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Brenton Lee Brown
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Moore flings our hero from the Swamp to the stars, continuing his departure from Horror bayou origins to other ‘Greens’. I love how smoothly this comic kneads ingredients of environmentalism -Gaia theory- into its increasingly sci fi tinged batter as Swampy makes contact with other planetary intelligences. Moore is a true wizard, two issues in I’m spellbound.
— Jun 18, 2026 01:23PM
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Brenton Lee Brown
is on page 110 of 208
I was spoiled by Moore’s collaboration with Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. After issue #50 other artists began to fill their spot & the quality waned. Still Grade A, but the first half of this run remains the best I’ve read. Issue #60 Totleben steps back in & reminds that precedent. A biomechanical Giger-esque living structure neither planet or ship, Love Death + Robots vibes, allusion to Odyssey, abstract
— Jun 22, 2026 12:15PM
Brenton Lee Brown
is on page 4 of 208
Nine years ago I started reading Alan Moore’s run at my brother’s recommendation. From 2017 to now I’ve been reading this saga, refreshing once a year everything that lead to this point. The impetus that sent me truly down the rabbit hole was one John Constantine, the now-archetypal occult investigator whose DNA is riddled through urban fantasy. Moore ends his first American comic writing role here
— Jun 18, 2026 02:58AM
