A review by kandicez
Swamp Thing, Vol. 2: Love and Death by Alan Moore
5.0
The first volume was Moore setting up his character as a "Moore" character. Layered, powerful, emotional and above all real. It matters not a wit that Alec has become swamp slime, flora and fauna. In Moore's hands he is a human being with real emotions and drives. I loved this!
There was wide variety in the type of tale told here. I have no idea how much input Moore had as to which illustrator/inker did which issues, but whoever made those decisions made the correct ones! The story arc that imitated Pogo was sweet and fun to read, but still managed to convey the darkness of the swamp, the bleakness of what we are doing to our world. Every day.
The stories with cameos from other comics were also fun. I haven't read all of them, but those that I was familiar with were done correctly. I recognized not only their figures, colors, outfits, but their personalities and quirks. Kudos to not only Moore but the illustrators. So much of comics is told in the panels, NOT the balloons that people who don't really study the art work are missing a lot.
I've already dived into volume 3.
There was wide variety in the type of tale told here. I have no idea how much input Moore had as to which illustrator/inker did which issues, but whoever made those decisions made the correct ones! The story arc that imitated Pogo was sweet and fun to read, but still managed to convey the darkness of the swamp, the bleakness of what we are doing to our world. Every day.
The stories with cameos from other comics were also fun. I haven't read all of them, but those that I was familiar with were done correctly. I recognized not only their figures, colors, outfits, but their personalities and quirks. Kudos to not only Moore but the illustrators. So much of comics is told in the panels, NOT the balloons that people who don't really study the art work are missing a lot.
I've already dived into volume 3.