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The Invisibles, Vol. 4: Bloody Hell in America (The Invisibles #4)
In a world where paranoia is a survival skill, the only hope for humankind is a group of unconventional occultist freedom fighters called the Invisibles. In this collection, the team launches an assault on an underground New Mexico lab to free the cure for the AIDS virus from the alleged inventors of the disease: the U.S. government. Collects Volume 2, Issues #1-4
Paperback, 104 pages
Published
February 1st 1998
by Vertigo
(first published 1998)
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In the fourth installment the Invisible penetrate a top secret facility controlled by the enemy and said to have been responsible for the AIDS virus (this was back in the late 90s when AIDS was arguably seen as more of threat than today). Jolly Rogers, queen of the lesbians, has lost her Invisibles cell group and joins up with King Mob and the others to spread mayhem against some bad people which means it's totally okay. It's a shorter volume than the others but it has a lot more gore and over t...more
There is a part of me that thinks I should rate this is a tiny bit lower just because of how short it is...but DAMN what a strong volume for one so slim! In this tale the Invisibles raid a facility in the Southwest that has the possible Anti-Virus for HIV that the government (surprise surprise) has had since 1978(!) What makes this compelling is how the tension builds during the raid, and the very deranged/bizarre shit that goes down when they get deep into the compound (some of those drawings c...more
This series is really hitting its stride. More conspiracies and counter conspiraces, as it gives in and goes full-on psychedelic super-spy. It's just like The Avengers or Department S (obviously). Morrison juggles the archness with a nicely light touch, and it's a superior adventure story with a modern edge.
It's a bit of a change in tone from the first volume, with its lengthy debates between Byron and Shelley and whatever that business with Marquis de Sade was, but that's for the best, I think...more
It's a bit of a change in tone from the first volume, with its lengthy debates between Byron and Shelley and whatever that business with Marquis de Sade was, but that's for the best, I think...more
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 cl...more
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 of explosions, and seems designed...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 of explosions, and seems designed...more
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Lovely!
Finally, we're getting more Ragged Robin. In this issue, we were introduced to the US portion of things. The AIDS virus being manufactured in a mysterious underground lab. We got LSD trips, the story of what crashed at Roswell, and hints of the future. The Archons were further explained, Quimper had a bigger part, and everything is moving faster than you'd expect.
Can't wait for more Rags, dear lord am I attached to that character.
Finally, we're getting more Ragged Robin. In this issue, we were introduced to the US portion of things. The AIDS virus being manufactured in a mysterious underground lab. We got LSD trips, the story of what crashed at Roswell, and hints of the future. The Archons were further explained, Quimper had a bigger part, and everything is moving faster than you'd expect.
Can't wait for more Rags, dear lord am I attached to that character.
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. He followed...more
He also tries to fit in too many sources and concepts without streamlining them, which often results in incorrect facts. He followed...more
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 narrative of th...more
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 excellent,...more
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.
Things remain anti-hero vs. really evil villains, but the preoccupation with style over substance of the characters begins to get funny again. Things start off with a promising bang with new characters.
A slim, plot-driven volume which opens long after the traumatic interrogation with Sir Miles and returns to some of the philosophical roots of the first volume. I'm less interested in the conspiracy theory stuff, but there was an excellent ending to this part of the story.
As strong as all the others. I'm excited to know more about Ragged Robin, and to know that her lack of character development up till now has had a point.
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.
Random library grab and quite imprenetrable. Drug trips/spiritual journeys are about the most boring thing to read comics of. Boring text-walls, etc.
Same as with the earlier volumes: plenty to keep me interested, but so much going on that it's hard to follow at times.
Very tight story, almost straightforward even. Well, as straightforward as The Invisibles can be, anyway.
I trusted the name Grant Morrison from Batman graphics. This was a mistake I won't be reapting.
this was sitting on my shelf for four months before I remembered it and, then, "Woah."
Nov 01, 2010
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No tengo ningún número de los cuatro que componen este tomo pero marco provisoriamente la edición española de Planeta hasta nuevo aviso. Como siempre, espero que no haya idiotas xenófobos eliminando ediciones extranjeras porque sí.
Según la página de ISBNs de España hay también una edición a cargo de Norma editorial correspondiente a: ISBN 10: 84-96370-76-3 e ISBN 13: 978-84-96370-76-0, pero como no encontré ningún otro rastro de su existencia (y no sería la primera vez que se le saca ISBNs a un...more
Según la página de ISBNs de España hay también una edición a cargo de Norma editorial correspondiente a: ISBN 10: 84-96370-76-3 e ISBN 13: 978-84-96370-76-0, pero como no encontré ningún otro rastro de su existencia (y no sería la primera vez que se le saca ISBNs a un...more
Short and sweet action packed murderations. Can't wait to plow through the rest.
More of the same greatness, spilling over from the last volume.
~rl
Awesome Invisibles and my second favortie graphic novel title
So much better than the Bible it's not even funny.
Now the body count *really* starts to climb.
See my review of volume 1.
best comic book ever written.
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.
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.
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Scottish comic book author Grant Morrison is known for culture-jamming and the constant reinvention of his work. His often controversial books also rate amongst some of the most popular and critically-acclaimed. He is also active in screenwriting.
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Dec 27, 2008 11:55am