Just don’t expect multiple readings to yield a lot of treasures– sometimes chaos is as shallow as a puddle, and doesn’t give us much to decipher. Still, if you want to see a post-modern horror version of 2001, this is as close as you’re going to get. If Morrison had worked harder at making his story accessible, or even just at making sure the plot didn’t contradict itself regularly, then this would have been a better, scarier book. The story’s impenetrable chaos felt lazy to me, though. Which is not to say that I didn’t enjoy the book– 3 stars, it’s a good book.
Most comics with piles of footnotes end up feeling ponderous and incomplete– Alan Moore’s From Hell leaps to mind– and Nameless ends up being more the rule than the exception. Some of them are interesting and helpful, but it’s a trick I’ve only ever seen Carla Speed McNeil pull off in her Finder series.
Supporting this thesis is the fact that Morrison fills up the final pages of the Nameless collection with an expansive list of footnotes. Dragging an incohesive narrative into the daylight isn’t always a great idea. While the details of someone else’s nightmare might be individually interesting, they generally only make sense to the dreamer, and then only while the dreamer is asleep. I think that’s where the book get in trouble. He also describes the book as being replete with “dream logic,” an attempt to create the feeling of being trapped in someone else’s nightmare. Morrison describes the book’s thesis statement as an attempt to undermine the idea that some male “chosen one” can save the world this is an idea I can totally get behind. WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE FIVE STAR SERVICE.However, the fact that the art is both unconfusing and engaging means that the problems with this book come from the writing. We have been selling comics online and shipping for over 20 years, and are ALWAYS happy to work with our customers if there is ever an issue with the postage or handling. *** WE ALWAYS COMBINE SHIPPING, KEEP SHOPPING OUR STORE! *** We cannot guarantee any CGC grades, if you need a guaranteed NM+ 9.6/9.8 candidate, we understand if you’d prefer to look elsewhere.Īny individual item purchased for $50 or more comes fully insured at no additional cost.Īny order totaling $100 or more comes fully insured at no additional cost.Īny individual comic purchased for $100 or more comes shipped with bubble wrap and extra packing material.Īll comics come shipped bagged and boarded, in a sturdy, corrugated cardboard box, and clearly labeled, “DO NOT BEND.”
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