false 22347 5 Throughout history, a secret society called the Invisibles, who count among their number Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, work against the forces of order that seek to repress humanity's growth. In this first collection, the Invisibles latest recruit, a teenage lout from the streets of London, must survive a bizarre, mind-altering training course before being projected into the past to help enlist the Marquis de Sade. 23373 1 6 1996 The Invisibles Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution total:1018|5:418|4:342|3:194|2:44|1:20| 1018 4148 1304 87 5 2 false false Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 08:31:22 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 08:46:33 -0700 2008
Immediately, the work and art is really 90's, ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Apr 08 14:12:04 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 14:17:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Feb 23 15:17:46 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 23 15:20:14 -0800 2007
"The Invisibles" is 1960's psychedelia wrapped in modern clothing and wrung through every magickal wringer Grant Morrison could reach. Aliens that may or may not be, conspiracies that loop around themselves and the New Buddha in the body ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 13:11:10 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 13:09:45 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 09:37:33 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 09:57:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 15:03:37 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 15:44:07 -0800 2009 If you're looking for an well-executed occult-thriller comic that goes a little off the rails in its third act, I can't recommend The Invisibles highly enough. Magical terrorists fighting the (British) man! Sweet gunfights! A tantric-sex expert/ps...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:52:32 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 11:00:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 18:17:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 18:22:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 09:34:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 09:45:15 -0700 2009 White Noise, I found it a bit hard to follow. Plot-wise you are really not sure where you are headed (though it is only vol. 1) and its energy is used very mu...more...]]> 4 2 true false Wed Oct 15 10:12:32 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 10:15:54 -0700 2008 3 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 19:47:45 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 19:47:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 28 10:44:51 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 10:57:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 09:06:13 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 00:05:37 -0700 2009
I expected something really great, but instead this was weird for weirdness sake, self-indulgent and pretentious.

To top it all, there's the weird conversation on page 158. When King Mob is asked if other people can see them, he answers "They can se...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 13:30:52 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 13:37:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 16 06:14:17 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 19:08:56 -0700 2008
Have you none?

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Imagine every conspiracy theory is true, and that it's all being explained to you by someone who has just taken LSD and you'll...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:52:11 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:55:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 04 12:53:44 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 24 08:42:49 -0700 2008
Okay, good, because if you didn't know that and you picked up Invisibles, you'd likely never touch a single thing by this man again. That would be a shame, because he...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 18 13:11:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 17:38:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:05:52 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:12:30 -0800 2009 multiple (seemingly) random pop culture references
still not sure what the Marquis de Sade was doing there.
imagine a graphic novelization of A Clockwork Orange with a band of time-travelers and there you have it...
I breezed through and was amused; pro...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=22347