Comics: Ex Machina and The Filth
Literature // Jim // 25th January 2006
As every one knows, comics are for kids - and grown men who are still essentially children. With this in mind I can heartily recommend Ex Machina and The Filth to all the rest of you out there.
Ex Machina is very grown up, mixing politics, art scandals and a bit of 9/11 into what is essentially a flawed superhero story.
Meanwhile The Filth (by Grant Morrison who wrote The Invisibles) is a cavalcade of swearing, pornography, violence and general mysteriousness. Like The Invisibles, this is really great to read but a complete nightmare to describe in any concrete way. A whole lot of personal interpretation makes up the experience, which is usually the way with all good books.
As usual, if you are thinking of delving into the world of comics I would recommend first checking out Alan Moore's genius V for Vendetta and Watchmen, both of which are getting the film makeover as I type.
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