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Publisher : DC Comics (October 27, 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 448 pages
ISBN-10 : 1779506953
ISBN-13 : 55
Item Weight : 5.95 pounds
Dimensions : 9.75 x 1.75 x 15 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #71,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #215 in Horror Graphic Novels (Books) #226 in DC Comics & Graphic Novels #975 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels
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I have to admit that DC was honest in the product description when they wrote, “brand-new coloring.” They question is, why? My review was going to be all about my love for the 1984 Alan Moore run on Swamp Thing and how it was a perfect marriage between art and writing. I bought these comics when they were first released, and they made a profound impact on me in my teenage years. I wanted to talk about how Stephen Bissette and John Totleben were perhaps the first artists where, for me, their names became synonymous with the series they worked on. I was always disappointed when an issue was released without their art, but I understood given the detail of Bissette’s penciling and Totleben’s inking. Unfortunately, DC made one disastrous decision in this Absolute Edition. I’m not one of those purists who thinks that every reprint should look exactly like the original. It makes sense that a more expensive version is going to have superior paper, printing techniques and modern tools so things are going to look different, and hopefully better. In fact, if the Absolute Edition looked like a scan of the original, I’d be complaining. The problem here is that DC looked at the colors supplied by Tatjana Wood and decided they could do better. Issue 30 opens with, “The returned man smiles” as the lips of a green skinned alien part. Wait, what? That’s supposed to be Matt Cable and in the original his skin is flesh colored. It was a great moment in the original comic but now it looks distractingly weird. It was as if DC decided that the comic was too gothic and gritty and decided to give it a more disco appearance. Scarcely a page goes by without radical color shifts. Pages that have greens and blue are now purple and grey. The last panel of issue 25 shows an image of Goya’s ‘The Sleep of Reason’ in all red. Now, it’s shades of purple. Did that improve it? Nope. Page after page is altered and the worst thing is, these new colors are more often than not, softening Totleben’s inking. His inking was sharp and frightening and now it’s soft and friendly. The monkey king was original black and white but now has shades of grey. Is he more frightening? No. Sometimes colors are added such as giving Swamp Thing an orange tongue where it was originally green. Sometimes images have a single color where there used to be multiple colors and details are lost. I know that Alan Moore gets 98% of the credit for this run but it was a collaborative effort. Tatjana Wood isn’t even given coloring credit. She’s listed as the original comic colorist, but coloring credit goes to Steve Oliff and ‘Olyoptics’. Oliff is an award winning colorist and a veteran in the industry but radically changing the colors is akin to changing Alan Moore’s text. If the recoloring improved the visuals I would be forgiving but the changes are almost always either gratuitous or make the visuals worse. BTW: Even the covers are recolored and it is just as much of a disaster. Issue 21 has Swamp Thing menacing General Sunderland as light from a window illuminates the terrified man. In the recoloring, the light seems to fall across Swamp Thing but based on where the light is coming from it doesn’t make sense and the light hits his body flat as if he were two dimensional. My assumption is that this was just a coloring screw up. Nice job. This was not the review I wanted to write. I wanted to talk about my love of Swamp Thing and how DC finally produced a high-quality compilation of one of their greatest comics ever. I often roll my eyes when reviewers nitpick details in reproductions as if they were just itching to complain. I’m sure Steve Oliff spent a lot of time on recoloring and it looks like volume 2 of Absolute Swamp Thing will be getting the same treatment. I just feel that when you have a series that comes this close to perfection that no one has a right to decide they can improve it and I would have to assume this was an editorial decision from DC. The Absolute Edition has a very neat, soft, moss like cover and some really good extras including sketches and a long, well written article by Stephen Bissette. Bissette also wrote the introduction in book 6 of the TBD but the one in the Absolute Edition is brand new. Oh, and the cheapo TPB’s used the original coloring and look better. *sigh* Maybe if enough people complain, DC will reverse course or possibly even redo the first version of the Absolute Edition. Probably not. Still, it was nice revisiting these stories and as far as I know the stories are entirely unaltered.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019 by David Swan David Swan
Let's get the main talking point out of the way. This book is almost entirely recolored. There are pages that do not even closely resemble the original coloring on the artwork. Purists are not likely to like this book but if you're open to the changes, they are absolutely beautiful and well done. It would be one thing if the original trade paperbacks were not available but they are and for rather cheaply. Those that want the original gritty 1980s feel are better off getting the paperbacks. If you're into a high effort re-imagining of the original coloring, this book is going to absolutely blow you away. If you're open to regenesis (see what I did there), this is a must have.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019 by Dustin
This unique rendition of the Allan Moore run of Swamp Thing is a marvelous remastering of the content from the origiinal series. With enhanced colors and a larger format print, you are given an enhanced version of the classic run of Moore, Bissett and Totleben. The book comes in a deluxe slipcase worthy of the recognition of this incredible reworking of the character. The book when taken out of the slipcase has a mossy feel to it and has earthy like smell! It's beyond a reading experience, you feel like you're holding something genuinely organic! If you're familiar with the story and have read it prior, you'll wanna get your hands on this book. If you're new to Swamp Thing and want to read some of the best stories ever written for this character, then I highly suggest you purchase this book immediately!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2019 by R. Perez
On my copy, the binding is already falling apart after barely cracking it open. Other reviewers haven't mentioned this so it might be an isolated problem. Will be sending mine back. The reviewer complaining about the recolors is being a bit ridiculous, IMO. I like the changes, personally. Was he also one of the people that was upset about the Sandman recolors?
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Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2019 by M. Schueler
I really like how the modern colorisation process can enhance a book. I am not like the purists who think old newspaper paper and limited colouring is the best. the new colours simply vibe and explode with this artwork, making it even more eye candy than it ever was. big minus though, I haven't even managed to finish the book, the cover already fell. the binding glue didn't last even 1 read. I blame it on the heavy paper and large format, weighing too much on the cover, making it hard to stick. Just glued it myself now, let's see how it holds up! it's a shame as it's quite expensive and the cover is just magnificent! the emboss and the smooth feeling...
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Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2020 by Alexandru Calin