WHAT IS THE FILTH ?
'Visit the centre of the earth
There you will find the global fire
Rectify it of all dirt
Drive it out with love and ire...’
sang Benedictus Figula
‘the filth is Gerry Anderson for paranoid schizophrenics; a fluorescent day-glo
trip through an Abyss of internet porn, 'ironic' humor and disease pathology.’
roars writer Morrison, dispatching three massive warriors of the Uruk-Hai with a
single razor-edged arc of his legendary Elven blade, Durinduryll, the Sword That
Never Shuts Up. 'It’s bigger, wilder, uglier and more heart-rending than the
best summer blockbuster movie and if, like me, you love the awful smells of
failure, shame, male pattern baldness and seedy compromise, then you're sure to
revel in the squirming twists and turns of this exotic international spy-fi
thriller, where games of identity, madness and planetary hygiene combine with
perverted sex, kitchen sink realism and ultra-technology to blind the mind’s eye
and infect the soul forever. Sights to scupper the sanity! Philosophies to burst
the frontal lobes! People with combovers having sex! ‘Certified UnCool Brutalist
Pop-Fic EVERY MONTH for a twelvemonth and a day!’
Yeah, right! And that’s only the half of it. Grant Morrison’s first
creator-owned series since the groundbreaking, cult hit THE INVISIBLES, is a
harrowing 13 issue rake through the middens of 21st century life, love, death
and low self-esteem. the filth #1 debuts on June 5th 2002 from DC Comics/Vertigo
with coloring by Matt Hollingsworth, lettering by Clem Robins and editing by
Karen laBerger.
THE HAND STRIKES
THE HAND CARESSES
THE HAND INVOKES
THE HAND SIGNALS
THE HAND GIVES AND TAKES
WE ARE THE HAND THAT WIPES THE ARSE OF THE WORLD
PREPARE FOR INOCULATION.
STAY CLOSE TO THE SICK BAG.
THIS IS THE FILTH.
UPDATED : 07/12/2003