swamp thing

There’s a downloadable PDF preview of the new Swamp Thing series at the DC Comics site. It’s the same thing that’s in the Vertigo Horizon freebie that shipped to stores this week, but in case you haven’t been to your local shop in a while, here it is for your convenience.

In doing a Swamp Thing Google search, I found this page, a Swamp Thing message board, though with very few messages. It does have one of those mini-versions of Swamp Thing, like the mini-superhero characters you always see all over the John Byrne Message Board. (Where the heck do those mini-hero things come from, anyway? Who’s responsible?) And no, I have no idea why the address for the board is “FanFiction.”

And this is pretty neat…a complete chronology of the Swamp Thing universe.

Okay, I’m a big Swamp Thing fan, so sue me. He’s one of my two favorite corporately-owned characters…the other being Uncle Scrooge McDuck. Yeah, I know, that makes no sense. I don’t suppose I should hold my breath for the crossover.

Len Wein is interviewed, and not only talks briefly about the connection between his creation of Swamp Thing and Gerry Conway’s creation of Man-Thing, but also discusses writing the new Swamp Thing movie. He claims Swamp Thing will be CGI…mostly likely because the whole man in a rubber suit thing from the first film didn’t go over so well.

Swampy‘s costume was a little better in the sequel…and that sequel was either complete idiocy or utter genius. If you get your hands on the DVD, be sure to listen to director Jim Wynorski‘s very entertaining commentary.

Good luck getting the first film on DVD…due to a mother’s complaint (scroll down) the DVD has been pulled, which of course means it’s now an eBay favorite. The film itself is goofy and likeable enough, once you get past Swampy’s droopy drawers.

Never saw enough of the live-action TV show to form an opinion, though some people liked it enough to start writing fan fiction about it. And for pete’s sake, avoid the cartoon!