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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]

Inside the Frontier: What Non-Comic Readers Can Learn From Reading The Star Trek Comics

Jarrett Mazza — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 22:00:10 +0000

What kind of relationship do comic books and films share? This is a broad, subjective, and fairly debatable question to ask most comic readers, but it is still nonetheless a question that continuously courses through… [more]

Look Away, Dixie Land: Reflections on Life in the South, Racist Iconography, and Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:00:25 +0000

When I was very young, my family used to make an annual summer trip to Dogpatch, U.S.A. Nestled in the Ozark Mountains near Harrison, Arkansas, Dogpatch was a small amusement park inspired by Al Capp’s… [more]

Frank Miller’s Daredevil Saga, Part 1: Introduction

James Kelly — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:00:47 +0000

Daredevil Saga, Part 1: Introduction" title="Frank Miller’s Daredevil Saga, Part 1: Introduction" style="float:left;" />Introduction Few writer/artists have been able to leave such an impact on a character that it has forever transformed comics after. Frank Miller was able to breathe life and vitality to characters that had been… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 8

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:00:45 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 8" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 8" style="float:left;" />Issue #10 “Sex and Death” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Richard Piers Rayner and Mark Buckingham Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Todd Klein Cover: Dave McKean With the ultimate goal of self-preservation, the consequences of John Constantine’s… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 1

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:00:34 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 1" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 1" style="float:left;" />When the term “magic” is observed by a member of the Western world, certain images undoubtedly come to mind. Long bearded men with staffs and pointy hats, a young boy with a lightning bolt scar,… [more]

“About Sixty Per Cent Happy”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 40

Colin Smith — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:00:22 +0000

Continued from last week. The rest of Millar’s Swamp Thing tales shared the same weaknesses as River Run, although they only intermittently reflected the same strengths. The likes of Twilight of The Gods and Chester… [more]

“So Many Questions are Left Unanswered”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 39

Colin Smith — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:00:36 +0000

Continued from last week. For the third time in ten months, Millar’s Swamp Thing had presented abortion in a wholly negative light. Nothing that he’d write in the remainder of his tenure on the book… [more]

“Why d’You Think God Created Abortion Clinics?”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 38

Colin Smith — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:00:02 +0000

Continued from last week. After abortion as a vehicle for laddish jokes and abortion as a means for evoking terror, Millar turned to abortion as a symbol of crass irresponsibility. (ST: 147/152/157) In Sink Or… [more]

“Terminate This Pregnancy”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 37

Colin Smith — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:00:15 +0000

Continued from last week. Millar makes more use of the topic of abortion in Swamp Thing than most superhero writers do in a lifetime. In each case, abortion is used either as a symbol of… [more]

“Her Deepest, Hidden Secrets”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 36

Colin Smith — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:00:38 +0000

Continued from last week. As so often before, Murder In The Dark saw Millar indulging in two of his greatest fascinations: body horror at the expense of helpless female victims and the tradition and dogma… [more]

“Do You Remember Earth Two or Earth X?”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 35

Colin Smith — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:00:44 +0000

Continued from last week. Though Millar’s River Run tales are rarely anything other than predictable, they’re also undeniably focused, purposeful and enthusiastically told. Even when he’s sketching out the inevitably baleful career of a psychopathic… [more]

“There is Something Wrong with This World”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 34

Colin Smith — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:00:51 +0000

Continued from last week. Even when Millar put an appropriately exotic backdrop to use, he frequently neutered its dramatic potential. The desert setting used to conclude the first arc was portrayed in an entirely throwaway… [more]

“Not Walking in Alan Moore’s Footsteps”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 33

Colin Smith — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:00:02 +0000

Continued from last week. Of course, there’s no reason why an obvious ending can’t also be a satisfying one. Similarly, a protagonist that seems to lack personality or potency can still be used in a… [more]

“Even The Worst Among Them Has Potential”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 32

Colin Smith — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:00:13 +0000

Continued from last week. So, the Millar who wrote Swamp Thing was enthusiastic, ambitious, and ethically engaged. But for all his efforts and good intentions, and for all the occasional highpoint, the run was heavy-handed,… [more]

“Ritual Must Be Observed”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 31

Colin Smith — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:00:19 +0000

Continued from last week. As for his two warring Lodges of super-mages, Millar seems to have used them as a symbol of religious sectarianism and reconciliation. Their differing interpretations of how to save the world… [more]

“Why Try to Create a New God?”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 30

Colin Smith — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:00:40 +0000

Continued from last week. But for all the carelessness and clumsiness of Millar’s scripts, his and Morrison’s Swamp Thing consistently displays a deliberate and serious moral purpose. Indeed, the comic persistently plays out two quite… [more]

“Take a Look Inside My Mind”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 29

Colin Smith — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:00:17 +0000

Continued from last week. It’s impossible to believe that Morrison and Millar’s Swamp Thing wasn’t intended as an allegory. For all that Morrison’s original plans appear to have been significantly modified by his junior partner,… [more]

As Human as You Want to Be: A Review of Charles Soule’s Swamp Thing: Seeder

Noel Thorne — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:00:51 +0000

Swamp Thing: Seeder" title="As Human as You Want to Be: A Review of Charles Soule’s Swamp Thing: Seeder" style="float:left;" />It’s an obvious pun when the subtitle here is “Seeder”, but Charles Soule’s first Swamp Thing book is such a scattershot of ideas and beginnings that it’s like he’s planting the seeds of larger storylines… [more]

“Old Souls, Dark Agendas”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 28

Colin Smith — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:00:46 +0000

Continued from last week. The final pages of Millar’s Swamp Thing depict the Earth on the eve of a historically unprecedented golden age. (*1) Humanity has been empathetically transformed through the god-like Swamp Thing’s influence,… [more]

“The Spirit of Hatred or the Spirit of Love”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 27

Colin Smith — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:00:03 +0000

Continued from last week. Other aspects of Millar’s closing tilt at Swamp Thing were less praiseworthy. Though the final arc appears to show little of the swaggering misogyny that saturated his earliest work for 2000AD,… [more]

“The Notion that Mankind is Diseased and Must be Replaced at all Costs”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 26

Colin Smith — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:00:05 +0000

Continued from last week. The conflict between Millar’s two opposing teams of Masons appears to represent a clash of empathy and hubris, tolerance and tyranny, good faith and a world-razing secularism. Where one Lodge is… [more]

Why Aren’t Horror Comics Scary?

Matthew Amylon — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:00:11 +0000

Six months out from its announcement at 2014’s Image Expo, we’re still waiting for a solicitation on Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham’s “The Nameless,” a book that I can guarantee you, based on those two… [more]

“The War Between the Super-Freemasons”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 25

Colin Smith — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:00:36 +0000

Continued from last week. Millar’s command of his craft wouldn’t significantly improve over the remainder of his time on Swamp Thing, though progress would undeniably occur. He’d dial back on the degree of redundant dialogue… [more]

“A Martyr for All Mankind”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 24

Colin Smith — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:00:01 +0000

Continued from last week. At first, Morrison and Millar’s scripts were religious only in the very broadest sense of the term. With the former’s influence clearly dominant, Swamp Thing’s series-opening crisis of identity is clearly framed… [more]

“[The] Most Morally Objectionable Comic DC Has Ever Published”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 23

Colin Smith — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:00:37 +0000

Continued from last week. As ever, it’s impossible to precisely disentangle Morrison’s influence from Millar’s. Yet Swamp Thing’s storylines and themes certainly bear the stamp of many of the former’s recurrent passions; magic and folklore,… [more]

Killing the Planet: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 22

Colin Smith — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:00:05 +0000

Continued from last week. Those first four issues of Swamp Thing by Morrison and Millar set the template for the rest of the series. The pretence of an everything-you-know-is-wrong reboot was swiftly abandoned, and “Alec… [more]

“Make Him a Monster Again, Make Him Dangerous”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 21

Colin Smith — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 11:00:18 +0000

Continued from last week. Morrison later made a point of emphasising how central his contributions to Millar’s Swamp Thing had been; “I worked out a large scale thematic structure based on a journey through the… [more]

Sneaking Barry Allen Back: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 20

Colin Smith — Tue, 27 May 2014 11:00:17 +0000

Continued from last week. Millar’s habit of writing Swamp Thing tales, which demanded the presence of off-limits DCU characters, never entirely faded. Even at the climax of his run, and despite almost three years of… [more]

“Try Telling That to a 23-Year-Old Who Just Wanted to Play with the Toys”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 19

Colin Smith — Tue, 20 May 2014 14:00:28 +0000

Continued from last week. That “bloody big shadow” of Alan Moore’s extended far beyond the pages of Swamp Thing. Trying to compete with his achievements on the title was a daunting enough prospect. But Moore’s… [more]

“Swamp Thing was Just a Vegetable who Lived in a Bog, after All”: The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 18

Colin Smith — Tue, 13 May 2014 11:00:41 +0000

Continued from last week. For almost a decade, Wein and Wrightson’s estimable if brief spell on Swamp Thing would prove impossible to follow. At best, the character would feature in some mildly suspenseful tales marked… [more]

Starting Out Again at the Top: Swamp Thing (1994 to 1996) — The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 17

Colin Smith — Tue, 06 May 2014 11:00:53 +0000

Swamp Thing (1994 to 1996) — The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 17" title="Starting Out Again at the Top: Swamp Thing (1994 to 1996) — The American Superhero Comics of Mark Millar, Part 17" style="float:left;" />Continued from last week. It’s no overstatement to say that Mark Millar’s first major breakthrough at DC Comics owed everything to Grant Morrison. Offered the chance in 1993 to write Swamp Thing, Morrison assumed the… [more]

On Canons, Critics, Consensus, and Comics, Part 2

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:00:35 +0000

As I explained in last week’s column, I recently asked my fellow Sequart contributors to answer the following question: “What are the 10 greatest works in the history of the comics medium, and who are the… [more]

“He’s Camp as Christmas, but He’s Good as Gold”: Shameless? Part 28

Colin Smith — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:00:06 +0000

Continued from last week. The debate about the attitudes expressed in Millar’s work towards LGBT issues is hardly a new one. Even as early as 1993, Monaghan’s pseudo-interview with Millar and Morrison in Comic World #18… [more]

“The End” Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #50

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:00:00 +0000

Swamp Thing #50" title="“The End” Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #50" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #50 “The End” Writer: Alan Moore. Editor: Karen Berger. Artists: Stephen Bissette, Rick Veitch and John Totleben (and special thanks to Tom Mandrake). Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover Date: July 1986.… [more]

“The Summoning”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #49

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:00:30 +0000

Swamp Thing #49" title="“The Summoning”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #49" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #49 “The Summoning” Cover date: June 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch and Alfredo Alcala. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza This issue opens with a recap of the… [more]

“A Murder of Crows”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #48

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:00:40 +0000

Swamp Thing #48" title="“A Murder of Crows”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #48" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #48 “A Murder of Crows” Cover date: May 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artist: John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. We are off to an atmospheric start in this… [more]

“The Parliament of Trees”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #47

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:01 +0000

Swamp Thing #47" title="“The Parliament of Trees”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #47" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #47 “The Parliament of Trees” Cover date: April 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch and Ron Randall. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. This issue opens with the first… [more]

“Revelations”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #46

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:00:32 +0000

Swamp Thing #46" title="“Revelations”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #46" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #46 “Revelations” Cover date: March 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. As noted on the cover of this issue, the… [more]

1986: The British Invasion, Part 3: Neil Gaiman & Swamp Thing

Peter Sanderson — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:46 +0000

One of the most important effects that Alan Moore had on the history of comics was triggering the entrance of Neil Gaiman into the medium. Gaiman had given up reading comics when he was sixteen… [more]

“Ghost Dance”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #45

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:00:17 +0000

Swamp Thing #45" title="“Ghost Dance”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing #45" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #45 “Ghost Dance” Cover date: February 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch and Alfredo Alcala. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. This haunted house story takes its inspiration from… [more]

“Bogeymen”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #44

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0000

Swamp Thing Issue #44" title="“Bogeymen”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #44" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #44 “Bogeymen” Cover date: January 1986. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette, Ron Randall & John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. The issue opens with a scene in… [more]

“Windfall”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #43

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:00:21 +0000

Swamp Thing Issue #43" title="“Windfall”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #43" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #43 “Windfall” Cover date: December 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch & Ron Randall. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger This issue is aptly entitled ‘Windfall’, both for its… [more]

“Strange Fruit”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #42

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:00:01 +0000

Swamp Thing Issue #42" title="“Strange Fruit”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #42" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #42 “Strange Fruit” Cover Date: November 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette, John Totleben and Ron Randall. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. This issue serves to conclude the… [more]

“Southern Change”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #41

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:00:25 +0000

Swamp Thing Issue #41" title="“Southern Change”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #41" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #41 “Southern Change” Cover date: October 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette & Alfredo Alcala. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letters: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. Moore and Bissette offer a Voodoo-inspired tale beginning with ‘Southern Change’ in this… [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]

“Still Waters”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #38

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:43 +0000

Swamp Thing Issue #38" title="“Still Waters”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #38" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #38 “Still Waters” Cover date: July 1985. Author: Alan Moore. Artists: Stan Woch and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. This issue opens with Abby’s and Swamp Thing’s awkward farewell. Swamp Thing feels… [more]

“Growth Patterns”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #37

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:18 +0000

Swamp Thing Issue #37" title="“Growth Patterns”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #37" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #37 “Growth Patterns” Cover date: June 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Rick Veitch & John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. When Alan Moore first took over writing duties on Swamp Thing, he wanted to… [more]

“The Nukeface Papers”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issues #35 and #36

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:00:29 +0000

Swamp Thing Issues #35 and #36" title="“The Nukeface Papers”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issues #35 and #36" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #35 “The Nukeface Papers Part One” Cover date: April 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. The issue opens with a one page spread which acts… [more]

“Rite of Spring”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #34

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:00:25 +0000

Swamp Thing Issue #34" title="“Rite of Spring”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issue #34" style="float:left;" />Swamp Thing #34 “Rite of Spring” Cover date: March 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Abby returns to the world of consciousness, following her dream experience in… [more]

“Pog” and “Abandoned House”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issues #32 and #33

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:00:42 +0000

Swamp Thing Issues #32 and #33" title="“Pog” and “Abandoned House”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Issues #32 and #33" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #32 “Pog” Cover date: January 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artist: Shawn McManus. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. This issue is something of a departure for the series. Shawn McManus illustrates Moore’s tale… [more]

Alan Moore on the Couch

Julian Darius — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:00:51 +0000

Previously, we’ve discussed and dismissed the charges that Alan Moore or Grant Morrison ripped off anyone in any serious way. We next discussed the timeline of Grant Morrison’s career, including his hiring at DC. We… [more]

“Down Amongst the Dead Men”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Annual #2

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:00:45 +0000

Swamp Thing Annual #2" title="“Down Amongst the Dead Men”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing Annual #2" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing Annual #2 “Down Amongst the Dead Men” 1985. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette & John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Moore’s consideration of conflict in… [more]

The Moore Narrative of Comics History

Julian Darius — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:00:11 +0000

Last time, we discussed the anxiety of influence and the silliness of thinking that Moore ripped off Superfolks or that Morrison ripped off Moore. This time, I’d like to look at why these charges persist… [more]

“A Halo of Flies” and “The Brimstone Ballet”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issues #30 and #31

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:35 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issues #30 and #31" title="“A Halo of Flies” and “The Brimstone Ballet”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issues #30 and #31" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #30 “A Halo of Flies” Cover date: November 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette and Alfredo Alcala. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Editor: Karen Berger. The halo of flies… [more]

“Love and Death”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #29

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:00:27 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #29" title="“Love and Death”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #29" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #29 “Love and Death” Cover date: October 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Stephen Bissette & John Totleben. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Editor: Karen Berger. Abby’s previous appearance (#28) showed… [more]

“The Burial”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #28

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:00:08 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #28" title="“The Burial”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #28" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #28 “The Burial” Cover date: September 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artist: Shawn McManus. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Cover: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Editor: Karen Berger. There is… [more]

“By Demons Driven!”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #27

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:00:43 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #27" title="“By Demons Driven!”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #27" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #27 “By Demons Driven!” Cover date: August 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Penciller: Steve Bissette. Inker: John Totleben. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Cover: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Editor:… [more]

“A Time of Running”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #26

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:00:58 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #26" title="“A Time of Running”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #26" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #26 “A Time of Running” Cover date: July 1984 Writer: Alan Moore. Penciller: Steve Bissette. Inker: John Totleben. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Cover: Steve Bissette and John Totleben.… [more]

1986, The Year That Changed Comics: Introduction, Part 2

Peter Sanderson — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:00:51 +0000

Over the course of the coming months, Sequart will be serializing chapters from my forthcoming book, currently titled 1986: The Year That Changed Comics, here on their website. This book originated as a year-long monthly… [more]

“The Sleep of Reason”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #25

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:00:18 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #25" title="“The Sleep of Reason”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #25" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #25: “The Sleep of Reason” Cover date: June 1984 Writer: Alan Moore. Penciller: Steve Bissette. Inker: John Totleben. Letterer: John Costanza. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Cover: Steve Bissette and John Totleben.… [more]

1986, The Year That Changed Comics: Introduction

Peter Sanderson — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:00:38 +0000

In discussions of graphic novels, three works that are regularly cited as landmarks of the medium are Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s highly acclaimed Watchmen, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus, and Frank Miller’s Batman: The… [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]

“Swamped”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #22

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:00:34 +0000

Swamp Thing, Issue #22" title="“Swamped”: Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Issue #22" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #22: “Swamped” Cover date: March 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: Todd Klein. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. Issue #22 opens… [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]

“Loose Ends”: Alan Moore’s First Issue of Swamp Thing

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:00:37 +0000

Swamp Thing" title="“Loose Ends”: Alan Moore’s First Issue of Swamp Thing" style="float:left;" />Saga of the Swamp Thing #20: “Loose Ends” Cover date: Jan 1984. Writer: Alan Moore. Penciler: Dan Day. Inker: John Totleben. Colorist: Tatjana Wood. Letterer: John Costanza. Cover: Tom Yeates. Editor: Len Wein. Alan Moore… [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]

A Ghost Dressed in Weeds: Unearthing Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing

Andrew Edwards — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:00:38 +0000

Swamp Thing" title="A Ghost Dressed in Weeds: Unearthing Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing" style="float:left;" />Alan Moore began his career as a minor cartoonist working for his local newspaper and U.K. music magazines, producing humour strips like Maxwell the Magic Cat, Roscoe Moscow, and The Stars My Degradation. Believing himself… [more]

A Closer Look at DC’s Line-Wide Relaunch: Non-Super-Hero Offerings

Julian Darius — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:00:51 +0000

Beyond its super-hero offerings, DC’s relaunch includes its “dark” magic titles, which incorporates some Vertigo characters into the DCU, and also a few non-super-hero, non-supernatural titles. How do these stack up, as part of an… [more]

Why are British Writers so Popular?

Henry Northmore — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:24:14 +0000

It is something that has always interested me as a British reader, and something I briefly touched on in my previous column; comics are a quintessentially American art form, so how come so many of… [more]

Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Adam Strange

Julian Darius — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:00:13 +0000

Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Adam Strange" title="Your Guide to Infinite Crisis: A Brief History of Adam Strange" style="float:left;" />It’s hard to claim that Adam Strange has a particularly glorious history, but he remains one of the DC’s most beloved science fiction characters. He goes back to the dawn of the Silver Age and… [more]

Old Worlds For New

Shathley Q — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:36:48 +0000

What interests me most about comics is directly, the medium itself. I came to this realization by something of a hard road. Ad astra, per aspera.About fifteen years ago, I remember attempting the, even-now, Herculean… [more]

2 March Comics

Matt Martin — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:31:04 +0000

Alpha Flight #1 Marvel Comics – Scott Lobdell (w); Clayton Henry (p); Mark Morales (i)Alpha Flight is one of those titles that, during the periods that it’s not being published, people seem to think they… [more]