The Filth - C or D?

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I saw the new TPB in my regular comic peddler and - being a fan of both Morrison & Weston's work - was immediately interested. However, I read and heard some bad things during its run.
Is good, is bad, is what?

― David Nolan (David N.), Sunday, 9 May 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Very good, in places thrill-powered, certainly worth your cash. Weston's art is gorgeous if occasionally disturbing and Morrison keeps far away from vanishing up his own arse like he arguably did in the last Invisibles volume. The last episode's a bit of a puzzler but you could say the same about the Prisoner... are they by any chance related? I think we should be told by a supercontext.

― Vic Fluro, Sunday, 9 May 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

My favorite parts of it were all the bits about Feely and his cat; I didn't care about all the meta-whatsis stuff happening at all. But maybe that was the point.

― Chris F. (servoret), Sunday, 9 May 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm hard pressed to label it either a classic or a dud. It was one of the comics that got me back into comics after a bit of a lapse. It's far from an easy read and I can see how lots of folks would write it off on that alone, grumbling about Mr. Morrison disappearing up his own meta-asshole. For the price, it's certainly hard to argue with the TPB, which is something like 2/3 of the price of the floppies.

I suspect that Chris is onto something with his assessment.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Monday, 10 May 2004 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)

*MILD SPOILERS*

I really enjoyed reading it monthly. However, it seems like all these plot threads were building up, what with the meta-superheroes and all. I was really hoping they'd all be brought back and resolved, but I was a little let down by the ending, which was sort of on the generic transcendental l-o-v-e tip. It was cat love though, which made it better. I meant to re-read it all in one go afterwards, I should seriously do that soon.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 10 May 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Morrison keeps far away from vanishing up his own arse like he arguably did in the last Invisibles volume

That's odd, pretty much my exact thought when reading it were along the lines of "Wow, Morrison has really vanished far deeper into his own arse than in the Invisibles."

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I enjoyed it, but nowhere near as much as a lot of Grant's work, so I would say it is missable.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 14 May 2004 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

I just read this again. I enjoyed it much more than I expected.

― J (Jay), Sunday, 1 October 2006 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

It does get better on second reading.

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Sunday, 1 October 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

I also enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Plus, I know it's out of fashion now but I'm still amused by a chimp with a gun.

― Eyemelt (Eyemelt), Monday, 2 October 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

It's pretty much a straight rip of Joe Haldeman's All My Sins Remembered, but I liked it well enough. Now that I think of it, there might be one or two other cases of GM work with a Haldeman aroma.

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Monday, 2 October 2006 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

Best bit of dialogue:

"Is there a hell for monkeys dad?"
"I hope so, son. God help us all, I hope so."

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Monday, 2 October 2006 17:02 (eighteen years ago)

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