Finally got around to reading this series (by Grant Morrison, currently working on the Filth). For the most part, I think it’s amazing – I loved the characterization, the arcs, and the multitude of interpretations available with all of it. Now I’m going to talk about it a bunch. Most likely people are going to radically disagree with me, but here’s my take on a few plot points:
At the very least, I think I’ve finally grasped Robin’s story – for a long time I was worried that she had created the entire story. But I think I accept it at face value - she was affected by the book and created her own Invisibles universe while a drug addict, eventually replicating all of the events of the book. Still don’t get the makeup, though.
On a similar note, what about the possibility that the entire thing was a game (vol.3, issue 1, where Gideon shows Dane his Invisibles vr prototype?)
John a Dreams – was he just pretty much every peripheral character? I believe he was Quimper, or at least part of him… was Quimper a corrupted alien/benevolent children’s force?
I thought that Volume 3 was a letdown, just because of the complete dissolution & abandonment of the characters from KM’s cell & the focus on Division X & Sir Miles (a very interesting character, but still odd that they focused on him so extensively)
Meh. I’ve already had hours of conversation over this with a friend so I’m probably missing out on lots of things, but I’ve never seen a thread on here (ran search) on this book. Any thoughts?
(I hope people have actually read this – like I Said, I haven’t seen any other threads on it. If not, I will just feel silly)
Actually, I generally agree, although I doubt that it was all a game.
Actually, I feel that the last issue fulfilled King Mob’s promise that the Invisibles were going to remake the world so that everyone was free to do whatever they wanted – even those on the other side who wanted to limit others’ freedom.
(Gee, that wasn’t very Invisible College of me, was it?)
KGS, a two-second browse of your link suggests that the album is thematically similar to the comics series, incorporating several of the same elements. I’d be willing to bet that Morrison was aware of the Blue Oyster Cult album when he was writing Invisibles. I hesitate to say more for fear of spoiling the series.
…I don’t see why not. It’s a free country, yo. Do you mean you’re reading Counting to None? However, you don’t want to read these spoiler boxes, 'cos I’m talking about 1-3, generally.
I just got a copy of Anarchy for the Masses, which is the guide (w/ annotations, interviews etc) that Disinformation Press published… it’s interesting but I think they ignored a lot of things, such as
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The theory that Miles is an Invisible who’s forgotten that he’s using a cover identity – flashes of the possiblity that he’s a double agent keep cropping up (his close relationship w/ Beryl, his resistance to the Outer Church).
What I love about the series is that there’s the suggestion that despite the idea that there are opposing binary forces, in the end each side is driven by the same forces (suggested by when KM watches the puppet show in the first issue).[/Spoiler]
Also, the issue Best Man Fall (about Bobby Murray), vol. 1. issue 12… I reread that one, with the full understanding of the entire series, and DAMN is it sad.
Do you mean you’re reading Counting to None? However, you don’t want to read these spoiler boxes, 'cos I’m talking about 1-3, generally.