The Vertigo Weekly Reader
Mark MosedaleA chronological(ish) deep dive into DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, starting with Alan Moore's Swamp Thing and running to the end of the British Invasion. Analysis, reaction, wild tangents, magic(?), other business.
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No Punches
Traditionally, superhero comics end with a fight and a chat. The hero and villain trade blows while they debate the themes of the story they’re wrapping up. Ideally, the hero lands their decisive point right as they deliver their finishing...
Interlude: Swamp Thing was destroyed by Anti-Matter in the Crisis and didn't notice
Art by George Perez, words by Marv Wolfman (same all the way down).
I don’t know. Can he?
Did he???
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You can sense what’s happening to him can you, John? Here’s what was happening:
Trip to space ✅
Creep out Easy Company ✅...
Choke Points
The Spectre cuddles the ultimate evil. From Swamp Thing #50, line art by Bissette, Veitch and Totleben, colour art by Wood, words by Moore.
The art of writing big stakes fantasy/sci-fi/superhero/other-genre blockbusters is, to some extent,...
The Parliament of Trees
Last Thursday I was at a funeral when I would normally have been writing this. Apologies for the unannounced skip week. Let’s crack on.
Alan Moore, in an unusual promotional video released by DC in 1984: “When I was asked to take over the...
Victims of the Spirit Gun
This is the Winchester Mystery House.
Source
So is this.
From House of Penance, drawn by Ian Bertram and written by Peter Tomasi.
So is this, but it isn’t:
From Swamp Thing #45
The Winchester Mystery House was a shifting maze of stair...
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