Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 304

By: Callum

Callum — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:23 +0000

Awesome creepy damn moment. -shiver- Oh anf FYI this is still listed as New Frontier #2 (part 2) on the archives list.

By: dhole

dhole — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:49:52 +0000

One of my favorite moments from the run. Great choice.

More Moore Swamp Thing!

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:31:30 +0000

@Ken: Holy shit! I never realized that until this moment! Of course, I’ve only read the first volume of Moore’s Swamp Thing and the original Len Wein run, and both of those were things I read after the last time I read Sandman, so it never really clicked.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:56:03 +0000

That’s Moore, Bissette, and Totleben carrying away the body on page 15.

By: VichusSmith

VichusSmith — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:13:29 +0000

Some of those images are fucking crazy. I know the moment is when everything comes to a head, but my moment is that first page with the insects crawling over the woman and the image of the house put in the center. I just love how creative people get with imagery.

By: ken

ken — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:14:56 +0000

interesting to note that Abby’s husband Matt went on to become Matthew the Raven in Sandman

By: chad

chad — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:17:43 +0000

that moment proved that Alan knew how to do swamp thing for the look of pure terror on Abbys face when she figures out Anton has taken over Matt and he knows she has figured out the truth and is in for a bad fate. shows that swamp thing was perfect for the genius of Alan

By: spectreguy

spectreguy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:16:25 +0000

Doesn’t that “photo” of the spree killer woman in the article look like Barbra Steele in “Black Sunday”?
spectreguy(who loved that movie)

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:51:09 +0000

Still makes me shudder all these years later …

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:29:09 +0000

That moment’s already on the list, DanCJ.

Ah good. I must have forgotten that had been done.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:20:20 +0000

Absolutely flippin’ terrifying.

By: Rob Ocelot

Rob Ocelot — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:32:12 +0000

Add to that the subtle word/visual play between ‘insect’ and ‘incest’ and this comes off even creepier. The comic never mentions the word but the constant visuals of insects hammer away at you until the “Say Uncle” line. Brrrrrr.

By: benday-dot

benday-dot — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:41:42 +0000

She had sex with the animated near-corpse of drunk husband, who was possessed by her Uncle who is a giant insect, and has been using a wire brush to scrub off the feeling of being filled with thousands of bugs by the taint of necrophilia and incest.

Patrick Joseph…. Yes, that would do it. A bit of a double whammy. And one of comics most genuinely creepy moments ever. Thanks for the reminder Brian… I think.

By: Paul1963

Paul1963 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:02:57 +0000

I read this when it first came out. I knew whose “signature [was] scrawled in acid,” and whose “NAME slam[med] into her mind,” and what their relationship was, and MAN was that a creepy moment.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:49:25 +0000

Interesting thing about the comic code on Moore’s run on SotST, was that starting with # 31, the comic code was no longer on the cover. (# 29 didn’t have one either)

The series became too “sophisticated” and “adult” for the regular market, and I believe it was only sold through the direct market.

By: Patrick Joseph

Patrick Joseph — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:50:19 +0000

For anyone that is not getting it:

By: Gavin Bell

Gavin Bell — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:13:56 +0000

wasn’t this the exact moment that made the Comics Code people go ‘what the FUCK?’ and pull their approval? I’m sure I read an interview with Alan Moore where he talked about them freaking out about the zombies and then going back and reading it very carefully and realising it was about incest.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:22:58 +0000

“Shut your fucking face, unclefucker…”

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:17:02 +0000

Yeah, this issue was intensely creepy, and the art only further solidifies that, as you can almost get a sense of decay on everything, particularly when Abby is figuring everything out. Her worldview begins to fall apart, and the art reflects that superbly.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:10:18 +0000

Just makes you feel all sorts of itchy all-over and go right into the shower with a scouring brush.

heh heh heh

That Moore guy sure knew how to get in under your skin, eh?

Cool art by the Bissette/Totleban team.