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Doom Patrol, as is often the case with Grant's stuff, goes off in more directions than an exploding packet of lima beans. And not all of them are completely successful. But one thing is for sure - they read better as a block than they do as seperate issues a month apart - particularly as in some, very little - if anything - seems to happen.
The more traditional Grant stuff - and the stuff that introduced me to his work can basically be found in the first year and a half of his stuff. At heart it's still super-hero stuff, only taken beyond all recognition. If you enjoy the Orqwith and Red Jack storylines that are in the trade paperback, then you'll love the next few plotlines - some of them are awesomely brilliant - The Brotherhood of Dada are beyond awesome, The one shot where Cliff goes into Janes mind is also incredible. There's stuff there that has never been done before in comics, and it's done astonishingly well.
After that you get the Cult of the Unwritten Book, and that's the beginning of the end in terms of that style. From there on the plots get more rambling and straggly, which is not entirely a bad thing. Sometimes it wanders more into horror than perhaps it should, sometimes the humour is more creepy than you might expect, and sometimes you get the sense that he's flailing a bit for something to fill the page with. There are occasional dud episodes. But as a run, it's pretty sensational. |
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