Thursday, June 11, 2015

Swamp Thing and Wolverine



There have been a lot of great artistic interpretations of Wolverine over the years, but for me three rise to the top.  John Byrne's depiction as a member of the X-Men, Frank Miller's introduction of Logan as a solo character, and Barry Windsor-Smith's amazingly intricate artwork on the serialized Weapon X storyline in Marvel Comics Presents.  Seeing a story previously told only in one or two-panel flashback sequences fleshed out so beautifully made a real impression one me.

4 comments:

  1. I have to admit that I've never been onboard the Wolverine bandwagon. Not that he isn't a cool character...just over-exposed.

    When the first Swamp Thing film came out, I really got into the old Bernie Wrightson issues. I stuck with the character for awhile. I saw the Swamp Thing complete series available on DVD awhile back. I'd never seen a complete episode. Was there really a Swamp Thing cartoon?

    Awesome cover for Swamp Thing star Adrienne Barbeau's birthday today!

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  2. There was really a Swamp Thing cartoon. Do yourself a favor and put it on the Do Not Watch along with the Man-Thing movie...

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  3. Seeing as the Silver Age Swamp Thing was set in Houma, Louisiana, I can see Wolverine looking to rescue an abducted Gambit from Arcane's clutches.

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  4. Arcane? I would have that Sunderland would have been a better fit!

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