Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing in On Reading Graphic Novels

Sep 02, 2012 Dave Schaafsma rated it really liked it

Shelves: gn-superhero-scifi-fantasy, gn-course-f-14

2nd time reading, for a class on graphic novels, on the encouragement of G, and I like it better this time. It is pretty crazy in places, but also shows the depth that Moore brings to what seems to me to have been a mundane, run of the mill project. . . you know, a monster/horror book that he turns into this cosmic environmental hippie thing.

In some places it feels like a kind of mystic journey, an acid trip, a philosophical meditation on life and the planet, a meditation on the possibilities o ...more

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Nov 13, 2007 Fredstrong rated it really liked it

Shelves: graphic-novels

Swamp Thing was always unique. Somewhere between horror character and superhero, vegetable and human. Set in the dank morass of the Louisiana Bayou, the comic always had a creepy, foreboding look and feel to it, which I was always attracted to as a child.
Alan Moore works his magic big time with his rendition of Swamp Thing. In Vol 1 Swamp Thing is resurrected from death, and consequently revitalized by Moore's writing and Steve Bissette & John Totleben's artwork. Swamp Thing battles another pla ...more

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Nov 28, 2010 Rabya rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-time-favorite, comic-books-and-graphic-novels

I had high expectations, and this did not disappoint. Absolutely loved it. The writing by Alan Moore is fantastic coupled with the old school style horror illustrations. Dr. Alec Holland, while diligently working on a "bio-transformative formula," falls victim to a horrible laboratory explosion that is the result of sabotage, and becomes the Swamp Thing. Volume 1 chronicles the beginning of his journey as the verdant defender of the green as he battles demons, corporate thugs, and the Floronic m ...more

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Jul 27, 2007 Jace rated it it was amazing

Shelves: comics

Sometimes I forget what an amazing writer Alan Moore is.

Then I read something by him and I'm instantly reminded.

I'd be willing to venture that Alan Moore is the greatest comic book writer of all time. (Not exactly a controversial statement, I know...) Barring that title, he's at least my favorite. Great characterization, dialog, plot, entertainment, and a sense of wonder--it's all in there.

Moore does great horror. I can't wait to read ... further. ...more

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