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Milligan knows about story structure, its true. I love the foreshadowing of the body swap - we get Rocky going from being an early twenties spunk factory to being thirty in India to being 60 years old right here just now. I could feel a jolt as each transition was made. Then Rocky dun wenten swapped bodies with a new young spunk factory on the last page of this stunning, brilliant, ultra-fash comic book. This is how I want my comics to be. All the time.
Fun. glamourous. intelligent. thoughtful. soapy.
with strong characters. and great dialogue (and trialogue and beyond - I loved the garden party discussions and Bond - spot on: you render mother and daughter in a convincing fashion (check their noses, comicrades) - therefore this: Bond, you are great.)
Trixies 'talk' with the reader was sensational. economical. lush and discreet. My favourite character in the book.
Milligan writes well about men. Freakwave, Skreemer, Enigma, Sooner or Later etc. loads of others.
But he does girls so well too. re: xforce and thissun here.
The video projector idea was smart and familiar. The 'present' to yourself in the future really quite powerful, no?
yes.
So: the story: typical milligan. body swaps. brain swaps. young boys and girls. and the sense that the 'story' itself is a character.
As for the drug you smoke to swap bodies: what I want to know is: Did the swami make a PERMANENT jump into Rocky's thirty year old frame way back when?
finally, this:
'Because...Because you're a Drummer. And Drummers...they're not meant to have life-changing transcendental experiences...'
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