Crossed +100 Volume 1 (Crossed Plus 100 Tp)

A fantastic addition to the series, Alan has the intelligence and vision to create a new narrative in the years beyond the first outbreak

Comics Messiah Alan Moore takes on the Crossed franchise. This is a spectacular piece of writing but if you are in Crossed just for the gore then this will be your Prometheus. The biggest talking point is the language. Set 100 years in the future Moore has everyone speaking a dialect descended from internet speak. This will either take you a while to pick up, especially with what look like some editing inconsistencies, or make you put the book down. The advantage this brings is that it makes you read much slower than a roller coaster page-flipper that some comics can be. It gives you time to digest and speculate on the origins and course of his future. It is great fun working out where all the names came from and where in the world the characters are. There is virtually no gore or horror in the piece. This ensures you invest so much into the characters and a wonderfully slow build up makes for a shocking ending. There is a tipping point where you put the clues together and your heart sinks. The final issue over-stretches this like the host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. But like a proper old ghost story the terror is firmly psychological and no final page turn will compete for what is in your head. One notable theme is a Muslim dominated settlement and Moore’s discussion and hypothesis of Islam might not be for everyone. Just as his version of the Crossed is the most different from anything previous. The art is great with Crossed veteran Gabriel Andrade returning from the main series. So much detail and effort is packed into every panel to effortlessly bring this future world to life. The colouring is great with a lot of earth tones working hard to realise this overgrown, agrarian environment. Double Thumbs Up!

Very enjoyable romp. Not Moore's best work, but definitely not his worst either. The story suffers a bit from a twist that I saw coming a mile off, but there were many other elements that made up for it. I loved the future pidgin English and the interactions between all the characters, as well as the quirky little things that were put in here and there, like the slightly wonky version of Islam that exists in this post apocalyptic world. Apart from the aforementioned twist, I really liked the central conceit of this series, but not having read any other Crossed books, I don't know if that ground has already been well covered before. Can't really say much more than that without going into spoiler territory. Overall, definitely worth a read!

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I was highly impressed with this Alan Moore comic. I have read the first Crossed comic by Garth Ennis and was struck by how brutal and hopeless an outlook it had, even by the standards of the post-apocalyptic/zombie genre. Moore puts the story hundred years into the future, replete with its own language, a kind of pidgin english. It was a bit grating at first but I soon got used to it. I was really impressed with the world building that Moore creates, everything feels lived in and thoroughly worked out. Moore builds the tension and there is a great twist at the end, that some people thought was obvious but I thought was brillant. This is another example of Moore taking someone else's world and making it his own.

Based 100 years after the first crossed outbreak, this is an interesting story well told by Moore and brilliantly drawn by Andrade. The problem allot of people are having with it is the language Moore uses. A bastardised English. After awhile you do get used to what certain words mean though but Moore certainly makes you work for it! Worth reading.

I really enjoyed this. The difficulty with the new language expressed by others is not difficult at all. But there again some Brits think that saying hello, thank you & goodbye in any language apart from the queens English is heresy. If you've followed crossed since the early days you'll like this new direction.

A spectacular book. I really wasn't expecting much to be honest as I've never read any of the other Crossed volumes or ever been particularly inspired to. The post-apocalyptic/zombie genre also seems pretty overdone at the moment. But Moore finds an entirely new twist on it here. There's an immaculate sense of dread that builds throughout. You know something is going to happen but you can't necessarily tell where from. The ultra-violence is dealt with in a very similar way to the infamous Miracleman issue 15, in that while there is some horrible imagery it's the things that are merely suggested by the text or hinted at just out of frame that are so much worse. In full display is Moore's talent for creating a believable variation on our own language, with the technique managing to first distance us from what's happening and then ground the reader in a world that really does feel 100 years ahead of ours. This is a masterclass in comics writing and the best comic I read last year.

Unglaublich spannend mit zunehmendem Tempo.

Arrived on schedule and well packaged. This series is different from the original Crossed but seems to be going in a direction that definitely has me wanting to see more so far. If you liked Crossed, you will find this a change but likely will enjoy it...depends on where this tale goes.

I love this adaptation/continuation of the original Crossed series. I started reading Crossed because Garth Innis and Jacen Burrows were involved and I am a huge fan of both their work and their collaborations, and was really intrigued/into it! I like that Crossed is a dark, morbid, heavy take on the "oh we could totally survive after the apocalypse" mindset that a lot of storytellers seem to drift into. Nothing goes right, everyone dies or barely escapes, horrible things are everywhere. That said, after 5 or 6 issues I started to get a little bored with the original crossed and thought I'd give Crossed+100 a try since I like Alan Moore so much. Amazing. The story is revitalized, centered, and gripping. The world is immersive and entertaining and it plunges you right in while giving you enough context to figure out what's going on (including the new English the characters speak). Fabulous while still being just as shocking and dark as the original. I will definitely be continuing reading!

El comic era para mi chica que es fan las "inocentes" comics de crossed. La historia de este es bastante buena. El único problema es que hablan en un inglés del 2100 que ha degenerado. Pensar es "skull" comer es "food" y ver es "opsy"... se hace un poco raro medir el tiempo en "sextimes". (menuda unidad más variable)

This is on the same scale as Watchmen or Killing Joke. Like most of Alan Moore's work, it haunts you. You lie in bed at night thinking about it. It starts a bit like a routine zombie story, but then things go in a direction you will not expect or forget. The mystery and horror are deeply intertwined. Just buy it already.