A review by btmarino84
Enigma by Peter Milligan
5.0
"If it wasn't for the fact that a monster called The Head was plunging a metal pipe up his nose preparatory to sucking his brains out, Michael Smith could almost laugh."
Peter Milligan shows that, even if is was a bit less famous, he deserves to have the same praise that other "British Invasion" guys like Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore do. Like Jamie Delano and Paul Jenkins, Milligan has not had quite the success or "mainstream" acceptance of those guys (though some of Milligan's work was as critically acclaimed, much of it was hard to find. It really is a shame that his Shade the Changing Man series is not as well collected and bought as things like Animal Man, Sandman, Hellblazer, and Transmetropolitan. It's all part of Karen Berger's glorious editorial work and just as big a part of Vertigo's importance as a publisher) but his work is as interesting and entertaining as most anything published by them and he continues to do great work today. This comic in particular is a beautiful, bizarre, hilarious and psychedelic mess that, though it shares certain characteristics with some of those other people, could only have come from his unique brain. The art is chaotic and dreamlike, with certain things seeming out of focus or slightly obscured, like a nightmare. The coloring goes along with this with a bleeding watercolor style to it.
Peter Milligan shows that, even if is was a bit less famous, he deserves to have the same praise that other "British Invasion" guys like Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore do. Like Jamie Delano and Paul Jenkins, Milligan has not had quite the success or "mainstream" acceptance of those guys (though some of Milligan's work was as critically acclaimed, much of it was hard to find. It really is a shame that his Shade the Changing Man series is not as well collected and bought as things like Animal Man, Sandman, Hellblazer, and Transmetropolitan. It's all part of Karen Berger's glorious editorial work and just as big a part of Vertigo's importance as a publisher) but his work is as interesting and entertaining as most anything published by them and he continues to do great work today. This comic in particular is a beautiful, bizarre, hilarious and psychedelic mess that, though it shares certain characteristics with some of those other people, could only have come from his unique brain. The art is chaotic and dreamlike, with certain things seeming out of focus or slightly obscured, like a nightmare. The coloring goes along with this with a bleeding watercolor style to it.