The Filth....

Agent Smith · 04-12-2005, 10:25 AM

i was compelled yesterday to go into a bookstore and pick up a copy of Grant Morrison's new trade paperback of his comic book "The Filth".

as with his "The Invisibles" before it in the mid '90s i found myself thinking "how'd the hell did this guy know what i've been thinking about, and how dare he put it in a fucking comic book!" (which is oddly enough a reaction Morrison himself had when he saw 'the matrix')

i read the whole thing in one sitting... and left the bookstore with my neurons humming...

...check 'The Filth' out.

Morrison describes what he wrote as an attempt to innoculate society with carefully constructed memes through an optical format...

[ April 12, 2005, 11:48 AM: Message edited by: Agent Smith ]

forteanajones · 04-12-2005, 10:36 AM

I just loaned my paperback to a friend a few days ago and it's been on my mind a lot recently, and here you post about it. Did you read his interview in Arthur? I read those comics back-to-back about a year ago and thought they were fantastic.

Edit:
I think it's actually www.crackcomicks.com.

[ April 12, 2005, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: forteanajones ]

Agent Smith · 04-12-2005, 10:51 AM

...you're right about the url...

no i haven't seen the review... i thought this might be better off in 'culturl production', but the subject matter reaches just about the level of hyperparanoia that i've experienced since grade school...

...yeah, i didn't even know that Morrison had written anything new in a while. i figured he was just doing superheros to pay the rent, and then i saw this... very glad to have.

everything i've been thinking about for about a fewyear, filtered through the head of a scot's man.

nwowatcher · 12-24-2005, 09:41 PM

I was a fan of 'Invisibles' when it was being published.. I've been meaning to check 'The Filth' out..

12-24-2005, 09:41 PM	#4
nwowatcher Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: high on a mountain deep in a cave Posts: 55	I was a fan of 'Invisibles' when it was being published.. I've been meaning to check 'The Filth' out.. __________________ \"Fiction is the Truth w/in the Lie.\"<br />Stephen King

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04-12-2005, 10:25 AM	#1
Agent Smith Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 689	i was compelled yesterday to go into a bookstore and pick up a copy of Grant Morrison's new trade paperback of his comic book "The Filth". as with his "The Invisibles" before it in the mid '90s i found myself thinking "how'd the hell did this guy know what i've been thinking about, and how dare he put it in a fucking comic book!" (which is oddly enough a reaction Morrison himself had when he saw 'the matrix') i read the whole thing in one sitting... and left the bookstore with my neurons humming... ...check 'The Filth' out. Morrison describes what he wrote as an attempt to innoculate society with carefully constructed memes through an optical format... [ April 12, 2005, 11:48 AM: Message edited by: Agent Smith ]

04-12-2005, 10:36 AM	#2
forteanajones Administrator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 630	I just loaned my paperback to a friend a few days ago and it's been on my mind a lot recently, and here you post about it. Did you read his interview in Arthur? I read those comics back-to-back about a year ago and thought they were fantastic. Edit: I think it's actually www.crackcomicks.com. [ April 12, 2005, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: forteanajones ]

04-12-2005, 10:51 AM	#3
Agent Smith Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 689	...you're right about the url... no i haven't seen the review... i thought this might be better off in 'culturl production', but the subject matter reaches just about the level of hyperparanoia that i've experienced since grade school... ...yeah, i didn't even know that Morrison had written anything new in a while. i figured he was just doing superheros to pay the rent, and then i saw this... very glad to have. everything i've been thinking about for about a fewyear, filtered through the head of a scot's man.