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Swamp Thing (Black & White Edition) #10
Swamp Thing Book 10
Original UK Black and White Edition published by Titan Books Ltd in 1988.
- GenresGraphic Novels
Paperback
Published January 1, 1996
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Alan Moore
1,578 books21.7k followersAlan 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 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.
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June 17, 2019
Swamp Thing in Space!!! Following his not quite death at the hands of those shady Government agency types back in Book 9, our hero's consciousness leaps across the cosmic void and into a change of pace and tone.
"My Blue Heaven" sees the Swamp Thing alone on an all Blue world (one of the rare occasions where the colour edition does improve on these B&W ones). It's a episode of solitary angst; is this a reflection on Moore's own mind-state at the time? Knee-deep in Watchmen and handling the monthly pressures of Swamp Thing, was he isolated by his labours, and was he expressing the relationship with his art and characters being a twisted retreat from reality?
"Mysteries in Space" and "Exiles" bring us a little more back down to Earth... but only a little. Here we get classic Moore reinvention; taking the Flash Gordon-esque, pulp spaceman Adam Strange and turning him into a tough bastard trapped in a sexually and emotionally complex relationship while being used as a stud ape. There's a great toilet gag, some serious fetish play and some coitus interruptus.
"Reunion" brings us back to Earth and to Abby's heart-breaking..uh ... reunion with her tragic, deformed and rebuilt Father.
This volume lacks a certain coherence, lacking the larger narrative drives of the American Gothic mega-story and Gotham City mini-story but the seriousness of My Blue Heaven is leavened by the intelligent pulp of the Adam Strange duo, with a side-dish of plain old gothic horror to wrap up.
After 9 preceding volumes of sheer genius at work, it's a simple joy to spend time in this place.
"My Blue Heaven" sees the Swamp Thing alone on an all Blue world (one of the rare occasions where the colour edition does improve on these B&W ones). It's a episode of solitary angst; is this a reflection on Moore's own mind-state at the time? Knee-deep in Watchmen and handling the monthly pressures of Swamp Thing, was he isolated by his labours, and was he expressing the relationship with his art and characters being a twisted retreat from reality?
"Mysteries in Space" and "Exiles" bring us a little more back down to Earth... but only a little. Here we get classic Moore reinvention; taking the Flash Gordon-esque, pulp spaceman Adam Strange and turning him into a tough bastard trapped in a sexually and emotionally complex relationship while being used as a stud ape. There's a great toilet gag, some serious fetish play and some coitus interruptus.
"Reunion" brings us back to Earth and to Abby's heart-breaking..uh ... reunion with her tragic, deformed and rebuilt Father.
This volume lacks a certain coherence, lacking the larger narrative drives of the American Gothic mega-story and Gotham City mini-story but the seriousness of My Blue Heaven is leavened by the intelligent pulp of the Adam Strange duo, with a side-dish of plain old gothic horror to wrap up.
After 9 preceding volumes of sheer genius at work, it's a simple joy to spend time in this place.
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