@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus After Allan Moore left Swamp Thing, it was taken over by its long-time penciller Rick Veitch.  Veitch quickly got into a storyline where ST slowly travelled back in time, meeting major figures, etc.  Near the end of Veitch's run, they worked out a deal where Neil Gaiman…

It wasn't just Swamp Thing, it was the whole freaking DC universe.  But, yes, there are a lot of Swamp Thing characters.  I don't definitely know the answer, but I suspect it has to do with (a) Gaiman being a huge fan of Swamp Thing and (b) his originally being scheduled to take over the book after Rick Veitch, so he…

It wasn't just Swamp Thing, it was the whole freaking DC universe.  But, yes, there are a lot of Swamp Thing characters.  I don't definitely know the answer, but I suspect it has to do with (a) Gaiman being a huge fan of Swamp Thing and (b) his originally being scheduled to take over the book after Rick Veitch, so he…

Strange that Gaiman pushed so hard for the Bowie-like appearance, when later appearances by Lucifer totally drop it.

Strange that Gaiman pushed so hard for the Bowie-like appearance, when later appearances by Lucifer totally drop it.

It really is a well-constructed issue that gets right into the story without wasting time on establishing the character's origin, etc.  It's more just "this is what you need to know to follow what's going to happen."

It really is a well-constructed issue that gets right into the story without wasting time on establishing the character's origin, etc.  It's more just "this is what you need to know to follow what's going to happen."

It also sort of works out because each of the Endless is implicit in the ones that come before.  Destiny implies beginnings and endings, life and death, creation/destruction, and the ability to plan for the future and dream of what's to come.  Desire, despair, delight, and delirium follow pretty easily.  It's not…

It also sort of works out because each of the Endless is implicit in the ones that come before.  Destiny implies beginnings and endings, life and death, creation/destruction, and the ability to plan for the future and dream of what's to come.  Desire, despair, delight, and delirium follow pretty easily.  It's not…

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus No, haven't had a chance to go back and read a lot of the old, obscure stuff (mostly a matter of time), but I would like to do so at some point—at least a few representative issues here and there.  There's so much great old stuff out there.

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus No, haven't had a chance to go back and read a lot of the old, obscure stuff (mostly a matter of time), but I would like to do so at some point—at least a few representative issues here and there.  There's so much great old stuff out there.

@avclub-327af0f71f7acdfd882774225f04775f:disqus Plus, the whole story about how Gaiman was supposed to write for Swamp Thing before resigning in protest…

@avclub-327af0f71f7acdfd882774225f04775f:disqus Plus, the whole story about how Gaiman was supposed to write for Swamp Thing before resigning in protest…

I am probably a few years younger than you, but I do remember Sandman being huge when I got into comics circa 1991/1992.  But given my slightly-conservative upbringing and the fact that I was only like 12/13 at the time, I didn't get into it or the other "adult" titles that were coming out.  I only picked the series…

I am probably a few years younger than you, but I do remember Sandman being huge when I got into comics circa 1991/1992.  But given my slightly-conservative upbringing and the fact that I was only like 12/13 at the time, I didn't get into it or the other "adult" titles that were coming out.  I only picked the series…

@avclub-489acfbfa4d2424403acb81699170ac2:disqus These early issues are the most like Allan Moore's Swamp Thing of the entire series, so that's probably what Gaiman was referring to.  Not that it's bad to be like AM's Swamp Thing, which was pretty damn amazing on its own, just that it was less of Gaiman's own voice.

@avclub-489acfbfa4d2424403acb81699170ac2:disqus These early issues are the most like Allan Moore's Swamp Thing of the entire series, so that's probably what Gaiman was referring to.  Not that it's bad to be like AM's Swamp Thing, which was pretty damn amazing on its own, just that it was less of Gaiman's own voice.

The Absolute hardcovers are the best printed version I've seen, so mostly it's just artifacts from the original artwork.

The Absolute hardcovers are the best printed version I've seen, so mostly it's just artifacts from the original artwork.

He had a short-lived series in the 70s—"Prez: First Teen President".  http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…