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A review by ajmaese
Gothtopia by John Layman
5.0
Beautiful, horrific, meta, and campy, I really liked these issues (with the exception of no. 25 that ended the previous run). The 75th anniversary issue didn’t disappoint…
“How many times? How many times do I have to relive this? In every age. From every angle, in every medium. And the new threats. A beating around every corner, always changing. Darker. Meaner. Cutting ever closer to the bone. My insides torn out and spread across the page, the screen, again and again and again, a vicious cycle, an existential loop… Why are you doing this to me?”
“You will be what we want you to be. What we need you to be. We need you to bear the weight of our sins and fears.”
“How many times? How many times do I have to relive this? In every age. From every angle, in every medium. And the new threats. A beating around every corner, always changing. Darker. Meaner. Cutting ever closer to the bone. My insides torn out and spread across the page, the screen, again and again and again, a vicious cycle, an existential loop… Why are you doing this to me?”
“You will be what we want you to be. What we need you to be. We need you to bear the weight of our sins and fears.”