Ī majority of the series' cover art was done by Brian Bolland, often portraying intentionally unusual or shocking imagery with no text blurbs. The series is well-known for its frequently psychedelic and "off-the-wall" content. The series is best known for the run by writer Grant Morrison from issue #1 to #26 with penciller Chas Truog who stayed on the series until #32.Īnimal Man was innovative in its advocacy and for its use of themes including social consciousness (with a focus on animal rights), metaphysics, deconstruction of the superhero genre and comic book form, postmodernism, eccentric plot twists, explorations of cosmic spirituality and mysticism, the determination of apparent free will by a higher power, and manipulation of reality including quantum physics, unified field theory, time travel and metafictional technique. 2): 30 (#1–29 plus issue numbered 0) and 2 AnnualsĪnimal Man is a superhero comic book ongoing series published by DC Comics starring the superhero Animal Man.
Cover to Animal Man (volume 1) #1 by Brian Bolland.
0 kommentar(er)
