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Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 1

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Moore, Bissetre and Totleben were vetted by the Authority Code and decided to not submit the book, and even threatened to quit if they had to change stuff again and again, beginning a trend for more adult comics and paving the way for others. Another important thing that they did on their classic run was to abandon the Comics Code Authority, something that happened only once before with Stan Lee's Spider-Man. Featuring weekly comic release discussions, creator AMAs, a friendly and helpful userbase, and much more! But then along comes a knight in dirty, plant encrusted armor (and probably not smelling too good either I imagine).

Moore is great at making Woodrue a truly horrific villain while still (somehow) obeying the Comic Code that was still in place early in his run. With a beautiful slipcover, great binding and oversized artwork, this is a must for the graphic novel nuts out there. That makes the first issue very jarring, just chatting about all these characters I know nothing about!I dislike Stephen Bisette's way of portraiting shadows, using straight lines, and the faces and some panels are inconsistent. Swiftly killing most of the supporting cast and also its main character Swamp Thing, making a fresh start for the title and knocking it out of the park from day one. But the best is saved for last in an apocalyptic resolution that, in a bravura feat, is a Crisis on Infinite Earths tie-in that manages to be absolutely disconnected from that event while ultimately suggesting that Swamp Thing may be the DC hero who truly saved the day for the whole thing. Includes the story The Anatomy Lesson, a haunting origin story that reshapes Swamp Thing mythology with terrifying revelations that begin a journey of discovery and adventure that will take him across the stars and beyond.

En cuanto al apartado artístico, tiene ese característico estilo clásico que contrasta el negro con colores semi-planos, exceptuando en la portada del tomo y en algunas otras portadas. I enjoyed the more comic like moments where other characters crossed in most as they had the least narration an actually felt like things were happening rather than being told. There are so many classics here, with many putting America's omnipresent ghosts and sins on display: the werewolf story-as-feminist-howl; the ghosts of a garish plantation melodrama infecting the minds of those making a movie about the long-dead people. It is a little expensive and it has a twin (second volume) but if you ever wished to experience this series for the first time again, now is your chance. Author Alan Moore and illustrators Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Rick Veitch, Shawn McManus, Ron Randall and Dan Day join together to rise from the swamps in slipcased hardcover edition, Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol.Durante la lectura no se te pasa por la cabeza ni una sola vez que esta historia pertenezca al mismo universo que el resto de personajes superheroicos de DC porque el tono y la crudeza de sus páginas no son propias de los mismos (exceptuando a Batman en contadas ocasiones). In parallelo sto portando avanti la saga di Sandman (di Gaiman) che ad oggi, arrivato agli ultimi due volumi, sentenzio come uno dei viaggi più emozionanti che abbia mai fatto. He comenzado de esta forma porque lo primero que hice al enfrentarme por primera vez con Una lección de anatomía, fue, simple y llanamente, hablar con una tía que es profesora titular de biología en la universidad más conocida de mi país.

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