In a world where paranoia is a survival skill, the only hope for humankind is a group of unconventional occultist freedom fighters called the Invis...
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Jan 20, 2011
RØB
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Also read around the time of the 4th of July weekend, and with a title like BLOODY HELL IN AMERICA, how appropriate! As stated, the INVISIBLES titles are confusing even to the most practiced of comics-readers, and that's the point, and you really have to embrace that you're not going to completely understand every aspect of everything that's happening. I reckon this is pretty much true of everything you might read, just to lesser degrees than I've experienced with THE INVISIBLES. Anyway, it's
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Apr 12, 2011
Lloyd
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Here we are, trade paperback number four and the first installment in the second volume of "The Invisibles".
This book was more of the same greatness that we've come to expect from the series. Although, Morrison has changed up the series a bit here and I don't think it's coincidence that when our favorite freedom fighters come to America, they go all "action film". This collection is much like the others, with the same subject matter, but the volume is slim, full More...
This book was more of the same greatness that we've come to expect from the series. Although, Morrison has changed up the series a bit here and I don't think it's coincidence that when our favorite freedom fighters come to America, they go all "action film". This collection is much like the others, with the same subject matter, but the volume is slim, full More...
Oct 24, 2010
Amy
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Nov 27, 2007
Keely
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Morrison seems always to be over-extending himself. The fellow simply does better when he sticks to something more simple. His greatest downfall is always his attempts to be meaningful. Morrison seems to always hover around the same level of meaning, the result of which being that the more he tries to be meaningful, the more his ideas become overt and tautalogical.
He also tries to fit in too many sources and concepts without streamlining them, which often results in incorrect facts. More...
He also tries to fit in too many sources and concepts without streamlining them, which often results in incorrect facts. More...
Apr 23, 2011
Chris
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A bit of a palette-cleanser after the dense, didactically-researched and intricately-plotted former volumes, this quick work (just over 100 pages) is more like a graphic novella covering one small detour along the main path of the story. Containing more straightforward action (and gore) than all the other books combined, it felt most "regular comic book"-ish, but still had a few good twists. The next volume is nearly three times the length, hopefully getting us back onto the main narra
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Sep 24, 2011
Matt
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This is the story that got me into The Invisibles. Though it doesn't quite hold up in relation to the rest of the series. It's very straight-forward, and I almost feel like it suffers for it; it almost feels like the story should constantly be just around the corner, the deeper meanings to the overarching story feeling almost just out of reach. The moments where it comes closest to that are when we see the payload of the Roswell crash and learn about the White Flame meditation. Still excelle
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Dec 26, 2008
Ariel
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As enjoyable as volumes 1 and 2. Maybe it has something to do with the series' "reboot" in America after during it's original run it went onto hiatus and Morrison asked fans to masturbate to a sigil to revive it.
Plus, how often is a woman drawn with someone going down on her? Fun Home is the only other graphic novel I can think of.
Plus, how often is a woman drawn with someone going down on her? Fun Home is the only other graphic novel I can think of.
Jul 03, 2010
Matt
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Morrison proves again to be at his best with one consistent artist in this volume of INVISIBLES, playing to Phil Jimenez's strengths in this breathless arc.
Feb 23, 2010
K T
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Random library grab and quite imprenetrable. Drug trips/spiritual journeys are about the most boring thing to read comics of. Boring text-walls, etc.
Aug 07, 2011
Steve
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Very tight story, almost straightforward even. Well, as straightforward as The Invisibles can be, anyway.
Jul 01, 2009
Robert
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I trusted the name Grant Morrison from Batman graphics. This was a mistake I won't be reapting.
Aug 17, 2010
Tom
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Short and sweet action packed murderations. Can't wait to plow through the rest.
Sep 24, 2011
Aaron
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Great pencils from Phil Jimenez round out a very solid spy action storyline. It's clear that this volume is setting us up for a bigger payoff later, but it still moves at breakneck speed and features tons of dudes getting totally killed. Also it would appear we can expect things like liquid knowledge born of human folly, and such. The kind of normal ideas every writer is coming up with these days, I'm sure.
Dec 16, 2009
MIke
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I'll write this review for all volumes.
"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 of a foul-mouthed Liverpudian boy named Dane. It's a tale of Us vs. Them that eats itself like orobouros.
"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 of a foul-mouthed Liverpudian boy named Dane. It's a tale of Us vs. Them that eats itself like orobouros.
Jan 18, 2010
Gaelen
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This volume is more what I was expected when I heard about The Invisibles — crazy psychedelic art. Very cool.
Nov 25, 2011
Keith
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"Try to describe all that you are. Simultaneously discern the logical flaw in what I've just said. Now! Feel the white flame." Nice and smooth
Jan 11, 2008
Amanda
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What I learned from this book: Relationships based on comic book consumption, sex and ice cream can be very rewarding.
Jun 19, 2011
Scot
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Lighter on the magical, cosmic, psychic & psychedelic mind stew, heavier on the sex and action, and still a cool addition to the series.
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