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jlroberson (jlroberson) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-30 08:56:00

Current location:	Seattle
Entry tags:	char: abby holland, char: anton arcane, char: swamp thing/alec holland, creator: alan moore, creator: john totleben, creator: steve bissette, genre: horror, publisher: dc comics, theme: horror week

Swamp Thing 26-29 excerpted: Just Say Uncle.

First, some context. This is Abby's job.

So you'd think she could do with a bit of support from her drunk-ass jobless hubby.

Nope. So he tries to be noble.

God, you're stupid, Matt.

GOD, YOU'RE STUPID, MATT.

But then he straightens up and gets his drunk ass a job, and everything's great for Abby!

The passion is back! The sex is great! Oh boy!
And then she finds out all Matt's co-workers are dead serial killers. NOT what a girl likes to hear.

Oh, no, the co-workers come over and she doesn't even have a roast in the oven!

	volksjager 2009-10-30 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	I had forgetten about the Burma shave sign, LOL. (Reply to this)

	pyynk 2009-10-30 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	Wowwwww. Man, that is disturbing! (Reply to this)

	bluefall 2009-10-30 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	Come on, Abby, you shagged a vegetable and liked it. Getting worked up about shagging a bug seems somewhat silly. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-10-30 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	There are quite a few vegetables that are actually pretty conducive to shagging. Bugs, not so much. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-10-30 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, but have you seen Swampy? He's not exactly your standard fresh-bought cucumber. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-10-30 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Rites of Spring" pretty much established exactly what Swampy is good for, I think. Mmm, yams. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	endis_ni 2009-10-30 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	And the taste of limes... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	afewboltsloose 2009-10-30 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Isn't that bug also her good ol' Uncle Anton? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	endis_ni 2009-10-30 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Yup, that's the damned soul of Anton Arcane. So it's effectively UndeadIncestBug that she's been unwittingly doing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wizardru 2009-10-30 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	Combined with the reality-altering illusory powers of her drunken self-destructive husband. I never noticed arcane's visage in the mirror reflection from their bed before. YIKES. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-10-30 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	It shows up before that too--when a mirror's in frame. At least once. Sadly, I was at the limit for that issue. (Believe me, in the case of that specific story, I'd post the whole damn thing if I could; it was hard choosing so I just went for the core) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	earthelemental 2009-10-31 11:09 am UTC (link)
	They never explained where those powers came from. Guess all dream ravens-to-be must have had them...????? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Best. Horror Series. EVAR. filkertom 2009-10-30 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	I was working in a comic store in Cincinnati when Moore took over Swampy. We immediately loved it, but we had no idea anything like this was coming. We really weren't used to being genuinely scared by a comic book. (Reply to this)

	artnouveauho.livejournal.com 2009-10-30 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	The Moore Swamp Thing scared the living breathing fuck out of high-school-age me. And I kept going back for more. It's good to be reminded why! ...except now I have to sleep with all the lights on in case the invunche (http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Invunche_(New_Earth)) comes to get me. Oh well. (Reply to this)

	aaron_bourque 2009-10-31 04:37 am UTC (link)
	The night can make a man more brave But not more sober . . . Burma Shave I keep forgetting that Alan Moore never took his work as seriously as his audience. (Reply to this)