Lightning n Chemicals wrote:
dc newton wrote:
Animal Man - feels like a rehash of Morrison's run.
Swamp Thing - see my comment for Animal Man but swap Morrison for Moore.
aaaaaannnnnnd ... this is a problem, WHY ?!?

Perhaps you should stay away from that Superman character since it might remind you of iconic work of Jerry Seigel!

Seriously, I don't see a comparison to Morrison's ANIMAL MAN at all -- that was a finite set piece that Morrison did to explore a (pick any generic) D-level superhero by giving him a tangible job/family and throwing 4th wall meta-textual elements at him.  Morrison did it too well ... as people liked the character enough that it continued to this day.  Lemire's treatment is a horror/sci-fi hybrid.

The main SWAMP THING comparison to the Moore era is Paquette's art evokes the Bissette/Totleben/Veitch/Yeates period.  The story uses Moore characters (Abigail, Parliament), but is hardly derivative of Moore so far. 

The Animal Man issues I read seem like a redo of the Delano/Pugh run.

Swamp Thing has art that reminds me of the Moore era while the actual story with all the elemental succession is a redo of the Veitch era.  

I'm not sure if it's bad that they play off of these earlier eras.  Swamp Thing has tried more unique takes and they didn't work out.  I'm enjoying the new book.