Eddy Current is a twelve issues comic-book series created in 1987 by Ted McKeever and published by Mad Dog Graphics.
Ted McKeever is an award-winning American comics artist known for his dark, distorted, and highly stylized art style.
McKeever first professional work appeared in 1987, when he published the first five parts of his unfinished series Transit (Vortex Comics), establishing his trademark style. This was followed in 1987-1988 by his 12-part series Eddy Current (Mad Dog Graphics). This "12-hour book" centers on an escapee from an asylum. Obsessed with the exploits of the superhero "The Amazing Broccoli," Eddy buys a mail-order battery-powered "Dynamic Fusion Suit" and sets out to save the world. The work is quintessential McKeever: darkly humorous, showing an "ordinary" person caught up in extra-ordinary events. Some of the characters in Eddy Current reappear in Metropol and other later works, similarly from Transit. This series was nominated for the Eisner Awards for Best Single-Issue (#1), Best Black-and-White Series, Best New Series, and Best Artist (for McKeever) for 1988.
His five-parter Plastic Forks (Epic, 1990) explored the world of animal experimentation, albeit in a surreal and comical way.
Metropol (Epic 1991-1992) is an epic story of the fight between angels and demons, but set in a modern industrial landscape. An apocalyptic work in which non-entity Jasper Notochord becomes involved in a surreal fight between the forces of good and evil.
The Extremist (Vertigo, 1993), a four-parter written by Peter Milligan, tells the tale of a woman who finds that her husband had a secret life, which she discovers upon his death. Her investigations lead her into a shocking world of extreme sex and violence.[1]
Recently, McKeever has produced a number of works exploring alternative realities within the world of DC superhero comics. With Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, he has produced an Elseworlds trilogy: Superman's Metropolis, Batman: Nosferatu and Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon, all retellings of the DC mythos.
McKeever's artistic style is dark, distorted, and far less clean than many of his contemporaries. In addition to Milligan and Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, McKeever has collaborated with comics creators Dave Gibbons and writer and singer Lydia Lunch. His most recent work Enginehead (DC, 2004), was written by Joe Kelly.
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《Eddy Current》在人物塑造方面,也展现出了相当的功力。书中的角色,并非是脸谱化的好人或坏人,而是充满了人性的复杂性和多面性。他们的动机,他们的纠结,他们的选择,都显得那么真实,那么 relatable。我甚至能在某些角色身上看到自己的影子,或者看到我身边人的某种特质。这种代入感,让我对故事的投入度大大提升。当我读到某个角色面临艰难抉择时,我甚至会替他们捏一把汗,或者为他们的境遇感到同情。作者并没有简单地评判他们的对错,而是将他们的行为置于特定的情境下,让读者自己去体会和判断。这种不加干涉的态度,反而更能引发读者内心的思考和反思。
评分初读《Eddy Current》的开头,我便被一种难以言喻的氛围所包裹,它不像那种劈头盖脸的直接,而是像一位老友在低语,将你缓缓引入一个精心布置的场景。作者的遣词造句,有着一种不动声色的力量,能够轻易地在脑海中勾勒出画面,甚至能感受到空气的温度和细微的气味。我常常会在阅读时停下来,回味刚刚读过的句子,试图从中捕捉更深层次的含义。这种阅读体验,让我感觉自己并非一个旁观者,而是置身其中,与书中人物一同呼吸,一同经历。书中的细节描绘,比如一个微不足道的动作,一个瞬间的情绪波动,都被作者捕捉得淋漓尽致,这让我对作者的观察力佩服不已。我喜欢这种循序渐进的叙事方式,它给了我足够的时间去消化,去理解,去感受。它就像一张细密的网,一点点地将我笼罩,让我心甘情愿地沉浸其中,而无法自拔。
评分《Eddy Current》这本书,给我最直观的感受就是它在叙事上的“留白”。作者似乎并没有刻意去填满每一个角落,而是留下了一些想象的空间,让读者可以根据自己的阅历和理解去填补。这种做法,一方面可能会让一些习惯于清晰明了叙事的读者感到些许困惑,但对我来说,却是一种极大的乐趣。它鼓励我去思考,去猜测,去构建属于自己的理解。书中的某些段落,读起来就像是在品一杯陈年的老酒,初尝可能有些微涩,但回味无穷。它考验着读者的耐心和投入度,但一旦你真正投入进去,你就会发现它所带来的回报是多么丰厚。我喜欢这种不被完全告知的阅读体验,它让我感觉自己不仅仅是在被动地接受信息,而是在主动地参与创造。
评分这本《Eddy Current》的书脊设计就吸引了我,那种低调却又透露着一股沉静的力量,让我好奇封面之下究竟隐藏着怎样的故事。拿到书的那一刻,它的纸张触感就让我感到安心,一种略带磨砂的质感,似乎预示着内容也并非是那种浮于表面的轻快读物。翻开扉页,印刷清晰,字迹也十分赏心悦目,这对于长时间阅读的人来说,无疑是一个加分项。我喜欢那种在书页间游走的感觉,文字的疏密、段落的划分,都在无声地引导着读者的情绪。这本书在这一点上做得很好,阅读起来非常流畅,不会有那种阻滞感,仿佛作者在一笔一划间都为读者考虑周全。我尤其期待它能在某个时刻,如同平静湖面上的涟漪,激起我内心深处某种共鸣。那种期待,就像是在黎明前等待第一缕阳光穿透黑暗,是一种混合着好奇与不安的兴奋。我希望它能带我进入一个全新的世界,或者以一种全新的视角审视我所熟悉的世界。
评分这本书的节奏控制得非常有张力。有的地方,文字如同奔腾的河流,一股脑地倾泻而出,将读者裹挟着向前;而有的地方,又像静止的湖面,每一个字都仿佛经过了精心的打磨,散发着沉静的光辉。这种强烈的对比,使得阅读过程充满了惊喜和变化,不会让人感到单调乏味。作者在处理情节的推进上,也显得十分老练,总能在恰当的时候抛出一些线索,引人入胜,又能在关键时刻戛然而止,吊足人的胃口。我常常在阅读时,会不自觉地加快速度,想要知道接下来会发生什么,但同时又会放慢脚步,生怕错过任何一个细微的伏笔。这种在紧张与舒缓之间的巧妙切换,让我欲罢不能。
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