I’m tempted to call it your vegetables, but its not a chore to read. This is the kind of dense, literary stuff that I wish everyone was reading more of. It is not passive reading, it requires time and investment. The juxtaposition between his expressive, sort of cartoony style and the horrific content here is creepy and enticing. I get really excited about layouts and panelling that contributes to the tone and style of the book and “Nameless” has some really unique and interesting stuff going on. The book sort of hypnotizes you.Ĭhris Burnham’s work here is equally incredible and hypnotic. Thats the best I can do at describing the plot, but I’m doing the book a huge disservice because there are dozens of other details, places, names, and happenings going on here that bewilder me, and yet, I am completely invested in this story that I really don’t understand at all. He meets up with his benefactor, and is told his task was a test to see if he would be capable of protecting a team living on the dark side of the moon that has a plan to save Earth from an asteroid. The man has stolen a dream key from the Veiled Woman. So what is “Nameless” about? The first 3/4th of the first issue follow a man on a surreal chase through time and space from four fish men. Themes and patterns stick in your subconscious and the book becomes a part of you in a way.
You won’t be able to see every detail, but when you step back the big picture becomes clear. Embracing the confusion is just something you sign up for when you read Morrison. I think most of Morrison’s work is kind of hard to follow, and yet I am so invested when I read them. It is difficult to follow things in a chronological way because characters seem to disappear and reappear and talk at length about things that don’t really make sense. Scenes are disconnected and end abruptly. The characters in “Nameless” tend to speak in a natural way. I’ve read a lot of Grant Morrison’s work (“Animal Man”, “The Invisibles” “Flex Mentallo”) and I haven’t always understood it, but I’ve always found it endlessly intriguing, and meticulously plotted. Reading Grant Morrison is a lot like trying to see the hidden image in a stereograph: If you try to force yourself to see it you’ll strain your eyes and become frustrated, but if you have patience, work the muscles, learn to recognize patterns, and let go of the normal way you see things the true image will slowly start to present itself.
“Nameless” #1 is unequivocally the kind of eery, dense, exotic experience that only the mind of Grant Morrison could provide. The creative power house behind the critically acclaimed “Batman Inc.” reunite to bring us one of the strangest, most inventive series you’ll ever have the good fortune to be consumed by.
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