So last night I finally sat down and read The Invisibles, thanks to the magic of the Internet. I've been meaning to read it because it's a turning point in the growth of more than a few people I know.
I sent a series of silly e-mails to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
postvixen during this, since she's one of those people for whom the comic lifted the top of her head off and stirred her brain around a bit.
But, while it entertained and amused me, I felt like I've been here before for the whole thing. Morrison admits in the endnotes for volume 3, issue 1 (the final issue; volume 3 counted down from 12) that the series kinda turned into a shamanic intiation for the thinking reader halfway through. And that's a lot of the punch of it, that not only do the characters go through Enlightening Moments, but that it has the potential to induce some of that in the reader, as well. Um, that's borderline spoilers, I guess. Sorry.
I've already had that happen from a book or two. A strange combination of Wilson's Illuminatus stuff and Swanwyck's Stations of the Tide. Having the same set of Illumination Memes dumped into me by a comic book just kinda makes me smile a little, and laugh at his own comedic twists on them.
It was a fun ride, though, and I'll probably re-read it from Kin's physical copy while visiting her and Rik in Boston, so I can giggle and point out drawings that make me happy in a less awkward method than cut-and-pasting a segment into email.
I sent a series of silly e-mails to
postvixen during this, since she's one of those people for whom the comic lifted the top of her head off and stirred her brain around a bit.But, while it entertained and amused me, I felt like I've been here before for the whole thing. Morrison admits in the endnotes for volume 3, issue 1 (the final issue; volume 3 counted down from 12) that the series kinda turned into a shamanic intiation for the thinking reader halfway through. And that's a lot of the punch of it, that not only do the characters go through Enlightening Moments, but that it has the potential to induce some of that in the reader, as well. Um, that's borderline spoilers, I guess. Sorry.
I've already had that happen from a book or two. A strange combination of Wilson's Illuminatus stuff and Swanwyck's Stations of the Tide. Having the same set of Illumination Memes dumped into me by a comic book just kinda makes me smile a little, and laugh at his own comedic twists on them.
It was a fun ride, though, and I'll probably re-read it from Kin's physical copy while visiting her and Rik in Boston, so I can giggle and point out drawings that make me happy in a less awkward method than cut-and-pasting a segment into email.
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