World Famous Comics: Swamp Thing Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
By: Alan Moore Publisher: Vertigo Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Vertigo Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 176 Publication Date: February 23, 1998 Release Date: February 23, 1998
Great start of one of comic's best series I bought this with no comic exposure other than a couple Invisibles trades, and that shot in the dark jump-started my love for comics. Alan Moore's series is almost perfect, I didn't like typical superheros at this point but the first five Swamp trades blew my mind and continue to remain the high watermark of comics to this day. Criminally overlooked, much better than Watchmen or V for Vendetta.
Along with the Invisibles and Preacher, this is a series everyone dabbling in comics or weird lit needs to own.
The Best Run Ever! If you like Moore, if you like great artwork, if you want to read one of the best chapters in comic book history, read this run. One of the best colaborations ever in graphic storytelling. Reimagining the Swamp Thing is the best thing Alan Moore has ever done. For me, it's better than Watchmen, and I loved Watchmen, it realy is one of the best there is in the medium, but Swampy is truely something else...
Creepy Sweet ...and then it came to pass Mr. Moore came and conquered sequential storytelling... The artwork hits the highs and lows so does the narration... Rest assured, it's highs mostly and that's creepy sweet. The Monkey King storyline didn't kick in deep, though left its chillness. Loose Ends and Anatomy Lesson are breathtaking. All I can scream is, I want Moore...
Don't Understand All the Hype..... Ok, I bought this GN based on all the great reviews. The art work is not that great and the story telling is ok. It was bland and somewhat boring. I hate to knock anyone's work, so please realize this is just one reader's opinion. I do read a lot of graphic novels, especially those considered to be written for adults and this one just did not impress me at all. My biggest regret is that I bought the entire Swamp Thing run by Alan Moore and none of them have been that great. I had high hopes based on the reviews but have been very disappointed.
Splendid artwork Bissette & Totleben So many people talk about the writing so I think is useless for me to do it (awesome). I have picked up a couple of books of the early 90's, none of them come as nearly as close as this one is well portrait, (I bought Knightfall, Zero Hour, and the return of Superman) one thing is to draw good in little panels, another is having a perspective to tell a story like Bissette and Totleben. Not many reviewers mention them. Just pick up the sandman and you can tell the difference after Sam Kieth left, the story is great but the artwork is mediocre for a book like that, that's why I'm still buying the next books of S.T. The work of this 2 great artists is beyond splendid, forget about technology, there a few pencillers like Bissette today and no Inker like Totleben. If you don't know what an inker does, take a look at Green Lantern, Van Sciver does his own inking (for the most part), Ivan Reis is one hell of a good penciller but he lack a hell of a good inker. Pick S.T. 1 &2, just the art work is a masterpiece well deserved to be taken a look at, now needless to say the depth of the stories.
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