THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21 p.19
Artists: Stephen Bissette (Penciller) , John Totleben (Inker)
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DescriptionEarlier this year, I got an unexpected e-mail from the artist, Stephen Bissette. Especially surprising since we had never communicated before. He was reaching out to me because he had gotten my contact e-mail from John Totleben. Now John Totleben was someone with whom I HAD exchanged e-mails in the past...over 10 years ago! At the time, he maintained his own website, and had some beautiful art that he was selling on it (those of you around back then will remember). Except that by the time I had contacted him, he had decided to keep the pages that I wanted. No problem, I wished him well and didn't bother him about it again.Well, incredibly, Totleben hung onto my e-mail. So when Bissette asked him if he knew any serious collectors he could approach about a SWAMP THING page he had kept all these years, Totleben passed mine along as someone who wouldn't give him too much grief! Here it is, page 19 from arguably the greatest single issue of all time, THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #21. Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleben's game-changing "The Anatomy Lesson". Many thanks to Stephen Bissette (and to John Totleben for, fittingly, providing the crucial assist!). Social/Sharing |
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D. J. Peters 
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
Truly incredible. A masterpiece. Congrats Felix.
Roger K.
Member Since 2005
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1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
Wow! What a stellar example from these two amazing artists!
Cristian Casares
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
Wooooow, merry Christmas to YOU, am I right? Congrats!
Marc W
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
What an honour to be the „chosen one“! Many congrats to this fantastic page, the Storytelling is pure Power!
J L
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
Amazing score and such a thoughtful gesture by Totleben to remember your interest. Congrats!!!!
Bill J
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
Whoaaa! That is one astonishing page! Incredible! Congrats!
Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
Jaw-dropping page and a great background story to boot!
Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
Damn Felix! 1. Fantastic page 2. What a great thing to happen and great story surrounding this piece.
Tom Coker
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/26/2018
Felix, this is a spectacularly beautiful and frightening Bissette/Totleben Swamp Thing page. Moore's run on ST still holds up today as some of the best comics ever created.
Chris C
Member Since 2004
2 - Posted on 12/26/2018
You are, once again, touched by the OA angels...what a great story of how you were offered the piece. Good people in the hobby, having good things happen to them, is a story I never get tired of hearing. Congrats!!
Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006
2 - Posted on 12/26/2018
The slow buildup to this moment – the poetic musings on rain, the methodical, bloodless autopsy, the interplay between Sunderland and the seemingly haplass Woodrue, Woodrue's cryptic musings ("And will there be blood? I like to imagine so. ") made that image of the now violently insane Swamp Thing in the first panel all the more impactful and memorable. And, artistically, wow! Bissette and Totleben just clicked from the very start. What a page!
Gene Park
Member Since 2004
2 - Posted on 12/27/2018
Outstanding, historic page, and great backstory - score one for the good guys!
Jason Harris
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/28/2018
Just the story makes it worthwhile. The fact that the page is great is a bonus
Chris Puckelwartz
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 12/29/2018
Ah, so you're the other guy. I'll have a similar tale to tell down the road. Glad to see that it wound up here.
Fantastic page from one of the all time great series featuring titanic talents in their primes!
Stephen F
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/29/2018
What a great story for such a great page. Congratulations!
Eric Seffinga
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/29/2018
Ah yes. The whole team operating at the top of their game. Exquisite!
Dave W
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 12/29/2018
Amazing detail in this page. I haven't read this story but appreciate the art! Congrats!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 12/29/2018
The brilliance in the combination of writing and illustrative quality is immeasurable. This issue, along with the following 19 or so issues, is by leaps and bounds better than anythng else they ever did together, and likewise for anything else Moore did with any other artists. For sheer terror, this even surpassed any EC horror story I remember reading. A new superlative should be invented to describe this art and story. Congratulations, Felix, well done!
J. Hiroshi Morisaki
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 1/12/2019
Meh. ...Holy Guacamole!!! What a pantS$#!+tingly awesome page! I feel like Sunderland! :-D And a great story behind it as well!
Ken R
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 1/18/2019
Spectacular page Felix and pretty cool how it found it's way to you!
Steven Feldmann
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 9/25/2023
Wow this is such an incredible piece (and I LOVE the story of how you got it). Congratulations!
Ian Saint
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 1/11/2024
I love Bissette artwork. The panel layouts are a story in and of themselves he elicits such beautiful artistry of the macabre.
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