Only Alan Moore could make a whole comic about a sweet potato and makes you reevaluate your life choices
@benriley6716
Жыл бұрын
To my great regret, I never got into Swamp Thing as a kid. Really wish I'd picked some of these up back then. Beautiful books with great stories and art. Thanks for opening a window onto this for me.
@turtleanton6539
Жыл бұрын
Ok😊
@dyscotopia
Жыл бұрын
Alan Moore was amazing. Between Watchmen and Swamp Thing it changed the way I looked at reality as a child
@turtleanton6539
Жыл бұрын
V for vendetta Killing Joke
@Insane-Howl-Cowl
Жыл бұрын
It's always wonderful to hear someone talk about Swamp Thing, especially the Alan Moore era.
@scifibookery
Жыл бұрын
Alan Moore took Swamp Thing to another level... but he's a wizard, so. However, there's nothing like Wrightson's Swamp Thing. I wish the two of them could've worked it together.
@thomasr7292
Жыл бұрын
Loved Alan Moore’s run of Swamp Thing. One of the few comic collections I’ve read all the way through.
@jeremysoffler4582
Жыл бұрын
This is his ultimate work in comics, he was still happy and hungry to be in American comics
@troytradup
Жыл бұрын
This video made me sad, Michael. Looking at those images, I pulled out my regular trade paperbacks and they just weren't the same anymore. 😞
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Sorry Troy!
@stevengentry9396
Жыл бұрын
Those Absolute editions of Swamp Thing are beautiful.
@ellesse3862
Жыл бұрын
Bronze Age Swampy, what a great collection, I really like the Saga comic leading upto the arrival of Alan Moore too. Once through the looking glass, oh my.. it was good before, then it just kept unravelling and unspooling into Moore's wonderland, rewriting my world and .. yeah, one of my favourite runs. Totally agree, the capes dont work for me either but the Batman Gotham conflict is fantastic, one of my all time favourite stories. So many good things in this run, the Holland revelation, the madness of Woodrue, the monstrous Arcane, the supernatural team up Constantine, Etrigan, Phantom Stranger, Madame Xanadu, Spectre .. so good, so cool. The artwork is exceptional, detailed and weird, perfectly cunjours up supernatural and horror imagery. The space stuff towards the end.. wasnt for me, as for Adam Strange, best not to dwell on that. Not long after Marvel UK had begun publishing Captain Britain serial, Moore started on Saga. During that run, 2000 A.D.s The Ballad of Halo Jones was coming out, Quality Communications was publishing Warrior Magazine featuring V for Vendetta, Marvelman, and The Bojeffries Saga, 1985's Superman Annual #11 (one the best Superman stories of all time for me), and the Watchmen maxi was towards the tail end. A very productive burst and weirdly all those stories for each of those different comics and different publishers are heralded as landmarks and great works today, a one man revolution.. he was busy while writing Swamp Thing. To step back and look at his accomplishments during the time of Saga of the Swamp Thing, I find that fascinating.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
It really was the Moore Age of comics.
@arekkrolak6320
Жыл бұрын
Killing Joke is one of my favourite Alan Moore comics for DC (second only to For the Man who has Everything)
@nickster_xd8937
Жыл бұрын
Neil Gaiman constantly references Swamp Thing as an inspiration along with Michael Moorcock. I guess I need to collect those omnibuses next!
@frankieclayton9303
10 ай бұрын
This is the best time ever to take up swamp thing in the DC universe
@OrangeGeemer
Жыл бұрын
I read the Alan Moore run this year for the first time. It got me actually scared a few times :). I did went with the box set instead of the absolutes to have the original colors (I don't like comic books looking too digital).
@occultdetective
Жыл бұрын
Huge fan of Swamp Thing, full run. I really wish it, like Constantine, existed outside of the DC Superhero Continuity.
@ZeeboTheJetFan
3 ай бұрын
I read this in the original coloring but seeing it modernized in that absolute makes me really want to get it
@sgriffin9960
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the story of Swamp Thing! I’ve never read any of those comics!
@saltyk2795
Жыл бұрын
I never got into "Swamp Thing." But hearing the comics described as horror, and your enthusiasm, makes me want to check him out!
@user-ck2hr5vn8e
4 күн бұрын
This comic is weird but i like. Very green and good roots.
@briteskin
Жыл бұрын
The multiple airings of the 1982 movie on the pay movie channels is where my appreciation started. Weird synergy since just last week I finally picked up vol 5 and 6 of the Saga of Swamp Thing collection. Was hoping to get hardcover copies to go with my volume 1 - 4 but decided the price was never going to be in my willing to pay range and got the softcovers. Sandman also had some crossovers with DC main universe characters, in early issues of the series, that were weird too. Golden Age Sandman made sense but not so much others that poked there head in. Though that was par for the course at DC have main heroes visit their title or take a new character and have them run around with Justice League for a little while.
@merlynfereira9631
3 ай бұрын
i loved the DC-Warner swamp thing series whivh came out in may 2019. was so heartbroken to learn that it got cancelled when they were filming s1 e1. so although 13 episodes were planned for s1, it was only 10 at last
@samael2112
Жыл бұрын
My mom got me one of those Swamp Thing comic books when I was a kid. I remember there was a bald guy with his hand sewn behind his back. That creeped the f*** out!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
It has a lot of moments like that.
@theramblingreviewer5150
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating video. Maybe I should add Swamp Thing to my tbr in the New Year. I've not yet read it.
@DDB168
Жыл бұрын
The Batman story, and artwork, does look excellent. He probably thought there was no love for Adam Strange out there. 😉
@bizarrebraincomics7819
Жыл бұрын
Makes me wish I had read more of ST back in the 80s.
@Arnsteel634
Жыл бұрын
It was a great movie. So was the tv series
@geraldblade1147
Жыл бұрын
I was talking to my friend and he said that you really love horror but you don't seem to like Dean Koontz. I said that's Odd Thomas
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
😫
@PungiFungi
Ай бұрын
8:37 - When Sunderland was being suffocated by Swamp Thing, you see these blue blurry images of his to show he was kicking his feet and struggling for air. In some reprints they are taken out so all you see are his dangling feet. Really odd.
@scifibookery
Жыл бұрын
I completely agree with the superheroes in Swamp Thing. It's so weird haha
@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt
Жыл бұрын
thanks
@turtleanton6539
Жыл бұрын
Great video 😊😊😊😊😅
@bookmarkswithjason9445
Жыл бұрын
Night of the living dead was originally supposed to be titled Night of Anubis. I believe the studio made them change the title.
@frankieclayton9303
10 ай бұрын
We as fans would love to see swamp thing in the DC movie world series
@frankmorlock9134
Жыл бұрын
What a coincidence. I discovered a video on The Golden Age of Horror Comics which for some reason I thought was short but is over an hour long and I haven't finished watching it. I never read many horror comics when I was young. When I was about 5 I found something set in the far east or featuring a character who was a magician with a turban. I don't recall if he was the good guy or the bad guy, but I couldn't sleep at night and my mother wisely took the comic away from me and eventually sleep returned. After that I had a horror of horror comics. Now that was a real surprise !
@BookBlather
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been meaning to read this for years… Can’t believe I haven’t yet. Did you see the Swamp Thing show that came out a couple of years ago? I liked the killing joke, but I agree, it went a little too far for a superhero comic.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
I missed that Swamp Thing show. I miss most shows.
@snowysnowyriver
Жыл бұрын
Oh dear.....Roger is not there on his usual seat. Check that your credit cards are still there!!
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Oh no….
@frankieclayton9303
10 ай бұрын
I hope James gunn take this up or someone else this is the best time
@jeremyfee
Жыл бұрын
This was a very informative video. I was a fan of Swamp Thing when I was growing up, but I don't think I spent much money on the comic books. In my head I'm hearing the song WILD THING but with SWAMP THING instead.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
All Swamp Thing fans hear that song in their heads, I’m sure.
@charliedogg7683
Жыл бұрын
1. Michael, I very much agree that Swamp Thing is a more interesting character than Man-Thing - Manny reacts while Swampy interacts, Manny has not evolved since his creation (which is fine in the hands of a great writer like Steve Gerber) while Swampy has developed in many ways and in many directions. 2. Yes, Alan Moore completely upended the Swamp Thing mythos but I still enjoyed what Martin Pasko did with the first 18-odd issues of Volume 2 (the issues nearly everyone seems to have forgotten about). 3. To my eternal gratitude, a number of my letters were published in the letters columns of the Moore issues, my fleeting contact with fame. 4. Rarely have two artists been so right for the writer and the title as were Totleben and Bissette for Moore and Swamp Thing. 5. Regarding superheroes, I think Moore deliberately made them not quite fit, his way of pointing out that in some parts of the DCU the so-called "capes" are unable to deal with a threat because they lack the necessary understanding and powers - some threats you can't punch away or use willpower-created constructs to force into submission. But you're right in that the darker DCU characters worked best as guest-stars. 6. Moore's "Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow?" shows that he could reign it back enough to write an effective, emotionally resonant Superman tale. 7. I have to stop here too because I could write about Swamp Thing for page after page, still one of my favourite comics characters and I started reading funnybooks in 1971. Thanks for your fine overview Michael.
@bigaldoesbooktube1097
Жыл бұрын
Glad you brought up how adult he makes some characters. I love Alan Moore but sometimes his characters are a written a bit too honestly to the point they can be an uncomfortable read.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Very true.
@indyatmn420
Жыл бұрын
I reread Moore's run as an adult and it still held up for me. However, one thing I caught that blew me away as a teen, but no longer really makes sense to me was the idea that Alec Holland no longer existed. Especially because Moore eventually has "Swamp Thing's" consciousness jumping into different bodies. What makes a person - including Alec Holland - IS their consciousness. It's irrelevant if the consciousness was somehow recreated by plants or even a machine. What makes us who we are is our consciousness - memories, thoughts, and feelings. Why doesn't "Swamp Thing" cease to exist when he jumps to a new body? What's the difference between that and Alec's body disintegrating and his consciousness being recreated by plants? While anyone would understandably be terrified to discover their body and brain no longer existed, Alec Holland still remained Alec Holland. In any case, I was happy to see this video.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
You make a good point.
@caesarpizza1338
Күн бұрын
I yam what I yam and that’s all I yam
@thesithempire1348
Жыл бұрын
Gerry Conway (Man-Thing) and Len Wein (Swamp Thing) were roommates at one time, and basically stole the character known as The Heap from the Airboy comic (published by Hillman) for Marvel and DC respectively. Of course, Harry Stein's the Heap wasn't the first swamp monster. That would likely go to Theodore Sturgeon's It!, which had been published in the pulp magazine Unknown in 1940. In other words, everyone stole from the pulps, Hollywood most egregiously.
@CRiSiS_iNFiNiTE
6 ай бұрын
would love a video on your thoughts of neil gaiman’s sandman
@ficheetah3700
Жыл бұрын
Classic run. Gets a little off the rails toward the tail end but very engrossing. Love the original Swamp Thing too but it tends toward the camp. (Btw, Swamp Thing movie is actually good for what it is. And that Adrienne Barbeau...rarrrrrrrr.....)
@freelivefree7221
Жыл бұрын
Len Wein's Swamp Thing was fun, but Alan Moore's was a work of art. The thing about Moore is he loves deconstruction a bit too much. Deconstruction sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. For example, it is probably good he wasn't allowed to use the original Charlton characters in Watchmen. It would have been to dark for the original characters. So it was good he used altered versions of them. However, when he is on, he is probably the best writer of comics.
@nate5eplayer574
9 ай бұрын
Hate me.. but Scott’s was best with the Animal Man cross over. Much darker. But loved Alan’s too.
@luciferfernandez7094
Жыл бұрын
Moore’s Swamp Thing made me think and feel that stuff like death, putrefaction and gross stuff I’d never touch in an actual swamp are sort of natural and beautiful - it had me considering what life as a plant would be (he takes a lot from Neoplatonism, but that’s not here nor there). I’d argue Abby is probably the best lady character written in American comics to date. Horror is mostly about feeling fear which it’s directly linked to the fact that humans die (most of us, at least - I’m not so sure about Keith Richards or Moore himself) - you put Superman in there and, well, I agree it doesn’t work. No detriment to Bissette, Totleben and Veich- their hand also made the run what it is - but a Moore/Wrighston Shawmpy story would have been a match made in heaven.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
It would have been!
@mizukarate
Жыл бұрын
What if.....Swamp Thing vs Conan
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Conan would find a way to win.
@mizukarate
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 I agree. Both of them are smarter and dangerous but......Conan has a will to win at all costs.
@kenward1310
Жыл бұрын
Now that James Gunn is in charge at DC maybe we'll see Moore's Swamp Thing story brought to film. Gunn seems interested in the quirkier (and arguably lesser known) comic book characters so you never know.
@luciferfernandez7094
Жыл бұрын
He last tv show was decent, better that you would expect.
@mathewguglielmi8451
Жыл бұрын
The reason why Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run is published under the Black Label imprint is that DC Comics ceased publishing the Vertigo Comics line a few years back. Unfortunately poor editorial decisions lead to declining interest and sales of new Vertigo titles published in the mid 2000's. I really need to read that entire Swamp Thing run. If you didn't like Alan Moore's take on Adam Strange i wonder what you make of Tom King's take on the character in Strange Adventures. Hint, is Adam Strange a romantic adventurer or war criminal?
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
I think I might stay away from King’s version. There’s only so much I can take.
@whyloechoedome8122
Жыл бұрын
I'd say that was a fair review. But its one of my favorite comics. That has some big flaws. Also please review The Spectre old or new. Totally underrated character
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
I should do that.
@alpertroncp2198
Жыл бұрын
The absolute editions are beautiful, but I still don't know how I feel about recolourings. It doesn't sit right with me, even though in many cases it looks better.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
A lot of people feel that way.
@meccamw
Жыл бұрын
Does DC have any other Absolute editions for other characters?
@thesithempire1348
Жыл бұрын
Agree 100% about superheroes not working in Swamp Thing at all. They take you right out of the story. Swamp Thing should've remained a self-contained book. No Green Lantern. No Superman. No Justice League. Superheroes destroy the verisimilitude that horror and weird fantasy need to cast their spell. Unfortunately, Rick Veitch and Doug Wheeler didn't do the series any favors (sadly, Wheeler was saddled with one of the worst illustrators DC ever had), but Nancy Collins revived the series and brought it back to its horror/gothic/dark fantasy roots.
@davebrzeski
Жыл бұрын
I remember Alan telling me at a London comic mart, that he had a Batman Annual to knock out over the weekend. That turned out to be The Killing Joke. Because Alan was becoming a big name, DC held it back, and after Brian Bolland took forever over the art, and they finally put it out, in a flashier format than originally intended. By then he'd produced much better work, which raised expectations too high. Alan always said the the Clayface story he wrote that appeared in a later Batman Annual is far superior, and he was right.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
I remember that Clayface story. It was good!
@brenm8
Жыл бұрын
Talking about Batman, did you see the latest Batman movie? If you did, you like it? Hate it? Meh? Or something else?
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
I’ve avoided it! I’ve decided it must be terrible.
@brenm8
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 I thought it was pretty good but then again I'm not into comic books. So, I can't compare the one with the other. I do love comic books (used to read them alot when I was a kid) but nowadays there seem to be so many about them. Kinda like "normal" books. :)
@tbritz13
Жыл бұрын
I once met Theodore Sturgeon at a comic con and asked him what he thought of Swamp Thing. It wasn't a pleasant conversation. The comics ripped him off. His story "It" was out for years.
@michaelk.vaughan8617
Жыл бұрын
Everyone ripped him off!
@madmanelsd123
3 ай бұрын
I don't think I like the coloring in those big books
@michaelk.vaughan8617
3 ай бұрын
You are not alone. Many people don’t like the new coloring.
@tonygriego6382
Жыл бұрын
Never was a fan of Alan Moore, with the exception of his brilliant Captain Britain run.
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