Hello loyal readers,
I’m back from my European vacation but still will not have time to really work on the site for another week at least, but there are many more references that I am excited to add, and some more readings I am keen to track down. The holiday was great. Aside from all of the usual adventuring, sightseeing and eating, I think I got a good sense of how respected comics are in Europe (particularly evidenced by the number of stores in central Paris); I managed to see copies of the newest series of Swamp Thing translated into German, Czech and French; plus I picked up a couple of old issues of Spectral that included Swamp Thing reprints in French from the helpful people at Aaapoum Bapoum.I leave you with a photo of the only piece of Green Man architecture I came across. Some more information about it here.

More updates as soon as I have a couple of days free.

Zac.

Hi again,
I’ve added a few more entries to the Bibliography, including two references from Rough Stuff #4, which contains some interesting interviews and artwork from Bissette and Totleben. I was alerted to this magazine from the epic list at the Roots Of The Swamp Thing page, which I heartily recommend you checking out.  I’ve also added some soundtrack information to the 1982 Film page.  Some more references from Fangoria #15-17 will hopefully be added before I go on holiday.  Which brings me to…

I’m going on holiday!  I’ll be travelling in Europe for a month but will get some readings done and keep trying to work on the site a bit while I’m over there.  I might not have a lot of time as I’m also going to be starting an online course titled Comic Books and Graphic Novels, which I’m quite excited about.

Finally, I’ve been trying to write my references using the MLA style guide, but it’s not a referencing style I’ve ever really used before and it starts getting a bit tricky when I get to referencing fanzines and theses.  So please let me know if something is not right (a fullstop out of place or whatever) so I can correct things and learn.

Until next time,

Zac.

I’ve just added references for each of the three parts of the 1987 Critics Choice Files Magazine Spotlight that focus on the Alan Moore issues of Swamp Thing.  I haven’t really had a chance to read these books yet but they look somewhat interesting.  They are quite heavy with images reproduced from the comics, and some of the pieces are little more than brief summaries, but they occasionally offer some interesting insights, especially in the final book authored by Van Hise.  The first 2 parts also seem to have original cover art but the artist is uncredited.

Welcome to the site.  I have a bit of a backlog of bibliographical references to add but will do so over the coming weeks and months.  I am also compiling a list of Swamp Thing appearances and briefly summarising issues as I reread them all.  So far, only the first series is complete and publicly viewable but the other pages are on the way.  Feel free to comment or to contact me via the form at the bottom of the page.

Thanks.