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Crossed +100 #7 Welcomes Simon Spurrier

Started by Proudhuff, 22 June, 2015, 01:19:48 PM

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Proudhuff

It seems to be getting quite erratic in its publishing dates too, I never kno if its going to be in the shop or if I've missed an issue sigh

However I'll be sticking with now,as each time it gets too torture porn-y  it claws its was back to interesting almost immediately, a lot of interesting ideas explored and the plot hooks you expect are ignored for more off the wall stuff, that will be that Mr Moore! 
DDT did a job on me

Link Prime

Looks like this will be a finite series (wrapping up with issue 18 in July, the end of the 3rd arc).
From the June 2016 solicit;

CROSSED +100 #17

Simon Spurrier barrels towards the ultimate confrontation in this penultimate issue of his startlingly original tale taking Alan Moore's Crossed +100 characters. The master plan of the Crossed is starting to take shape. Are we seeing the careful machinations of a prophet long dead unfold or is this a true step forward in the bloodthirsty Crossed's evolution? Future Taylor uncovers the hidden truth behind the horror as this powerful tale continues to develop. Take the world of the Crossed, which nearly wiped out all of humanity, and allow Alan Moore to decipher how civilization will evolve from there. The end result is Crossed +100, a wholly original take on the future of the Crossed world that is so immersive it has its own language and multiple cultures developed within.



I finished issue 14 at the weekend, and found it to be an extraordinary read.
Spurrier has really impressed so far. Knowing it will all be over in just four months will certainly add to the excitement.

CalHab

I'm only just getting round to the Moore Crossed+100 and am enjoying it. The attempts to recover and understand pre-collapse culture remind me of A Canticle for Leibowitz. I've never read Riddley Walker, but I believe it does something similar with the language?

I started the original series, but it just reaffirmed everything I thought about Ennis as a writer.

Proudhuff

There is a fair bit of A Canticle for Leibowitz in Moore's version IMHO but all in a good way, there are a few times I've headslapped my self when working out some of the speech, but that's me not the comic's faults.
Glad to hear that the Si series has a definite end, wonder if they will re-animate it?
DDT did a job on me

I, Cosh

I dropped this at the end of Spurrier's first run but I if it's this finite I might pick up the last few to see how it ends.

Riddley Walker is a great book but can be a bit tough to get into initially. Moore's narration in this definitely owes something to it but, as the time gap is so much shorter, it's a lot easier to follow.
We never really die.

Fungus

Personally I persevered longer than necessary and dropped before Moore finished his run. The speech patterns were 25% of the time interesting, but mostly getting in the way of the story. The tale wasn't doing enough to counteract that. Think I sped-read (pictures only) at the end, sacrilege I know.

CalHab

Quote from: Proudhuff on 22 June, 2015, 05:49:37 PM
Si's a great choice (mammal sexing aside) Wish you were here was a good take on the Whole Crossed world. Safe hands.

I've just read "Wish You Were Here" and thought it was excellent. Spurrier avoided obvious plot developments and created some genuinely interesting characters. Not something you can say about most of the zombie/post-apocalypse canon.