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Is a figment of your imagination. Possibly a piece of undigested lumpy mashed potato, maybe a sentient piece of furniture. The figment writes things no one reads. Fitting.
This week's Classic Comic Compendium takes a look at the trippy genesis of one of DC's greatest couples in Saga of the Swamp Thing #34 by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Tatjana Wood, and John Costanza.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/classic-comic-compendium-saga-of-the-swamp-thing-34/
My tour through the reach of Kirtby's Fourth World ends in the strangest of places, a reinterpretation of his Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers by Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, Brad Simpson, Simon Bowland and a host of guest artists. All in this week's Classic Comic Compendium:
https://www.comicsbeat.com/classic-comic-compendium-captain-victory-and-the-galactic-rangers/
The Menu (2022) is a clever send up of our current "foodie" culture, the idea of the celebrity chef, and the kind of "elite" clientele that surround them.
Great performances from Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy.
This week's Classic Comic Compendium watches the DC Universe suffer a fate worse than death in DCeased by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano, Rain Beredo, Saida Temofonte, and more.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/classic-comic-compendium-dceased/
Episode 2: Infected ups the tension and the character drama as we get our first real look at the present day mushroom zombies.
I really like this. Truly great performances again from Pascal, Ramsey, and Torv and I LOVE the set dressings and practical and special make-up effects. It's a really creepy world.
I think I'm liking season two of Mayor of Kingstown more than I liked season one, and I loved season one. Episode 2: Staring at the Devil continues the bloody and grim path that the story has taken since last season's ending prison riot. Incredibly dark stuff as all control has been lost.
One hell of a devil's bargain to try to put a lid on it, a surprising decision from Iris, and a shock with Kyle.
Still absolutely loving the scenic shots, juxtaposing nature and industry.
The first episode of The Last of Us (2023), "When You're Lost in the Darkness", is good. Really damn good.
I have NOT played the game, so I'm going into it largely oblivious to the story beats, and thereby don't have anything to compare it to, but it works on its own. Wonderful tension, heartbreak, and horror.
Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, and Anna Torv hold everything down nicely.
Can't wait for next week.
Episode 10: Heat is kind of fucked up. Actually, really fucked up.
Amber is expectedly a mess from the kidnapping. And the Colombian government and military would sooner turn on the Americans, shoot up a civilian market, and kill everyone, than do ANYTHING else earlier in the series.
This is fucked up.
