Panch Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) I know we have fans of the character's previous titles, but has anyone (that's not named Logan) been reading these? Great stuff. The Red, The Green, The Rot. Great, great stuff! Crossover coming (issue 12)!!!! Those of you slackin, get on it! Thought this needed a thread for discussion so here it is Edited April 22, 2012 by Thelogan I've seen bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I'm loving Animal Man! I've actually found a new comic I can reasonably keep up with. Gonna have to check out Swamp Thing now too. The Rot is awesome btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Oh man, these two titles are on collision course. Get Swamp Thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 free +1 to whoever resizes panch's ridiculous image up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I'll take my payment in gold doubloons. Swamp Thing isn't as good as Animal Man, but it's still pretty cool. Unlike Animal Man, it draws heavily from the mythos, Alan Moore/Rick Veitch run specifically, so you'll get a lot more out of it if you've read those (and seriously, why haven't you?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Agreed. Also, Animal Man is better, but its a close one and I'd say they're both horror comics, right? Jesus fuck, some of the shit in there... Sorry, I thought the board handled that stuff for us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Yep, just read issue 8 of Animal Man. Horror sums it up nicely. Definitely got that vibe at least. Picked up the first 4 of Swamp thing also so I'll be getting to those shortly. Been sitting on Moore's Swamp Thing for awhile Logans. Guess it's that time eh? Miracleman too. The rest of it anyway. Also, "growing" a new body=creepy as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Basically, this run of Animal Man has been taking all the characteristics of an emissary of The Green and applying it to animal life (The Red), with horrifying fucking results. It's not that crazy when Swamp Thing hops into a lilly or a cactus and warps it into a new body. But when you do the same thing with a fox...*shuffer*. Presumably, Maxine should be able to teleport by hopping her consciousness from animal to animal and changing it's form Wanna take bets until she gets out of a jam by manipulating microorganisms or viruses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Caught up on Swamp Thing and it is pretty damn fun so far also. You know these folks are having fun drawing this stuff in both books. And Animal Man #9!!! Constantine ftw! Can't wait for the Swamp Thing crossover either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 Bumped for 2Track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Okay, I've just downloaded stolen acquired the first few issues of Animal Man. From the way it sounds that one's easier to get into than Swamp Thing. Since it's a shitty fucking night out there I'll be giving it a shot now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 They tie together so just get Swamp Thing too. Fuck the old stuff, its just as enjoyable raw dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Man this stuff isn't letting up. The annual was awesome. Questions for the veterans though! I understand the main backstory of swamp thing.... mostly. I get that in the Moore books, Holland became Swamp Thing, but didn't just become Swamp Thing. Alec Holland died and Swamp Thing was born, receiving Holland's memories(?) Right? Ok so, (just gonna do a quick rundown before my main question) at the start of the New 52, Alec Holland is no longer Swamp Thing for some reason and is back as a human. I'm sure this is where actually reading Moore's run/later stuff comes in handy. And that is cool, I'm fine with where I started and am not too bothered with those details. What I am confused about is the whole Red/Green aspect. Swamp Thing was crerated by a science experiment gone wrong right? Not some sorta old God's saving his life magically. Were the Red and Green present back in those old books and explained, or is this New 52 stuff? Not looking for a real comprehensive answer, that's what wikipedia is for, but I don't wanna go searching. I hate asking this stuff cause it makes me feel dumb lol. I also may have totally missed this explanation too, so I plan on going back and reading it all in one go just in case, but yeah. Other than this stuff though I'm absolutely loving these stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Alec Holland was never Swamp Thing before this arc. That was the first cool thing Moore did when he started his run. You seem to know the origin: lab explodes, Holland goes running into the swamp doused in burning plant serum, comes back a monster. The first pre-Moore Swamp Thing books were about him trying to find a way to regain his humanity, because there was a man underneath that foliage. Thing is, those chemicals were designed to effect plants, so why would they mutate a person? They didn't. Holland ran into the swamp and died, and the plants there ate his saturated corpse. The serum effected them and they absorbed his memories. So Swamp Thing learns that he was never a man, and he never will be. He's just a plant that thinks like one. He...doesn't take the news well initially. The Green and The Rot are very much a part of the Moore run. Swamp Thing is an avatar of The Green, like many before him. He can move his consciousness through it, grow new bodies and manipulate anything it touches. They grant these abilities when they need to. In this case, they granted them to a patch of flora in the Louisiana swamp. Holland being alive is a recent development, and I'm a little hazy on the specifics myself. The Red must have been introduced after Morrison and Milligan's runs on Animal Man, so I didn't read it. Again, relatively recent. It makes sense though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathy Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Panch is all jizzed up now since he just bought first print of Animal Man #1 for half off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Panch is all jizzed up now since he just bought first print of Animal Man #1 for half off. Hell yeah! Fuck second prints! Edited June 10, 2012 by Panch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I lasted two issues before I decided I didn't give a flying fuck. Fuck a DC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I can't really argue with the general "fuck DC" sentiment though. The non-Vertigo imprints are, by and large, pretty awful. Even Vertigo only has a few titles to write home about these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I tried Sweet Tooth but didn't dig on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Sweet Tooth takes like 15 issue minimum to get into, I had to try four times before it stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I'm the worst though. I have a whole If I don't like it immediately, then I ain't gonna like it ever thang. That said, I didn't get into Y straight away and ended up loving that. I don't know what the hell I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I liked Sweet Tooth from the start. That said, I'm still waiting for it to pull a Swan Song and suddenly jump ahead seven or eight years and star Gus The Bad Motherfucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 Shit has officially hit the fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Ooooooh I gotta catch up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Picked up Animal Man trade 1, now i need to go get me some swamp thing apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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