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Doing a lot of catching up on books I missed due to work, but I wanted to chime in on the Miracleman convo.
The Alan Moore run on Miracleman is such a fascinating experiment because you get the story from two points in Moore's career: The up and coming Alan Moore who is beginning to explore the themes he'll become known for and the established, has-nothing-to-prove maestro of the medium Alan Moore. What's even more insane is how he very seamlessly blends the transition, because he jumps back into Miracleman with issue 6 of the Eclipse series after having been away from that book for several years. I believe he had finished Swamp Thing and was just starting Watchmen when Eclipse started publishing Miracleman in America.
It remains, understandably so, his least read major comic book work. I own the full run of Eclipse books and I go back to it often. Issue 15 gets all of the attention, primarily because of how gruesomely violent it is, but I maintain that issue 16, Moore's final issue, is among the best comics of ALL TIME, and one of the most beautifully written at that. Its contrast with 15 is quite staggering, but is one of the few books I re-read almost monthly.
Cumulatively, Miracleman is an incredible read on several levels and if you haven't read it, I urge you to buy the omnibus and have at it. It's so rewarding. That Gaiman is FINALLY finishing up his run (what would have been issue 25 comes out next month!!!) is one of the few comic book events that I am genuinely beyond excited for.
Also, The Anatomy Lesson, Saga of Swamp Thing #21, is my personal favorite comic of all time. That script is perfect. I read that one twice a month. It works without pictures, that's how good it is. I really wish DC would mine their vaults and reprint the script for that one. I'd love to read it.
The Alan Moore run on Miracleman is such a fascinating experiment because you get the story from two points in Moore's career: The up and coming Alan Moore who is beginning to explore the themes he'll become known for and the established, has-nothing-to-prove maestro of the medium Alan Moore. What's even more insane is how he very seamlessly blends the transition, because he jumps back into Miracleman with issue 6 of the Eclipse series after having been away from that book for several years. I believe he had finished Swamp Thing and was just starting Watchmen when Eclipse started publishing Miracleman in America.
It remains, understandably so, his least read major comic book work. I own the full run of Eclipse books and I go back to it often. Issue 15 gets all of the attention, primarily because of how gruesomely violent it is, but I maintain that issue 16, Moore's final issue, is among the best comics of ALL TIME, and one of the most beautifully written at that. Its contrast with 15 is quite staggering, but is one of the few books I re-read almost monthly.
Cumulatively, Miracleman is an incredible read on several levels and if you haven't read it, I urge you to buy the omnibus and have at it. It's so rewarding. That Gaiman is FINALLY finishing up his run (what would have been issue 25 comes out next month!!!) is one of the few comic book events that I am genuinely beyond excited for.
Also, The Anatomy Lesson, Saga of Swamp Thing #21, is my personal favorite comic of all time. That script is perfect. I read that one twice a month. It works without pictures, that's how good it is. I really wish DC would mine their vaults and reprint the script for that one. I'd love to read it.