Swamp Thing by Nancy A. Collins Omnibus

I returned this book, as it arrived damaged. But after a flick through; I was glad to see the back of it.The artwork is poor, the stories are childish nonsense. Totally uninteresting.But worst of all was the continual liberal narrative and the continual leftist demonisation of all things Christian, white, conservative, heterosexual etc.White southern Americans are almost always negatively portrayed, as; hypocritical (often murderous) Christians, wife beaters, Nazis, child abductors, homophobes etc.In one story the victims of bigotry arise from the dead to form a hideous/ridiculous avenging monster...A pregnant woman thrown from a bridge, a homosexual - the victim of a hate crime (committed by a repressed rural American). A young boy, abducted and abused by a man we later see praying with his family (the man looks exactly like Jesus).Another story features a roving Christian preacher who kills off all of his parishioners with snake poison.Black Americans, however... Are only ever cast in saintly roles, or as the victims of white lynching (and then run over by a car after said lynching).Republican politicians have bookshelves full of ludicrously titled racist books; " Heil Bush, Holocaust Hoax, Negroes Threat or Menace, Commies, Ignorance Is Strength... Sex and The Single Klansman"!?The propaganda is continually rammed down your throat in the most gauche and clumsy way.The only interest I'd have in this book would be as a study of propaganda in comic books, makes you realise you really do need to vet what your children are reading - depressing.

A thoroughly enjoyable read, a big fat comic book you can fall into for hours, fab art and cool characters.

Das fast 1000 Seiten dicke Buch ist handwerklich tadellos gemacht, gedruckt und gebunden in Kanada, ein echter Schatz.Die Stories sind durchwachsen, kein Wunder bei dieser Menge. Z.T. kommen sie aber durchaus an die Qualiät der Alan Moore-Geschichten heran. Manche sind eher komisch, satirisch, andere eher Horror oder Fantasy.Probleme habe ich mit den Zeichnungen und Farben: zu viel weiß, blau, gelb und rot, zu wenig Sumpfatmosphäre.Das haben andere Künstler vorher und nachher wirklich besser hinbekommen, aber auch hier gibt es viele schöne Passagen/ Seiten zu entdecken. Am besten, man schaut es sich mal in einem Comicshop an.

Edição extraordinária, chegou em perfeito estado. Só falta tempo para ler

I first encountered Swamp Thing from the pre-Freddy Krueger Wes Craven film that constantly played on HBO, showcasing Adrienne's Barbeau's and a Steve Urkelesque Jude...hey. Never being a huge DC fan, it was not until years later that I read the original Bronze Age and Alan Moore runs, which were well ahead of comics writing of the time. Of course, most people stop at the Moore runs, forgetting that the book was still published in not so great runs. DC looked for horror writers with chops and chose Nancy A. Collins, author of the rather non liberal Sonja Blue vampire series to take the helm. Having grown up in the South, she had a particular view of the region, rather than an Englishman like Alan Moore, that she infused into the series, especially of Louisiana.Anytime any writer brings in "real world" issues into a fictional world, they will always be accused of the buzzword of the week. Having grown up in the early 90's, I can recall the "American Patriot" David Duke's embarrassing run for Governor of Louisiana, the last gasp of fraudulent televangelists until the "Christmas Wars" of the 21st century, the various "Christian and wholesome" racist groups that crawled out from the rocks. Apparently, since Collins did not have Swamp Thing have a "sit down" session with the KKK or David Duke analogue, the work is "propaganda" worthy of RT...I mean...Pra..I mean the Wash...I mean MSM. Nearly ran out of rhetoric for a moment!You'll get some real life horror in this run, in a fictional world, of course, but it works. Connie Sunderland and "Bubbles" Sunderland were created by Nancy A. Collins, and used in the sadly short lived TV series of last year. And as Collins is primarily a horror writer, quite a few of the stories don't have happy endings. But that's life, not "propaganda".