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Mystery Play

Krug

22:12 / 02.04.03

I read this.
But who the heck killed God?

Nietzsch E. Coyote

22:18 / 02.04.03

You did or
the priest did or
The lady did.

What did you think of this one? I found that this book let me down.

PatrickMM

22:20 / 02.04.03

What did you think of this one? I found that this book let me down.

Same here. It felt very dull and dire, as opposed to most of Morrison's other work which had more energy, and a bit more focus. Mystery Play felt like it was trying to hard to be art, and it forgot to be entertaining.

Our Lady of The Two Towers

10:12 / 03.04.03

Grant killed God. But thank him someone else thinks it's more pretentious than profound. The scene where he interviews the devil is good though.

grant

14:00 / 03.04.03

Oh, I liked it. Kooky, creepy Dr.
She's the one. She's the one.

rizla mission

08:30 / 04.04.03

I like the Mystery Play.

What's wrong with being pretentious once in a while?

And I'm always a sucker for frightening stories that don't make linear sense.

Grant's attempt to do a Twin Peaks possibly..?

Pretty good attempt I'd say.

Krug

00:13 / 06.04.03

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I loved it. It's a brilliantly constructed puzzle. And I love the ending. Muth's art is excellent but I wish McKean had painted it. It's really one of his best I believe.

Krug

00:17 / 06.04.03

Yes that is a good scene. I also like the priest scene. This book really surprised me. The tagline sold the book to me.

"God is dead. Whodunnit?"

Jack Denfeld

05:47 / 23.11.03

I liked it. Did Muth go on to do anything else?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

08:23 / 23.11.03

I really liked it- but then, anything that even vaguely makes me think of The Wicker Man will impress me. No, I thought it was excellent- not one of his best, and maybe more suited to a short TV drama... though Muth's art is gorgeous.

(My favourite ever Muth thing has to be Moonshadow. Moonshadow rules.)

invisible_al

13:04 / 23.11.03

I liked it and it's not half as pretentious as say, the Filth. He manages to pull off a nice little puzzle, something that masquerades as a Inspector Morse story and then plunges over a cliff into David Lynch territory. You're right about that one off drama feel as well, sort of thing ITV used to put on late on occasion.

Hmmm that's set me wondering are there many detective style comics out there, noir or your classic mystery? Wasn't there a CSI comic a while back?

Btw Was it orginally just a graphic novel or did it come out in comic format?

Krug

23:00 / 23.11.03

Came out as hardcover in the early nineties.

I bought a softcover but my copy fell apart after a few reads, I'm been pissed ever since and want to get a cheap hardcover somehow.

21:14 / 24.11.03

Ordered a copy from Amazon last month. Still waiting for it to ship (fumes).

Horatio Hellpop

21:28 / 24.11.03

i was thinking about buying a softcover because the pages fell out of my hardcover...

The Falcon

21:32 / 24.11.03

My softcover is fine, and I've had it a couple of years.

Don't break the spine, bathroom! Fortunately the only GN I've ever done that to was the rubbish Morrison Spawn one.

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