The Swamp Thing #8 Pg. 6 - Parasite Enters the Battle

Cool villain. Has a bit of the Creech sense about him. the lower panel is just perfect! Congrats!!

Stunning work by Perkins!

As great as the charging splash image is, I just love the inset closeup most of all. 

Killer page!!

Another moody page from Perkins. Terrific textures, motion lines, and looming dread on Swampy's face. To be honest, I thought this was Doomsday on first glance!

Woah, that's epic dude!

Great splash page! Mike Perkins work on Swamp Thing was amazing. Congrats on getting this and very apropos for October

You've got an eye for picking out some monster pages!  

I thought that Dreams belonged to Neil Gaiman
'Cause each line I got close
They'd call the art Perkins

In feared My art Ram V in Infancy  
I faced the frights Chemo
Oh, how could I have Jones
That all my life I only feeded you?

Oh almost Parasite
We're wash ink on Perkin's door
Almost Parasite
How could we splash for more?
I swear Levi can see forever in your eyes
Parasite

Mike Perkins was really working for the weekend on this page!

A MONSTROUS splash - the parasite gets progressively fiercer in this series - definitely a memorable take. I really love the inset panel of ST's reaction - it really has the vibes of the original Saga run. 

You nailed it, that close up of swamp thing is perfect, you can tell he's thinking "OH $#!&" The design of the Parasite is also very intersting, really dig the details of the mushrooms growing from the thighs. 

I say it all the time, one of my absolute favourite things about Perkins' art is his closeups and extreme closeups, so that inset panel is absolutely sublime. But damn, bro! It's been so long since I've seen the art for this issue that I'd completely forgotten about this page and that image of an engorged Chemo coming right at us is so terrifying and KILLER! So fab!

That is flawless

Parasite grows to monsterous proportions  and is ready to kick green ass, very cool half splash.

Great page.

Love that inset panel!

(Rudy) did the Mash.
He did the Monster Mash.
It was a Parasite Smash!

Outstanding!  Can't get enough Perkins

FANTASTIC!

Intense Doomsd...er, Parasite? (mushroom) PARASITE ! splash !

(though to be honest, that's the insert panel that wins it for me, very Wrightson homagesque).

This is the most over the top Parasite image I've seen.  Perkins really went all out on this!  Wow!  Even Swamp Thing agrees!  So detailed!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you said, it is very brilliant. Amazing storytelling. No words needed. It is so impressive! Huge congrats!

Now that's how you make an entrance! Love the close up reaction and how they did the contrasting colors in the published page.

Perkins continuing to prove that he is the best ever artist on Swamp Thing. 

Great detailing and that bottom closeup looking up the nose tight panel works well. Cheers!

What a great splash page! The look on Swampy's face in that bottom panel pretty much sums it up.

Dang, Parasite looks AWESOME!  And Mike Perkins was born to draw Swamp Thing, as evidenced by that beautiful close-up.  Fantastic add!!

Love that closeup panel.....congrats Kavi.

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Right on, Kavi!  A -perfect- choice for a Halloween kick-off!  Could one ever hope to do better than a brilliantly fever-pitch, explosive Perkins monster throwdown?  No.  Way.

Parasite?  More like Outta-site: his grotesquely swollen form (and Doomsday-like protruding bones / thorns / armor) quickly telegraphs to the reader just how much punch he's packing, so that no iota of story momentum is dropped after exploding out of that crazy DPS on pages 2-3.  SUPER cool design by Mike to underscore the peril on-hand for Levi here, and Mike's razor cuts (oh my lord, how I love those) add a thrilling, tempestuous touch to the charging terror.  

But even with that crazy monster at the top of the page, Mike's true flex is that amazing second panel, with Levi's shock and alarm immediately, palpably registering.  Look at that eye!!  Swamp Thing's famous brow ridge even provides a "raised eyebrow" to take it over the top... SO awesome.  Any comic artist worth their weight needs a shot like that in their bag of tricks, and Mike's is simply tremendous.

Sometimes a comic artist's job is to invest a ton of time and energy into a page to assure the reader whizzes past it in the page-turning, blink-of-an-eye frenzy of a hot story moment and this is one of those.  THANKFULLY, you post it here for us to (attempt to!) absorb it.  Treats (not tricks!) from Kavi this Halloween!  Thanks, man! :)

Perkins bringing the heat!! Wicked image of Parasite, and that inset panel really sends it over the top. Congrats on another Swamp Thing stunner!

Amazing in-your-face villainy that is over the top awesome. Congrats!

Yikes! What a stunning introduction of Parasite! Mike Perkins gives us a monster so frightening looking that you actually fear for our hero, Swamp Thing! Mike did an amazing job here, rendering Parasite with so much nuance and detail that he seems almost real! I love the way his torso totally dwarfs his head and there are all these bones and mushrooms growing right on his body! Fearsome is an inadequate job to describe this monster who is enormousely  bloated and  (one assumes) incredibly powerful! The small panel at the bottom of the splash with the close-up of Swamp Thing's surprised expression only serves to make us fear for the battle that's sure to follow. Great pick-up, congrats!

Rumble in the Jungle at hand... Swamp Thing evokes so many emotions and themes, but when you just gotta throw it down, he's more than up to task.  LET'S GO

Great page, Kavi! Congrats!

Spectacular imagery 

After seeing this, I'm going to have nightmares of mushrooms growing out of my legs.

Impressive detail!

Those feathery inks throughout, whew.  And love these kinds of pages with a big splashy shot and one additional panel to provide the storytelling pop...great example here.  Congrats, K!

Stunning page!

Eye-catching page full of details-- love the insert panel with Swampy in sheer disbelief!  Great pick-up Kavi! 

I don't have much modern art but I have a few pages from this run - Swamp Thing gets some of the best and most distinctive artists! Love the inset panel!

That close-up of Swamp Thing is very my Wrightsonian. Perkins must be really proud of that shot. 

What a great page!

Perkins at full throttle!  Great page.

Parasite's such a cool, creepy character.  And I love how artists can make their unique spins on him...like Perkins exquisitely does here!  Congrats!