting.
I heart how Moore has writered a future speak for the future people. I skull that it makes sense. Future peoples wouldn’t speaker like now-peoples. It’s fuck movie.
I skull that, even though I didn’t heart the original “Crossed” series, Moore’s opsy of this sexed and brown future is fuck tight, and I might reader some more.
And but Moore’s writering, of course, was movie. He basically took Ennis’s skullbaby and writered it his own. It was fuck tight. The awfuls was still there but Moore has fuck brains and makes the readers have the asks.
“Crossed + One Hundred” is basically “Crossed” only set one hundred years after the Surprise, which is what the future peoples call the day the Crossed appeared. Normals was taking back the Earth, and Crossed was dying out. AFAWK.
The hero-person is named Future Taylor. She loves reading about the olden days, especially books of Wishful Fiction by writers like Azimuth, Fineline, Jeorge R.R. Tolkien. She thinks those books are fuck movie. She lives in the city of Chooga, Tennessee, one of several cities that managed to survive and thrive after the Surprise.
She’s Archivist, means she finds things from olden times, like books and vids and then skulls on them to find clues as to how the Crossed skulls. She’s opsied some things that give her some fuck asks, things that don’t make sense, things that might change AFAWK forever. All this leads to the sexing awfuls. And but Moore’s writering is standouting.
I heart how Moore has writered a future speak for the future people. I skull that it makes sense. Future peoples wouldn’t speaker like now-peoples. It’s fuck movie.
I skull that, even though I didn’t heart the original “Crossed” series, Moore’s opsy of this sexed and brown future is fuck tight, and I might reader some more.
August 12, 2015
So I finished the last of the Crossed series, as I bought the final two issues together. It had quite a jarring ending that I really was not at all prepared for and it made me want to go back and read it again from the beginning. I liked that there was a continuous arc for this sequence. That things were explained and the little world made sense. I must admit though I'm not a big enough fan of the series to continue reading it after Alan leaves. I like just thinking of it as this one adventure and don't need to see what other twists and turns the world takes. Overall there were some interesting ideas here about how civilisation wouldn't continue and the way people would change. How mindless monsters may not be mindless monsters after all. But the idea of the crossed themselves is really quite silly. Will be interesting to see what Alan does next.
May 29, 2017
This one was a bit of a slog to get through, largely because of Moore's dialogue written in a fractured English--hard to believe that language would really degenerate that quickly in only a hundred years or so--but once you get a handle on it, this is a very well-done and tricky story.
September 24, 2015
It's hard getting into this story because of the 'new language' that was used... But once you get used to that, it's pretty good! And the surprise really comes at the end!
3,5*
3,5*
September 11, 2021
this got better the more I read.
it probably had to do with the fact that it takes a while to get used to how they speak, as 100 years after an apocalyptic-type event, they speak quite differently.
overall, it’s super intriguing. the more you read, the more questions you think about, the more you have to take into consideration, and the more you discover.
it’s definitely extremely graphic at times, but it was extremely interesting all the same
it probably had to do with the fact that it takes a while to get used to how they speak, as 100 years after an apocalyptic-type event, they speak quite differently.
overall, it’s super intriguing. the more you read, the more questions you think about, the more you have to take into consideration, and the more you discover.
it’s definitely extremely graphic at times, but it was extremely interesting all the same
January 26, 2018
Okay, I think I speak for everybody when I say "What the sex was up with that language" :D
It took nearly the entire volume to get used to...
But besides that: very original story, interesting characters and definitely a spectacular "ending"..
I'll be reading on ;)
It took nearly the entire volume to get used to...
But besides that: very original story, interesting characters and definitely a spectacular "ending"..
I'll be reading on ;)
December 3, 2023
This was the book that finally fulfilled the promise of the Crossed universe for me. I found the themes explored in previous entries interesting, but the overuse of extreme violence interfered with my ability to connect with the story or characters. Alan Moore rectifies this problem in Crossed +100, taking the time to show us the lives of the survivors and giving us a chance to get to know and care about individual characters before shit hits the fan.
Crossed +100 adds a lot to the saga in terms of lore and worldbuilding. Alan Moore takes the series 100 years into the future and explores how both the survivors and the infected have changed in that time. The storytelling becomes more epic in scope than in previous entries, and Alan Moore uses literary touchstones like Lord of the Rings and Foundation as ways to explore different philosophical outlooks against the Hobbesian backdrop of the world of Crossed.
A controversial aspect of Crossed +100 is Alan Moore's decision to have the survivors speak a modified version of English. I found the language a little silly and not especially realistic, but the task of understanding the dialogue did demand my full attention, which made me feel more invested and immersed in the story.
Violence and gore is a main feature of the Crossed universe and its overuse has traditionally been one of the weakest aspects of the stories set in this world. For me, the level of gore never elicited fear or disgust as much as fatigue, desensitization and the sense that what I was reading was kind of silly and juvenile. Crossed +100 is much better in this regard. When it happens, the violence is brutal and disgusting, but the impact is much more devastating because the frequency of the violence has been decreased and occurs in the context of good storytelling and happens to characters that are well written and often likeable. Overall I think the frequency of the gore and violence here should still have been dialed back significantly to elicit maximum emotional impact, but Crossed +100 is leaps ands bounds better than previous entries in this respect.
Crossed +100 is definitely the highlight of the series for me. If you can handle reading Crossed, I would definitely recommend checking this entry out after reading the original Garth Ennis run, as Crossed +100 significantly builds on the original ideas in the series and deals with some truly interesting topics and philosophical themes.
Crossed +100 adds a lot to the saga in terms of lore and worldbuilding. Alan Moore takes the series 100 years into the future and explores how both the survivors and the infected have changed in that time. The storytelling becomes more epic in scope than in previous entries, and Alan Moore uses literary touchstones like Lord of the Rings and Foundation as ways to explore different philosophical outlooks against the Hobbesian backdrop of the world of Crossed.
A controversial aspect of Crossed +100 is Alan Moore's decision to have the survivors speak a modified version of English. I found the language a little silly and not especially realistic, but the task of understanding the dialogue did demand my full attention, which made me feel more invested and immersed in the story.
Violence and gore is a main feature of the Crossed universe and its overuse has traditionally been one of the weakest aspects of the stories set in this world. For me, the level of gore never elicited fear or disgust as much as fatigue, desensitization and the sense that what I was reading was kind of silly and juvenile. Crossed +100 is much better in this regard. When it happens, the violence is brutal and disgusting, but the impact is much more devastating because the frequency of the violence has been decreased and occurs in the context of good storytelling and happens to characters that are well written and often likeable. Overall I think the frequency of the gore and violence here should still have been dialed back significantly to elicit maximum emotional impact, but Crossed +100 is leaps ands bounds better than previous entries in this respect.
Crossed +100 is definitely the highlight of the series for me. If you can handle reading Crossed, I would definitely recommend checking this entry out after reading the original Garth Ennis run, as Crossed +100 significantly builds on the original ideas in the series and deals with some truly interesting topics and philosophical themes.
March 2, 2017
I remember the days when I was a fan of Alan Moore's work. They're in the past.
The artwork is ok, but the story is slow-going. For whatever reason, the writer decided to add major semantic changes, probably to suggest a natural language evolution in the hundred years since the outbreak. I feel it just gets in the way, but it does provide an extra dimension to the story. 'I skull that is fuck movie for definite, I'm gladded I opsied it' means something like 'I think that is really cool indeed, I'm glad I saw it'. Probably. It's one of the reasons this read is slower. The other is that it's boring. It's trying to be realistic, but there is too much focus on the healthy people that I, for one, care very little about. The ending saves it, though. I would have just preferred a more alert pace.
And there are too few hot crossed - big dissapointment. There's a sex scene between healthy humans, but it's just not the same without the crazy enthusiasm the crossed have.
The artwork is ok, but the story is slow-going. For whatever reason, the writer decided to add major semantic changes, probably to suggest a natural language evolution in the hundred years since the outbreak. I feel it just gets in the way, but it does provide an extra dimension to the story. 'I skull that is fuck movie for definite, I'm gladded I opsied it' means something like 'I think that is really cool indeed, I'm glad I saw it'. Probably. It's one of the reasons this read is slower. The other is that it's boring. It's trying to be realistic, but there is too much focus on the healthy people that I, for one, care very little about. The ending saves it, though. I would have just preferred a more alert pace.
And there are too few hot crossed - big dissapointment. There's a sex scene between healthy humans, but it's just not the same without the crazy enthusiasm the crossed have.
May 4, 2016
Great series. Then again, I love everything Alan Moore. It was a little difficult to read because it's written as though the English language has been lost and then recovered after a nuclear disaster. But you get the hang of it, and the drawing is rich. I love the lush landscapes and the historical landmarks like Graceland which contribute much to the mood. The protagonist is a very compelling character.
December 25, 2015
Alan Moore rewites Ennis's Crossed. Nuff said.
November 9, 2019
Nunca leí nada del universo Crossed, y a este tomo le entré básicamente porque lo escribe Moore. Son 6 numeritos que transcurren 100 años después de la serie original. En general es entretenido aunque nada del otro mundo, hasta el último número; ahí encontramos una vuelta de tuerca que MAMITA. Brillante. Pero brillante posta.
Por lo tanto, el puntaje tiene que ver con ese último número que da vuelta lo que se venía contando.
¿Lo recomiendo? Sí, como lectura ligera y sabiendo que está entre lo menos interesante del barbas, entretiene y tiene un gran final. Y más nada.
Por lo tanto, el puntaje tiene que ver con ese último número que da vuelta lo que se venía contando.
¿Lo recomiendo? Sí, como lectura ligera y sabiendo que está entre lo menos interesante del barbas, entretiene y tiene un gran final. Y más nada.
March 1, 2025
No es la mejor historia de crossed pero si la más interesante , muy inteligente lo que hace el señor moore con el idioma , una pena la traducido
August 11, 2025
últimamente el hechicero de northamptonnme había decepcionado pero puta madre si este no es superior! para los amantes del ci fin clásico esto les va a escupir en la cara! literal
March 16, 2017
So gory
So violent
So creepy!
So violent
So creepy!
February 20, 2017
Without a doubt, in my mind, this is the second-worst series in the Crossed franchise, only beating out Psychopath for the place at the utter rock bottom. The basic idea was sound, of course: following the Crossed into the future (like the Homo tortor arc in Badlands followed it into the past). But that was all; the basic idea. Every single other thing about it was a train wreck.
Let's just review what the Crossed are like, according to literally every other part of the series. They're basically people whose inhibitions are removed by their infection, to the point where they begin doing what (most) people normally hold back from doing except in the dark caverns of their fantasies. We have Crossed like Smokey and the twins, and Aoileann, who are more controlled, but that's all we can say about them. They definitely do not care about normal humans and they don't attempt to pretend to be anything but what they are.
Now let's look at the Crossed of + 100. They're so changed that we literally need to be told who's Crossed before we know it. We have them in incomprehensible intrigues among themselves (which the viewpoint character, the incredibly unlikeable Future Taylor, doesn't discover until the very end), and we have them disguising themselves in ways which grow less and less believable as the series goes on. We have basically, a total inversion of the canon as it was established.
This whole part of the franchise was never any good, and it definitively jumped the shark at about the point where the artwork changed abruptly to manga-style huge-eyed character designs. It was at that point that the storytelling went south too. Not that it was great before that, of course.
One huge failure was the entire series' inability to create likeable characters, or even ones we could hate. They seemed to compete with each other in trying to vie for utter dislikability without having the saving grace of being so bad that one could hate them, like Yellow Belly of Badlands, for instance. I couldn't bring myself to care for a single character, and my only regret is that they weren't all killed off like the earlier series had no problem doing.
I still rate Wish You Were Here as by far the best Crossed series around, Smokey as the single best character, and I doubt that if there's any future comics in the franchise are published they'll better either.
Let's just review what the Crossed are like, according to literally every other part of the series. They're basically people whose inhibitions are removed by their infection, to the point where they begin doing what (most) people normally hold back from doing except in the dark caverns of their fantasies. We have Crossed like Smokey and the twins, and Aoileann, who are more controlled, but that's all we can say about them. They definitely do not care about normal humans and they don't attempt to pretend to be anything but what they are.
Now let's look at the Crossed of + 100. They're so changed that we literally need to be told who's Crossed before we know it. We have them in incomprehensible intrigues among themselves (which the viewpoint character, the incredibly unlikeable Future Taylor, doesn't discover until the very end), and we have them disguising themselves in ways which grow less and less believable as the series goes on. We have basically, a total inversion of the canon as it was established.
This whole part of the franchise was never any good, and it definitively jumped the shark at about the point where the artwork changed abruptly to manga-style huge-eyed character designs. It was at that point that the storytelling went south too. Not that it was great before that, of course.
One huge failure was the entire series' inability to create likeable characters, or even ones we could hate. They seemed to compete with each other in trying to vie for utter dislikability without having the saving grace of being so bad that one could hate them, like Yellow Belly of Badlands, for instance. I couldn't bring myself to care for a single character, and my only regret is that they weren't all killed off like the earlier series had no problem doing.
I still rate Wish You Were Here as by far the best Crossed series around, Smokey as the single best character, and I doubt that if there's any future comics in the franchise are published they'll better either.
July 21, 2015
Well, Alan Moore does it again. Here he brings us a short 6-issue run on the comic title Crossed - a zombie-apocalypse adventure title I previously didn’t really like for being too heavy on gore and exploitation without having much substance behind it. Moore sets his version of the world of the Crossed one-hundred years into the zombie occupation. He tones down the violence and puts more consideration into what this sort of future what actually be like. How would survivors organise into societies? What sort of religions might survive or pop up? What would sexual/personal/familial interactions looks like? What would language look/sound like (a recurring idea Moore likes to visit in his work)? As a replacement for the out-and-out horror and violence of earlier versions of Crossed, Moore gives us a science fiction story with a creepy, unsettling vibe, and a bit of action, mystery and twists thrown in. When the horror does happen (and there is definitely some horror) it’s much more effective and shocking than if we were confronted with it from page 1. Future Taylor is an interesting enough protagonist, and the art is full of nice detail, but I really enjoyed the ideas behind the society and language most of all.
Like Moore’s Swamp Thing, I think you appreciate this more if you know what came before it and understand how much Moore’s version was a departure, but I think it also works pretty well as a stand-alone series - there are barely any references to earlier issues, which are set either during or just after the “surprise”. He also leaves the story open for the next writer to pick up the adventures of archivist Future Taylor, and thanks to Moore I will continue to read the series even if I may not collect them quite as avidly.
Like Moore’s Swamp Thing, I think you appreciate this more if you know what came before it and understand how much Moore’s version was a departure, but I think it also works pretty well as a stand-alone series - there are barely any references to earlier issues, which are set either during or just after the “surprise”. He also leaves the story open for the next writer to pick up the adventures of archivist Future Taylor, and thanks to Moore I will continue to read the series even if I may not collect them quite as avidly.
May 20, 2020
here Alan takes Garth Ennis' infected zombie apocalypse, moves the timer forward another hundred years, and spins it off in another direction just at the point where hope re-enters the equation. by 2108 language has changed, the world has changed, and it seems time to reclaim the past and even invest in plans for the future beyond mere survival. so our archivist hero (and how cool is that!?), armed with her knowledge of the past and blessed with the prophetic name of Future, takes a younger girl named Cautious Optimist under her wing and they sail out into the Real to search systematically among the ruins for history, artifacts, and ideas they can use. and but they learn quite a lot about the present along the way, radically changing their whole As Far As We Know. Future is a fan of 20thC sf novels, though she lives in a world with neither science nor stars: it's a lost genre she calls "wishful futures", but belief structures of any kind (including the rational) are the first casualties of the world she lives in now. but then she starts finding shrines. seems like someone out there has a dream of their own, and it's doing better than just surviving. perhaps the most powerful Alan Moore story of recent years, you don't have to have read any of the Garth Ennis original series to get your bearings. the artwork by Gabriel Andrade, in both scope and detail, is very strong. and this is all Alan wrote into this world, though the series does continue past this point.
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