The Animal Man Omnibus
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- Author：Grant Morrison
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Summary
From Grant Morrison， Eisner Award winning writer of ALL-STAR SUPERMAN and bestselling author of Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes， Miraculous Mutants， and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human， this new hardcover collects Morrison's entire groundbreaking run on ANIMAL MAN altogether for the first time 。
Buddy Baker is more than just a second-rate super hero--He's also a devoted family man and animal rights activist。 Now， as he tries to jump-start his crimefighting career， he experiences visions of aliens， people transforming into strange pencil-like drawings， and hints of a terrible crisis lurking around the edges of reality。 And as his odyssey of self-discovery gives way to spiritual enlightenment as well as the depths of despair， Buddy meets his maker: a writer named Grant Morrison。
Collects ANIMAL MAN #1-26 and SECRET ORIGINS #39。
Buddy Baker is more than just a second-rate super hero--He's also a devoted family man and animal rights activist。 Now， as he tries to jump-start his crimefighting career， he experiences visions of aliens， people transforming into strange pencil-like drawings， and hints of a terrible crisis lurking around the edges of reality。 And as his odyssey of self-discovery gives way to spiritual enlightenment as well as the depths of despair， Buddy meets his maker: a writer named Grant Morrison。
Collects ANIMAL MAN #1-26 and SECRET ORIGINS #39。
Reviews
Justin Covey
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It doesn't have the weight， the pathos of his magnum opus Doom Patrol run， in comparison this is somewhat slight， somewhat silly， even as the characters are desperately searching for the answers behind everything， but this is without a doubt some primo Grant Morrion shit。 It doesn't have the weight， the pathos of his magnum opus Doom Patrol run， in comparison this is somewhat slight， somewhat silly， even as the characters are desperately searching for the answers behind everything， but this is without a doubt some primo Grant Morrion shit。 。。。more
Karina
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Intrigued by Brian Bolland's covers， I decided to attempt this chunker of a graphic novel。 Buddy Baker is exposed to an alien explosion which allows him to manipulate the morphogenetic field。 Essentially， he can tap into any animal power at will （e。g。， the strength of an elephant， the flight of a bird， and even the self-replicating abilities of bacteria）。 As an vegetarian and animal advocate， Animal Man is a superhero and part of the Justice League Europe， but he is foremost a family man。 The la Intrigued by Brian Bolland's covers， I decided to attempt this chunker of a graphic novel。 Buddy Baker is exposed to an alien explosion which allows him to manipulate the morphogenetic field。 Essentially， he can tap into any animal power at will （e。g。， the strength of an elephant， the flight of a bird， and even the self-replicating abilities of bacteria）。 As an vegetarian and animal advocate， Animal Man is a superhero and part of the Justice League Europe， but he is foremost a family man。 The latter plays a huge part in the finale， which was very touching。The best storyline has to be the beginning comics， #s 1-4 with B'wana Beast。 The best covers， though， are obviously #s 5 and 11。 。。。more
Sajid Amir
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Wow what an ending。 Breaking of the fourth wall has never been so trippy and well done IMO。 5 stars just for that。
Sotofunkdamental
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"Animal Man es un superhéroe de segunda categoría que lucha con problemas de la vida real y dilemas morales。 Buddy Baker es un esposo cariñoso， un padre devoto， activista por los animales y un ser con superpoderes。 Pero a medida que intenta estar a la altura de todos sus roles， pronto descubre que no hay situaciones en blanco y negro en la vida。 Con un fuerte enfoque en la narración de historias， estos cuentos innovadores y que invitan a la reflexión hacen que el lector cuestione las acciones de "Animal Man es un superhéroe de segunda categoría que lucha con problemas de la vida real y dilemas morales。 Buddy Baker es un esposo cariñoso， un padre devoto， activista por los animales y un ser con superpoderes。 Pero a medida que intenta estar a la altura de todos sus roles， pronto descubre que no hay situaciones en blanco y negro en la vida。 Con un fuerte enfoque en la narración de historias， estos cuentos innovadores y que invitan a la reflexión hacen que el lector cuestione las acciones de Animal Man， así como su propio comportamiento en situaciones similares"。 La sinopsis lo explica perfectamente。 Una de las mejores obras de Grant Morrison， y en definitiva， una lectura recomendable。 。。。more
Mauricio Odriozola
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De mis mejores lecturas del año。
Al Eti
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Hell yeah。
Steven Lomas
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Grant Morrisons can write comics， and indeed this starts well， right up to the meta fiction 4th wall breaking post modern codswallop。
Jiro Dreams of Suchy
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I’m a vegetarian because of this and The Wu Tang manual。 A must read run for any comic fan， animal man is a favorite of mine because of this run- the character is a lot more than just talks to animals。
Donovan
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Middle ground Morrison， it’s meat-hating and metafictional， moderate and mumbling， then masticates a mittenful of molly to metamorphose and mystify our minds。 A must！
Tyler
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This was a really fun experience。 I can see why some people hold this run as an all time great。 I can imagine if you were reading it while it was releasing that it would have hit even harder。 Really original stuff from a young Grant Morrison。 Imagine this being your first run at DC are you kidding？
Jim Smith
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Starts as an earnest and mostly successful attempt to recreate the successful "Brit author tackling an obscure DC characteer" formula of Moore's Swamp Thing and steadily evolves into a towering work of the genre。 Seeing that evolution as Buddy's life comes apart at the seams is a great part of the thrill。 Starts as an earnest and mostly successful attempt to recreate the successful "Brit author tackling an obscure DC characteer" formula of Moore's Swamp Thing and steadily evolves into a towering work of the genre。 Seeing that evolution as Buddy's life comes apart at the seams is a great part of the thrill。 。。。more
Aidan
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This book doesn’t monkey around。 Though known for the meta stuff the character and political work shows that this isn’t just a one trick pony。 A stampede of craziness。 Takes out post-Moore notions about comics like lambs to the slaughter。 Had me grinning like a Cheshire cat。 So tightly paced it never jumps the shark。 Never goes to the dogs （I had to look that one up）。 It’s the cat’s meow- or， dare I say， the cat’s PAJAMAS。 As fine as frog’s hair。 As mad as a March hare。 Ok I’ll stop soon。 Grant This book doesn’t monkey around。 Though known for the meta stuff the character and political work shows that this isn’t just a one trick pony。 A stampede of craziness。 Takes out post-Moore notions about comics like lambs to the slaughter。 Had me grinning like a Cheshire cat。 So tightly paced it never jumps the shark。 Never goes to the dogs （I had to look that one up）。 It’s the cat’s meow- or， dare I say， the cat’s PAJAMAS。 As fine as frog’s hair。 As mad as a March hare。 Ok I’ll stop soon。 Grant Morrison is the opposite of pig headed。 Sorry， that’s the last one。 It’s the bees knees。 Ok now I’m done。This lives up to the hype and to say any more would be beating a dead horse。 。。。more
Noah Lee
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Damn imagine breaking the fourth wall with a meta narrative purpose in 80s comics
Gino Canales Rengifo
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Un 3。5 bastante sólido。 Grant Morrison deja aquí traslucir tanto lo mejor como lo peor de su estilo。 Está el conocimiento enciclopédico， minucioso， de la historia de los cómics， que le permite articular una narración que encapsula tantas épocas en un espacio corto， así como el carácter juguetón， no cínico ni tampoco sentimentalón， que da un ancla a cada número y vuelve a los personajes cercanos al menos， si es que no verosímiles （como ocurre con All-Star Superman）。 También， sin embargo， el desbo Un 3。5 bastante sólido。 Grant Morrison deja aquí traslucir tanto lo mejor como lo peor de su estilo。 Está el conocimiento enciclopédico， minucioso， de la historia de los cómics， que le permite articular una narración que encapsula tantas épocas en un espacio corto， así como el carácter juguetón， no cínico ni tampoco sentimentalón， que da un ancla a cada número y vuelve a los personajes cercanos al menos， si es que no verosímiles （como ocurre con All-Star Superman）。 También， sin embargo， el desborde de líneas argumentales， el ritmo confuso， frustrante en varios puntos， de amalgama de ideas no terminadas de calcular， que hace temer en todo momento un tiro que salga por la culata （como ocurre con Batman RIP）。Al final lo bueno sobrepasa a lo malo， tal vez porque Morrison le atina con el final mucho más que， digamos， Unamuno。 Es un punto controversial， pero hasta ahora nada me ha hecho cambiar de opinión sobre Niebla， que debe ser la base más obvia para este texto fuera del espacio propio de los cómics。 En contraste， Morrison cuenta una mejor historia， donde el elemento metatextual tiene sentido con lo que se cuenta y la ruptura de la cuarta pared se siente mucho más significativa en su propia trivialidad。 Me deja satisfecho， finalmente， aun si no encantado。 。。。more
Jesse Grubbs
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I can see you！
Cody Nechamkin
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My first exposure to Grant Morrison’s writing， and I’m now extremely hooked。 The existential themes along with the incredibly meta narrative boggled my brain。 This is a comic that will stick with me for a long time， I’d imagine。 In a field of its own， beyond the typical super hero adventures， this one left me pondering life’s biggest questions。 Morrison’s prose writing is colorfully refreshing and doesn’t hold back。 Every character’s inner monologue when shown is brilliantly done， including and My first exposure to Grant Morrison’s writing， and I’m now extremely hooked。 The existential themes along with the incredibly meta narrative boggled my brain。 This is a comic that will stick with me for a long time， I’d imagine。 In a field of its own， beyond the typical super hero adventures， this one left me pondering life’s biggest questions。 Morrison’s prose writing is colorfully refreshing and doesn’t hold back。 Every character’s inner monologue when shown is brilliantly done， including and especially the one of the Dolphin’s in a particular issue。 The art is perfectly stylistic as most comics in the late 80’s， and the classical lettering feels reminiscent of Silver Aged lettering。 Both contribute to the whiplash I experience when the book begins to unravel and show its true colors。 Seriously I couldn’t recommend this series enough。 Brilliant， brilliant， brilliant。 。。。more
James Alexander Butcher
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4。5 Favorite Grant Morrison comic。 Groundbreaking the themes of animal cruelty and violence for entertainment purposes are still so relevant today。 Unbelievable meta。 Probably can't get any meta then this。 Gets slightly lost in some of the science and philosophies （me dumb） but still does a great Job of the main character would love to read a statight forward Anmial man in the future。 4。5 Favorite Grant Morrison comic。 Groundbreaking the themes of animal cruelty and violence for entertainment purposes are still so relevant today。 Unbelievable meta。 Probably can't get any meta then this。 Gets slightly lost in some of the science and philosophies （me dumb） but still does a great Job of the main character would love to read a statight forward Anmial man in the future。 。。。more
Xavi
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No ha acabado de envejecer bien。 La primera vez que lo leí me gustó más que esta。
Connor
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A superhero book for people who don't read superhero books。 As a Grant Morrison fan I had to finally read the whole run， and it did not disappoint。 A superhero book for people who don't read superhero books。 As a Grant Morrison fan I had to finally read the whole run， and it did not disappoint。 。。。more
Thomas Hale
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Critically-acclaimed and influential 1988 revival/reimagining of a little-known Silver Age hero。 Morrison's writing is angry and vital， and their plotlines add pathos to objectively silly premises。 Infamous moments such as issue 5 （"The Coyote Gospel"） and the final arc are immensely fun， even if their novelty has been watered down by three decades of imitators and derivations。 Shame about the PETA shoutout， but hey， it was a different time。 Definitely recommended to anyone as an introduction to Critically-acclaimed and influential 1988 revival/reimagining of a little-known Silver Age hero。 Morrison's writing is angry and vital， and their plotlines add pathos to objectively silly premises。 Infamous moments such as issue 5 （"The Coyote Gospel"） and the final arc are immensely fun， even if their novelty has been watered down by three decades of imitators and derivations。 Shame about the PETA shoutout， but hey， it was a different time。 Definitely recommended to anyone as an introduction to Morrison's work， or as a critical snapshot of where comics were in the late 80s。 。。。more
Diego Besada
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Toda obra empieza por algun lado y las bases de la deconstruccion de los personajes que hacen a morrison tan buen escritor empiezan en este tomo y en esta obra。Ademas contiene una maravilla de capitulo llamado el evangelio del coyote。
Joni
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Creo que es uno de los mejores cómics que se pueden leer。 En especial para quienes no acostumbren al género superheroico， es la demostración de hacer algo distinto， de mucha categoría。 Son veintiséis números más un pequeño especial donde Morrison crea， destruye y reconstruye al personaje。Como en muchas de sus obras se plasman ideas borgeanas。La construcción es lenta pero no aburre， no sobra nada， muchas pequeñas cosas que están desde el principio son retomadas y usadas con mucho tino para amplif Creo que es uno de los mejores cómics que se pueden leer。 En especial para quienes no acostumbren al género superheroico， es la demostración de hacer algo distinto， de mucha categoría。 Son veintiséis números más un pequeño especial donde Morrison crea， destruye y reconstruye al personaje。Como en muchas de sus obras se plasman ideas borgeanas。La construcción es lenta pero no aburre， no sobra nada， muchas pequeñas cosas que están desde el principio son retomadas y usadas con mucho tino para amplificar la lectura。Es un cómic que dice mucho sobre la cultura， la ecología， transmite un mensaje claro y pocas obras dicen tanto。Lo meta está muy presente y tiene viñetas que。。。 mejor que sea sorpresa， vale la pena ma lectura para ver cómo siempre se puede dar un paso nuevo， una nueva idea。 Realmente no sabría qué criticarle。 Quizás el primer cómic que agarre en caso de incendio。 。。。more
Okmarzo
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4。6/5
Hamish
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Morrison pulls off something rare here: a balance of conventional superhero delight and postmodern metafictional conceits （that magically never feel overly-self satisfied or cliched）。 In their later years， I found Morrison's storytelling to often be quite poor and to get overwhelmed by their "high concept" ideas （which have become less interesting with age）。 Not so here。 Animal Man's journey to discover that he's a comic book character is legitimately entrancing and unexpected。 The final issue i Morrison pulls off something rare here: a balance of conventional superhero delight and postmodern metafictional conceits （that magically never feel overly-self satisfied or cliched）。 In their later years， I found Morrison's storytelling to often be quite poor and to get overwhelmed by their "high concept" ideas （which have become less interesting with age）。 Not so here。 Animal Man's journey to discover that he's a comic book character is legitimately entrancing and unexpected。 The final issue is also genuinely quite moving。It's too bad that Chas Truog had to be the artist。 It all looks kind of bland and lifeless， the opposite of all of those 70s comics with lovely art and dull writing。 。。。more
Nicholas
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Wow！ In the vain of Watchmen， that is， turning the superhero genre on its head， Grant Morrison sets out and succeeds in taking a C-List level superhero and reinventing him。 Animal Man's powers at first seem simple， he can absorb the abilities of animals surrounding him， but Grant Morrison goes beyond the mere adventures of fighting animal-themed villains。 Animal Man becomes an animal-rights activist， a vegan and rails against his former identity and his place as both a man and a superhero。 Grant Wow！ In the vain of Watchmen， that is， turning the superhero genre on its head， Grant Morrison sets out and succeeds in taking a C-List level superhero and reinventing him。 Animal Man's powers at first seem simple， he can absorb the abilities of animals surrounding him， but Grant Morrison goes beyond the mere adventures of fighting animal-themed villains。 Animal Man becomes an animal-rights activist， a vegan and rails against his former identity and his place as both a man and a superhero。 Grant Morrison explores what it means to redefine one's past by offering up one of the craziest retcons I've ever seen。The last issue is something to behold as a work of storytelling and uses a device so revolutionary at the time that now it hinders on cliche。 。。。more
Matthew WK
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What can I say， it was a 4 or 4。5 star book until the final 3 issues and finished with a bang that moved it to 5 stars and something I want to read again。。。。like right now！ I enjoyed the whole arc， but now I know re-reading will reveal a lot of subtleties。 This was just fantastic and will be a contender for one of my favorite reads of the year。
Jk
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Starts out fairly mundane to lull the reader into a false sense of security。 Then everything goes BANANAS。
Adam
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A giant collection of all twenty-six issues of Grant Morrison’s Animal Man run， this book is a testament to a kind of comic that may never again exist。 DC Comics was willing to take chances with its established characters and to let upstart writers do what they wished with them。 Morrison uses a B-list character to explore animal rights issues and to comment on the medium of comics itself， and it’s limitations in telling serious stories。 He did similar metatextual things with his run on Doom Patr A giant collection of all twenty-six issues of Grant Morrison’s Animal Man run， this book is a testament to a kind of comic that may never again exist。 DC Comics was willing to take chances with its established characters and to let upstart writers do what they wished with them。 Morrison uses a B-list character to explore animal rights issues and to comment on the medium of comics itself， and it’s limitations in telling serious stories。 He did similar metatextual things with his run on Doom Patrol and， later， his own The Invisibles。 The results here are a bit clunky， with even Morrison （he appears as a character in the book） admitting that it got silly at times。 The art， mostly by Chaz Truog， is workmanlike， but serves the story well， grounding Morrison’s more heady ideas with a solid， action-adventure style。 Morrison couldn’t accomplish everything he set out to do with this comic， but even the attempt is impressive。 。。。more
Emma Gear
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Phenomenal。 That's the only way to describe the 26 issue long run of Animal Man by Grant Morrison。 There's a lot to say but I don't want to go overboard so I'll just highlight the things I like most about it。The early bits are pretty cool。 They primarily revolve around Buddy getting involved in situations that are way over his head， and that he can't really do a thing about。 He tends to get completely shown up by another hero in the process， with one particularly notable example being an entire Phenomenal。 That's the only way to describe the 26 issue long run of Animal Man by Grant Morrison。 There's a lot to say but I don't want to go overboard so I'll just highlight the things I like most about it。The early bits are pretty cool。 They primarily revolve around Buddy getting involved in situations that are way over his head， and that he can't really do a thing about。 He tends to get completely shown up by another hero in the process， with one particularly notable example being an entire issue spent in a psychedelic dream sequence as Animal Man relives a villain's entire life after touching something he probably shouldn't have。 After all of that ridiculous subsides you just see Hawkman standing in front of him， completely deflating the absurd arc Buddy endured in the issue by just shutting the device off nonchalantly。The middle sections are。。。 boring。 Some of the beginning stuff is too like an arc with B'wana Beast that went on far too long in my opinion and there's a big chunk in the middle with just a boring story that goes on far too long and seems to embody a lot of what makes older comics impenetrable to more modern readers。 Dense stories with paper thin plots that rely on heavy contrivances， that sort of thing。But it's the latter half of the run where things get intensely interesting。 To not spoil anything I'll just say it goes into an extremely meta storyline about the meaning of comics， and what it means in-universe to the characters who'd recently gone through the notable Crisis on Infinite Earths event in DC history that erased a large chunk of the world。 He visits bizarre lands that house comic book characters that haven't been used since that event， and in a way Animal Man even meets God。 It's trippy， it's wonderful， and it's a fantastic way to use a more "adult" imprint （This was originally published under Vertigo， an imprint of DC comics that focused on more adult stories） that isn't just simply cranking up the blood drugs and sex dial。 It's an absolute must-read to all fans of comics and just trust me if things start to lag after a couple of stronger starting arcs you'll almost certainly love where it's going。 The Grant Morrison Animal Man run is very much a "thing" for a reason and there's a reason it still gets reprinted to this day。 。。。more
Baba
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I read the comic books Animal Man #1-26 and Secret Origins #39。 This is one of the most well known runs in comic books… and yet another example of Grant Morrison creating ground-breaking storytelling。 From the very first issue you know you are entering some alternate at times surreal DC Universe that somehow lives alongside the mainstream DC Universe！ 8 out of 12 I read the comic books Animal Man #1-26 and Secret Origins #39。 This is one of the most well known runs in comic books… and yet another example of Grant Morrison creating ground-breaking storytelling。 From the very first issue you know you are entering some alternate at times surreal DC Universe that somehow lives alongside the mainstream DC Universe！ 8 out of 12 。。。more
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