Here Comes The Summer

It's the winter solstice, so we can take our feet off the pedals and freewheel from here.




"Here comes the summer" is also the last thing that King Mob says in the last panel of the last page in issue #5 of volume 3 of The Invisibles.

The Invisibles Volume 3, #5

That particular issue had a... thing on the cover that looked a bit like a Venusian, coincidentally enough. But then, that's The Invisibles for you.

I decided to reread this most sacred 1990's texts on the run up to human race's reintegration with the Supercontext, scheduled to occur, according to the story, on the 22nd December, 2012.

(I know everywhere else seems to be saying that the end of the Mayan 13th Baktun is on the 21st December; but that's probably just disinformation from 333rd Level Anti-Masons or something)

Anyhoo; How does it hold up? It's hard for me to be objective about The Invisibles. The time when it was originally published was such a heady and transitional period for me, personally. It's as ingrained in my own history as Underworld's entire back catalogue.

If you've never read it, it's hard to say what it's about, because pretty much everything gets a look-in at some point. Morrison, at this juncture in his writing career is grabbing the reader by the lapels, violently shaking them and saying; "Don't you see!?"

The countdown to the millennium contributes to the urgency and if you don't like a specific idea that's being presented at any given point, hold on because there'll be another five along in a second.

On this revisit, the barrage of Big Ideas was now further back in the mix; due to familiarity, I suppose. This time, I really noticed the relationships between the characters more. I love how the Dane's animosity towards Fanny slowly changes over time, until they become, probably the closest friends in the team. Sir Miles seemed a far more lost character, more a victim of circumstance than out-an-out 'bad' than before.

It's an interesting experience to view something so militantly of the Now in retrospect.

I feel prepared.

A Very Happy Recontextualization to one and all!

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