The Filth requires fully active reading, and it’s pretty awesome. You can’t just read it and assume that along the line you’ll pick up the details. The thing about it is is that you really have to want to get it. It’s pretty insane.Īll things considered, this is easily one of Grant Morrison’s more impressive works. Greg/Ned is forced to go along with the daily lives of the Hand and go up against super men who can switch bodies, insane porn creators and evil sperm, microorganisms, and evil age fluxtuating procedures. They are recognized as above all law enforcement and are split into different sections, all with different purposes but the same goal – to take care of all the insanity that fills up this world. The Hand, as I mentioned before, is a secret organization that essentially acts as the clean up crew of the world. Greg resists but is ultimately assimilated back into the life of the Hand. When Greg is visited one day by a member of the Hand named Miami, she informs him that he is really Ned Slade, an absolutely bad ass sex God of a man who doesn’t take any crap from anyone and certainly isn’t a balding middle aged man who lives alone with his cat. See, our main character is someone who had been part of a secret organization known as the Hand, and he had dropped out due to disliking what had gone on in the organization, leaving himself to reside in a parapersona known as Greg Feely who lives at home, plays with Photoshop, masturbates to weird porn, and spends all of his time with his favorite cat, Tony (see how the first picture was relevant now?). The Filth centers around Greg Feely… or is it Ned Slade? That’s what you get to decide. If you’re not already used to his style when it’s spread out over 50 issues ( New X-Men or his Batman run), then turn away now because this book will only leave you frightened and alone, shaking naked in the tub curled in a fetal position. This is definitely one of the high-concept books that Morrison is most known for, and seeing as it’s down to a simple 13 issues, there is a lot jamp packed into the story before it ends. I highly enjoyed it, but after reading it I had to stop and pause and really think about the events that transpired throughout the tale. Simply put – this book is definitely not for everyone. The Filth is an intense read coupled with Morrison’s love of the existential. And believe me, if you’re a fan of his insane and intense writing style, this book is right up your dark and twisted alley. Allow me, once more, to inform you of yet another book created by the intense brain that belongs to one Grant Morrison. As you see when you go through this review, it’s almost subtly appropriate based on the inner content of the book. is my funny picture of my cat cuddling with my copy of the Filth appropriate for this review? Now that we own ever little detail about this site, are we allowed to make it more humorous? i.e.
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