Swamp Thing

I will shamelessly admit that I was first introduced to Swamp Thing by the old animated series. The show was terrible and got cancelled after a few episodes. But till today the character itself as always been something special to me. The character has been brought back into mainstream comics with The DC Blackest Night event (2009-2010)

With the DC reboot end of last year Swamp Thing has been given a new ongoing series with Scott Snyder at the helm. He has taken the world of Swamp Thing and instead of scrapping the old taken it and built it into something much greater and much more far reaching.

The art in this new series is just amazing. Yannic Paquette brings every single panel alive. When he is depicting nature you are astounded by the beauty. Plants look like they are about to grow from each page. Each panel is also beautifully decorated with intricate borders which just add so much to each page. Where he really shines though is where he needs to draw something disturbing and with this being a horror comic it is really needed. You will feel revolted and disturbed when you meet the creatures Swamp Thing will be up against.

This is not a fast comic. It takes it's time to set the scene and build the atmosphere until we Reach the end of issue 6 and then issue 7 where the gears start shifting setting the stage for issue 8 where characters will no longer just react to the horror around them but fight against it.

This is the comic I most look forward to every month and can't wait to get my hands on. If you decide to pick this comic up I recommend you pick up Animal Man as well. They are both dealing with the same enemy and will carry on to a crossover arc later this year. This is not to say you can't read Swamp Thing without reading Animal Man just that it will add so much more to the experience.