Corpsepyre
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I've read it thrice, and there's definitely a LOT to unpack. Several references I still don't fully grasp, but it's highly intriguing. Plus, I've been reading up on some articles on it that help.
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Grant Morrison's 'Nameless' is one gruesome mindfuck comic you MUST read.
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I've read it thrice, and there's definitely a LOT to unpack. Several references I still don't fully grasp, but it's highly intriguing. Plus, I've been reading up on some articles on it that help.
Sounds like a real Morrison classic then. I find his deepest works undecipherable until I figure them out after a bit
comixology only shows 6 issues so maybe its a limited series
Corpsepyre
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It's 6 issues long. Limited series.
abstract alien
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Perfect
Edit: is the Nameless hardcover the entire series in one book? I wouldn't mind dropping $20 for that. Wait, am I an idiot? What does HC stand for?
Corpsepyre
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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That looks incredibly fucked.
abstract alien
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Cool, thanks! I found it up for preorder on Amazon as well for those interested.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1632155273/?tag=neogaf0e-20
BravestOrphan
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This looks awesome. Can anyone suggest anything else in the space/cosmic horror group that I can buy that is complete like the collectionof this in march is?
Caliban
Prophet, issues #21 to 45
Prophet aint exactly horror but its pretty cool
slightconfuse
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Ills seems the Op
Hope we get more Morrison/ burn ham stuff in the future
Hope we get more Morrison/ burn ham stuff in the future
Messofanego
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Yup!
Going to check this out.
Prodigal Son
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Looks delightfully fucked. Buying.
I have yet to pick the last issue but it is SO.FUCKED.UP.
Like, the last pages of issues #3 and #4 are such unexpected gut punches. Chris Burnham realy is on the top of his game. So good, so twisted.
Beware though, it has got Morrison's brand of fucked up narrative. The point is to make it hard what is real and what is nightmare, full on dream logic up in this book. It's kinda of a sequel to The Filth in a sense.
Funniest thing is, Nameless publication overlaps with another Grant Morrison comics publication : Klaus over at BOOM studios.
Like, the last pages of issues #3 and #4 are such unexpected gut punches. Chris Burnham realy is on the top of his game. So good, so twisted.
Beware though, it has got Morrison's brand of fucked up narrative. The point is to make it hard what is real and what is nightmare, full on dream logic up in this book. It's kinda of a sequel to The Filth in a sense.
Funniest thing is, Nameless publication overlaps with another Grant Morrison comics publication : Klaus over at BOOM studios.
Which could be pitched as Santa Claus : Origins or All-Star Santa. And it's uplifting as fuck.
Corpsepyre
Banned
I made the mistake of reading the last issue late, and I was totally lost. Had to read it all over again to get what I had just read. It's an incredibly dense read. The fifth issue is such a revelation though.
Funky Papa
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Thanks, Corpsepyre. I'm always down for some space horror, even if the genre tends to be reiterative as heck.
Fried Food
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Is there an actual story in this series or is it just a bunch of nasty stuff with some pseudo-intellectual lines like "what is human" BS?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
That sounds like Caliban's plot, tbh.
Coriolanus
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There is and, as far as the what is human thing is concerned,
no one even tries to answer it properly
Annihilator was phenomenal, another great mind fuck of a story with jaw dropping art by Frazer Irving.
And he's starting his tenure as Heavy Metal's EiC in April too, he's at least bringing Chris Burnham and Frazer Irving for stories in it so that should be fun.
I really liked it but it felt like it could have used another two issues or so to space things out a bit better. A lot of the "surprise" twists were of the expected sort in terms of this kind of work but still felt like they came out of nowhere as there wasn't a ton of build up to them or the characters involved with them. It also ended on a somewhat anticlimactic note and again felt like one more issue after the last one.
All in all though its a pretty intense trip with some rather disturbing imagery.
All in all though its a pretty intense trip with some rather disturbing imagery.
Corpsepyre
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Those asking for more sci-fi/space horror-ish material, check out 'Annihilator' by Grant Morrison. Phenomenal on just about every level and worth buying in an instant. It's like Fear & Loathing set in Hollywood, with a sci-fi backdrop that's completely meta. One of the best written comics in a while. Not gruesome as Nameless or anything, but you're in for a treat just the same.
Some shots.
Some shots.
Corpsepyre
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Oh, there's story. And it's quite deep on several levels too. I didn't post any of the main dialogue.
Austriacus
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I just finished.
Ive been repeating non stop for 15 minutes "what the fuck did i just read?" in my head
Someone answer this question for me please
Ive been repeating non stop for 15 minutes "what the fuck did i just read?" in my head
Someone answer this question for me please
Corpsepyre
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Read it again when you can. But before you do, here, take a look.
https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/3yj4fi/nameless_by_grant_morrison_wtf_did_i_just_read/.compact
Corpsepyre
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Those who've read this already, take a look at this. Excellent analysis here concerning the different occult references and the sigils, enochian and more present in the book. It's all very dense.
http://shawnbaker.blogspot.com/2015/02/grant-morrison-chris-burnhams-nameless.html
http://joup.co/beneath-panels-2-nameless/
http://shawnbaker.blogspot.com/2015/02/grant-morrison-chris-burnhams-nameless.html
http://joup.co/beneath-panels-2-nameless/
Brian Fellows
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Sounds like your typical overrated Morrison garbage to me. Nothing the man has ever done has been must read.
I'll just stick with the 29 other Image titles on my pull list.
I'll just stick with the 29 other Image titles on my pull list.
Corpsepyre
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Doom Patrol, The Invisibles, We3, Annihilator, Arkham Asylum, Animal Man and a tonne more would love to disagree.
Edgy
While I enjoyed We3, I do think that it's kinda over rated.
Corpsepyre
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That's perfectly fine. I was just referring to the guy who said he's never written anything worthwhile.
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