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Monster Mash: Saga of the Swamp Thing and Monster Tropes, Part 2

Scott Weatherly — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 21:44:40 +0000

When Nature Attacks! Having achieved his goal of joining with the Green, Woodrue quickly begins his attack on the human race. Woodrue starts small but his escalation is devastating. The killing of a group of… [more]

Monster Mash: Saga of the Swamp Thing and Monster Tropes, Part 1

Scott Weatherly — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:00:40 +0000

Joining the Monster Squad Monsters enter our lives at an early age. We are told stories about the things that dwell in the shadows and the corners of our minds. The creatures that we –… [more]

AARGH! RESIST! A Retrospective and a Prelude

Matthew Kirshenblatt — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 16:00:53 +0000

AARGH! RESIST! A Retrospective and a Prelude" title="AARGH! RESIST! A Retrospective and a Prelude" style="float:left;" />In my four-part article Not By Something As Accidental as Blood: Bash Back, my research into Lawrence Gullo, Fyodor Pavlov, and Kelsey Hercs’ work took me to places I hadn’t gone before while, in other… [more]

Send in the Third String: An Argument for the Importance of Less Popular Superheroes

Jarrett Mazza — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 12:00:31 +0000

It is difficult to choose your favorite superhero. Most fans of any universe or mythology will immediately select the one that is the most well known or frequently seen in comparison to those that are… [more]

Tyrant Questions and Answers with Steve Bissette

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:00:43 +0000

Tyrant Questions and Answers with Steve Bissette" title="Tyrant Questions and Answers with Steve Bissette" style="float:left;" />Previously we looked at Tyrant’s letter pages, issue one, issue two, issue three, and issue four. Steve Bissette’s Tyrant leaves us with more questions than it does answers. The series came to a crashing conclusion with… [more]

Tyrant Issue Four: Dreams and Bones

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:00:09 +0000

Previously we looked at Steve Bissette’s most experimental issue of Tyrant. The final published issue of Tyrant opens with yet another spectacular nature drawing. Steve Bissette draws the rocky remains of a riverbed, a trickle of… [more]

Tyrant Issue Three: The Egg

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:00:57 +0000

Tyrant Issue Three: The Egg" title="Tyrant Issue Three: The Egg" style="float:left;" />The third issue of Steve Bissette’s Tyrant is devoid of any title, which is odd. Every other issue opened with a strong title page. Perhaps Bissette wanted to distance this issue from the others, as it… [more]

Tyrant Issue Two: Blood and Berries

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:00:55 +0000

Tyrant Issue Two: Blood and Berries" title="Tyrant Issue Two: Blood and Berries" style="float:left;" />The second issue of Tyrant starts on a more introspective note than the first. Steve Bissette opens the story with a quote from Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Vertigo: Somewhere in here I was born, and there I… [more]

Tyrant Issue One: Knock Knock

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:00:40 +0000

Tyrant Issue One: Knock Knock" title="Tyrant Issue One: Knock Knock" style="float:left;" />The first issue of Tyrant, Steve Bissette’s short lived fictional biography of a T-Rex, came out in September of 1994. The series was published by Bissette’s own company, SpiderBaby Grafix. The story lasts 21 pages,… [more]

Introducing Steve Bissette’s Tyrant: The Letter Pages

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:00:32 +0000

Tyrant: The Letter Pages" title="Introducing Steve Bissette’s Tyrant: The Letter Pages" style="float:left;" />Steve Bissette’s Tyrant should have been a classic. His phenomenal art, solid writing and fascinating concept might well have led to what comic critics would have cited as essential reading. Circumstances, however, prevented this. The… [more]

“Fish Story” and “The Curse”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issues #39 and #40

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:12 +0000

Swamp Thing Issues #39 and #40" title="“Fish Story” and “The Curse”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issues #39 and #40" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #39 “Fish Story” Cover date: August 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Moore begins this issue by drawing out the theme of children and… [more]

“Roots”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #24

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:00:12 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #24" title="“Roots”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #24" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #24: “Roots” Cover date: May 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. This issue is the climax to Moore’s opening story… [more]

“Another Green World”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #23

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:30:43 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #23" title="“Another Green World”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #23" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #23: ”Another Green World” Cover date: April 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. Swamp Thing is still in a virtual… [more]

“The Anatomy Lesson”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #21

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:00:22 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #21" title="“The Anatomy Lesson”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #21" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #21: “The Anatomy Lesson” Cover date: February 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben (co-penciled by Rick Veitch). Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates.… [more]

Meet the Magus, Part 4: Phantasmagoria and the Occult in Saga of the Swamp Thing

Hannah Means-Shannon — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:00:18 +0000

Saga of the Swamp Thing" title="Meet the Magus, Part 4: Phantasmagoria and the Occult in Saga of the Swamp Thing" style="float:left;" />The most pertinent question to ask of ourselves at the outset of discussing fictional works by Moore that deal in some way with magic or even the occult is “what is the difference between a… [more]

Meet the Magus, Part 3: The Deep Green, Jack of the Green, and the Swamp Thing

Hannah Means-Shannon — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:00:59 +0000

Ten years before Alan Moore informed friends and family that he would be pursuing the path of a practicing magician, he began working for the megalithic American comics company DC on the production of The… [more]