It was like watching the Russian Roulette scene from "The Deerhunter". You know what's coming but you continue to read, simultaneously rapt with delight and revulsion.
Hilarious and imaginative series from Garth Ennis. Loved it.
a sociopathic FBI profiler finds a dark path and takes it. some time later, two more agents follow in his footsteps. murder, rape, rage, despair, racism, homophobia, a swinger party, a cult, hallucinatory freak-outs, nightmarish dreamscapes, Deep Ones, Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, H.P. Lovecraft, and grue...
Oh, Alan Moore. This isn't anywhere on par with Watchmen, or (my favorite) Miracleman, or even with The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. This was, to me, kind of a mess. The pacing felt awkward and the narrative kind of flat.
I've become pretty leery of "inspired by Lovecraft" recently. There is too little actual inspiring in most of these works of fiction. This book is better than average. It already has Alan Moore so that generally says something. The artwork is great (great gallery as well). The main protagonists...
When I bought this I was in a mood to read a graphic novel/comic but didn't know much about the genre (still don't really). I confess I bought this because it had Alan Moore's name on it (and I liked Watchmen) and it was relatively cheap.So bear that in mind.The reason it was cheap was probably beca...
I liked it; it's a new and interesting take on Lovecraftian madness, how the stories tie into the reality, and what dealing with the Mythos might actually do. It ends on a very ominous note, the art's good, the pacing's excellent. Like most Alan Moore graphic novels, it is not exactly something yo...
I enjoyed the artwork, it was nice and clean with sharp edges. While the plot and characters sound interesting from previews, when you actually read it you find it takes something that could be both interesting and grabbing and then and covers it in gore and vulgarity which seem intended to shock, ...
Moore provides comforting commentary and several of his works and the process involved in their creation for aspiring writers of comics or literature in general. There's a lot in here that reminds me of Stephen King's no bs take on the writing process and a lot that's completely different. Moore p...
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