Steve Bissette/John Totleben - Swamp Thing 29 page 23 ("It was full of bugs")

Artists: Steve Bissette (Penciller) , John Totleben (Inker) , Alan Moore (Writer)

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Steve Bissette/John Totleben - Swamp Thing 29 page 23 ( It was full of bugs ) Comic Art

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Title:	Steve Bissette/John Totleben - Swamp Thing 29 page 23 ("It was full of bugs")
Artist:	Steve Bissette (Penciller)
Artist:	John Totleben (Inker)
Artist:	Alan Moore (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	9,614
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	17
Added to Site:	8/28/2009
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Description

Like I mentioned before, I read the later issues of Moore's Swamp Thing first. So when I bought my complete run (sometime around 2003-2004) and started reading the series from 'Loose Ends', Moore's first issue, I was prepared, but just barely, for the complete assault on the senses that the series was to perpetrate (in a good way, in a good way). By the time I reached Love and Death, and slowly backtracked through the worst day in Abby's life, the last DPS, with its unbearable imagery made me drop the comic, go out for a walk and a coffee, and come back later, heartbeat slightly back to normal, to read on. And then, of course, I nearly collapsed when I realized that the lot did not include Annual 2, the conclusion to the tale. (It did, the seller had included it in the package, even though the auction description did not mention it. Thank you, Cindy)

For those who came in late, this issue was the first that was published without the Comics Code Authority - so you might say this laid the foundation of what would later become Vertigo, DC's publishing line devoted to producing mature titles free of censorship. Yup, Sandman, Preacher, Transmet, Invisibles - everything came out of Swamp Thing #29. My own little slice of history. ( Yes, I gloat, sue me)

Also, I work as a software engineer, so the words on the page ("Bugs! It had been full of bugs all the time.") resonates with my work-life in a very...uh...inexplicable way.

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J L
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/28/2009

Killer page!!!!

Felix Lu
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/28/2009

Just fantastic...congrats, Satya!

P. Portillo
Member Since 2006

Posted on 8/29/2009

Congrats, Satya. This is for sure the end of a quest that's take too long. I know what this page means to you and really hope you enjoy it.

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 8/30/2009

Ah, sweet irony! Life & death are indeed full of bugs at times. Moore's words combined with Bissette & Totleben's horrifically beautiful visual feast make this a very special page indeed. Congratulations!

- Artemaria
Member Since 2007

Posted on 8/31/2009

It may be full of bugs, but your little grail here shines like a jewel. These are indeed slices of comic history. Congratulations on acquiring two great pieces!

J. Hiroshi Morisaki
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/31/2009

Congratulations on acquiring these killer pages and thank you for sharing them along with your thoughts. The team of Moore/Bissette/Totleben really "was" mind-blowing...

Tom Coker
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/12/2010

That's great Totleben inking! Wow....

Horacio Alvarez
Member Since 2008

Posted on 7/28/2010

this page may sacrifice many originals from my collection INCREDIBLE ��

Mario B.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 9/20/2010

fantastic....

C .
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/31/2010

Very nice piece of Totleben-Bissette, this is one of the best works of Moore. I love it.

David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/15/2013

Outstanding page with simply spectacular art!!!

Marvelman Excelsior
Member Since 2011

Posted on 8/12/2013

Oh. Wow. Moore's Swamp Thing run gave me total goosebumps when I read them originally as an impressionable kid, and moments like these - moments of true terror, which had very rarely surfaced in mainstream comics up to that point - stay with me almost 30 years later. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the mark of a brilliant writer.

Timothy Guerrero
Member Since 2009

Posted on 7/18/2014

Killer page!

Gaurav Patel
Member Since 2013

Posted on 2/26/2017

Pinnacle.. Absolutely love this page !

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 7/2/2019

Creepy but cool!

Dermot D
Member Since 2012

Posted on 6/19/2020

I really like this one ~ very eerie.

John Voytek
Member Since 2008

Posted on 6/2/2024

Spectacularly memorable page! I remember lingering over every panel in this run of Swamp Thing.

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