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A review by jason_pym
Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Book One by Grant Morrison
4.0
After being irradiated by the explosion of an alien spaceship, Buddy Baker is given superhuman powers, he can take on the abilities of animals around him: Elephant strength, bird flight.
Grant Morrison took this stock-standard superhero who'd been left behind in the 1960s, and turned him on his head with weird, unexpected stories and lots of breaking the fourth wall. It's interesting and entertaining, I'm looking forward to reading the next one.
On the downside, the art (Chaz Truog pencils, Doug Hazlewood ink) is distractingly awful, especially jarring as it comes after each issue's stunning Brian Bolland cover (he did The Killing Joke). The stories feel really fresh and different, until I found out there's some feud between Grant Morrison and Alan Moore (even down to Morrison also claiming he's some kind of occult wizard). That invites comparison, and compared to Moore this is lightweight and the characters and dialogue flat.
But still, taken on its own terms, it's a fun book and definitely worth a read.
Grant Morrison took this stock-standard superhero who'd been left behind in the 1960s, and turned him on his head with weird, unexpected stories and lots of breaking the fourth wall. It's interesting and entertaining, I'm looking forward to reading the next one.
On the downside, the art (Chaz Truog pencils, Doug Hazlewood ink) is distractingly awful, especially jarring as it comes after each issue's stunning Brian Bolland cover (he did The Killing Joke). The stories feel really fresh and different, until I found out there's some feud between Grant Morrison and Alan Moore (even down to Morrison also claiming he's some kind of occult wizard). That invites comparison, and compared to Moore this is lightweight and the characters and dialogue flat.
But still, taken on its own terms, it's a fun book and definitely worth a read.