Swampmen

by Jon B. Cooke (Editor), Alan Moore, Bernie Wrightson (Illustrations)

SWAMPMEN: MUCK-MONSTERS OF THE COMICS dredges up those creepy man-critters that crawled out of the bayou back in the 1970s, through the memories of the artists and writers who created them! A stunning line-up of interviews discuss Swamp Thing, Man-Thing, The Heap, Lurker of the Swamp, It, Bog Beast, and even Marvin the Dead Thing: BERNIE WRIGHTSON, ALAN MOORE, MIKE PLOOG, LEN WEIN, FRANK BRUNNER, STEVE GERBER, STEPHEN R. BISSETTE, RICK VEITCH, GERRY CONWAY, VAL MAYERIK, JOE ORLANDO, MARTY PASKO, JIM MOONEY, JOHN TOTLEBEN, TOM YEATES, KAREN BERGER, JESSE SANTOS, MICHAEL USLAN, MICHAEL W. KALUTA, LOUISE SIMONSON, ROY THOMAS, and the remembrances of many others. Behind the chilling FRANK CHO cover, there's also these astounding stories: "It Started with 'It': The THEODORE STURGEON Connection"; "The Romance of 'Swamp Thing': Heartbreak Inside the House of Secrets"; "With the Helping of the Heap: Alan Moore's Anatomy Lesson"; "Jesus is Not Alright with DC: Rick Veitch and Cancelled Comics of Calvary"; and "The Lost Bernie Wrightson Swamp Thing Graphic Novel." Over ten years in the making, this is the definitive look at that ground-breaking horror comics sub-genre, so jump into the muck 'n' mire! Edited by JON B. COOKE.

Genres: Comics, History, Horror, Nonfiction, Graphic Novels

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 20, 2015

Reviews

[David Macpherson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh what a geek am I. I really love Swamp Thing and Man Thing and the other muck monster comic books from the 70s. This book is about them and has interviews from the creators. Really interesting things, but Jon B Cooke is too thorough an editor, he would do better cutting the interviews shorter or by cutting out the repetitive information. I liked it but I would have loved a little less. i think it is great that they reprinted Theodore Sturgeon's story It, that was the first muck monster story.

[Jason Ragle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everything you ever wanted to know about Muck Men and more.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is great. Just the thing for muck-encrusted mockery fans. Great interviews. lotsa lost art and commissioned work. Not likely to see swampy vs. man-thing anywhere else!

[ISMOTU · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stories and interviews with the people behind characters like the Heap, DC's Swamp Thing, and Marvel's Man-Thing.

[Williwaw · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow -- this is a beautiful book! But it's TMI to the max! I enjoyed reading some Swamp Thing comics and other much monster renditions, but in the final analysis, I don't need to know this much about about them.

Great to leaf through as a picture book, though.