Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 1

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Alan Moore's legendary run of Swamp Thing tales is collected in Absolute format at last, completely recolored for this new edition! The artwork is next-level in its beauty and intricacy—insert “frame or tattoo this artwork comment” here.

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. 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. I think that this book made DC great again and led them to make a ballsy imprint like Vertigo Comics shortly after. Swamp Thing was the beginning for Alan Moore writing for DC Comics in 1983 and its an important beginning where writing stories are important as the art itself.Y tiene todas las propiedades que Moore nos enseña, aunque sus capacidades difícilmente podrían asumir la conciencia de una persona. This set the bar so high I very rarely see other comic series even come close in terms of writing and just sheer originality. 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).

It really only salvaged five stars in the final arc, which was just too well told to be anything less than full marks. And I'm talking about Swamp Thing and not Alan Moore, just to be clear, for Alan Moore is the prince.

With a beautiful slipcover, great binding and oversized artwork, this is a must for the graphic novel nuts out there. He took a formulaic monster comic, and turned it into a more poetic one, addressing environmental issues and social issues, while also honoring its horror and fantasy roots.