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A review by the_graylien
Animal Man, Vol. 2: Origin of the Species by Mark McKenna, Grant Morrison, Chas Truog, Steve Montano, Tom Grummett
3.0
From nearly the first panel of THIS volume of Animal Man (the second of three in Morrison's run), we can see Morrison's style exemplified more clearly.
Readers familiar with his other work see oft-used Morrison themes of aliens, mysticism and the occult, fiction vs. reality, perception of time, and other things that weren't often, if at all, touched upon in Morrison's first volume of this title.
Although markedly more Morrisonian, we do have chapters that, despite offering valid social commentary (touching on apartheid, veganism, animal rights, pacificism, etc.), seem to break off from the big picture that Morrison is trying to paint here.
If rumors I've heard are true, the last volume of the series turns into a metafictional, brilliantly written mindfuck, and seemingly we're almost there, but not quite. A bit more Morrison and a bit more layered than the first volume, though.
And the whole series thus far has been enjoyable, just not wholly what we've come to love about Morrison.
Readers familiar with his other work see oft-used Morrison themes of aliens, mysticism and the occult, fiction vs. reality, perception of time, and other things that weren't often, if at all, touched upon in Morrison's first volume of this title.
Although markedly more Morrisonian, we do have chapters that, despite offering valid social commentary (touching on apartheid, veganism, animal rights, pacificism, etc.), seem to break off from the big picture that Morrison is trying to paint here.
If rumors I've heard are true, the last volume of the series turns into a metafictional, brilliantly written mindfuck, and seemingly we're almost there, but not quite. A bit more Morrison and a bit more layered than the first volume, though.
And the whole series thus far has been enjoyable, just not wholly what we've come to love about Morrison.