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Thoughts on the upcoming Doom Patrol Silver Age Omni?
I never got the Morrison tome. I've only ever read them when they crossed into a book I was reading and my take way never got me excited.
What am I not getting/understanding.
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Yes. I posted elsewhere, but the moderator moved it into this group.
I think it depends on the writer but they are supposed to be the freaks who deal with weird guff regular superheroes don't tackle (like a painting that ate Paris). I think Kevin Smith described Morrison's DP the best, he said he was in his late teens IIRC, listening to emo stuff like The Cure and this comic matched that tone with it's outsider, neurotic heroes who go up against villains based or art styles like dadaism.
But at it's core it's still a superhero book just with a Vertigo twist and it holds up even if you are not a late 80's emo young adult. Also Morrison's run is self contained and the ending is quite...something. I would definitely give it a try if you like the more straight forward Morrison. If you liked his Animal Man you will probably like DP too. (and you can pick up the new chunky trades if you don't want the monster sized omni).
As for the SA run I assume it's very weird SA madness. I've heard it's quite out there.
The little bit I have read of silver age was okay did not really get into it. Morrison run is amazing great stuff some good superheroes that you would never want to be. Lots of weird ideas and characters, big fan of Mister Nobody and Danny the Street. Was also a massive fan of the Painting That Ate Paris story.
Doom Pateol might very well be the best thing Morrison ever wrote in my opinion. It's too bad that charlatan Rachel Pollack came along afterward. What a turd run and a discredit to Morrison's work.
But I digress.
As far as the SA stuff goes, I read some of it. It's typical SA ridiculousness.
Also, the DP Morrison wrote was for the most part a different group of characters.
I read Morrison's DP over the Fall/Winter and thoroughly enjoyed it. I say this as a Morrison fan- I've read most of his major works at this point too. I see DP as a huge precursor to his Invisibles, and, in my opinion, much better executed.
I'm looking forward to picking the Silver Age one up
as much as I've enjoyed DP I loved diving off the cliff with Invisibles. That book was 100% what Morrison wanted and I'm glad no one stopped him. Obviously I don't want every book to be like that but once in a while it is very refreshing to just dive into his mind unfiltered.
But honestly I don't really see the connection. DP was about outcast rejects who doesn't have a place anywhere else in the world and they are stuck with themselves and with each other but still form a family. Sort of like an artsy, goth/emo X-men.
Invisibles is about counter culture, conspiracy theories, reality and our place in the universe. They are cool but spiritual, sexy underground spy stuff (or at least what Morrison thought was sexy at the time). There is nothing sexy about DP. Also DP's storytelling is quite straight forward and builds up to a conclusion, heroes learn a lesson etc. Invisibles constantly plays with expectations and structure.
But what do yous think of Flex Mentallo?