That denseness, it’s like a master-class after you’ve already studied the subject for the last 4 school semesters. Unfortunately, the strengths of Nameless are also its flaws.

If that kind of mental challenge is your thing, Nameless may be for you. It’s a deep meditation on the nature of the world. I initially thought it was straightforward horror, but it’s not. This is serious philosophy and you need to be ready for it. And it jumps around, too, so keep you thinking cap on. This comic book is dense: dense with imagery and symbolism, dense with information, dense with ideas. That’s all the story I can really discuss. But it’s no ordinary asteroid, and it may be directly related to the problems planet-side. They need him to accompany them on a mission to space to stop a massive asteroid from crashing into Earth. Without giving too much away, the protagonist is rescued from his pursuers, but his rescuers have been looking for him. This man is an expert in certain occult lore that’s about to come in really handy. Cut to our protagonist stealing an artifact from ancient ruins, then running through a swamp while being chased by some kind of fish people. To start things off, we see that something strange is going on in the world, as several people are shown suddenly killing their entire families and writing strange words on the walls with their blood. I enjoyed it, but the reader needs keep an open mind. It’s confusing and weird and fascinating. It’s part horror, part psychological thriller, part mystery, part adventure, part a lot of things (not for kids, though). Nameless, by Grant Morrison is not a conventional comic book. Better than calling it “Bob.” Who would buy that?

Nameless by Grant Morrison