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billyjepma's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
After just two volumes, I’m starting to think that there’s a very real case to be made that this is one of the best series DC has ever put out. Moore and company are striking consistent, impressive balance between pulpy genre and sweeping, gorgeously illustrated poetry of theme and subject. The “Rite of Spring” alone is enough to rank this amongst the best comics I’ve ever read, and that’s just one part of a larger story that’s just as intimately romantic as it is cosmically spectacular. I’m so enamored with this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
has3000's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Volume 2: Things get even weirder.
Swamp Thing is such a unique story, and I love seeing both the story and the art start to break free from what comics had been. Alan Moore is a genius, and this book was great.
There is one 3-issue arc in here, and several issues that are more individual. The big arc was great, and got way more dark than I was expecting. “Pog” was weird in a lighter way, and while I was put off at first, I was a fan by the end. And the last two stories moved the overall narrative forward: the first spills some secrets (and features a couple Sandman characters!) and the second is a love story with some beautifully trippy art.
Swamp Thing is such a unique story, and I love seeing both the story and the art start to break free from what comics had been. Alan Moore is a genius, and this book was great.
There is one 3-issue arc in here, and several issues that are more individual. The big arc was great, and got way more dark than I was expecting. “Pog” was weird in a lighter way, and while I was put off at first, I was a fan by the end. And the last two stories moved the overall narrative forward: the first spills some secrets (and features a couple Sandman characters!) and the second is a love story with some beautifully trippy art.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
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