Willworld

by J.M. DeMatteis

Book Overview

In GREEN LANTERN: WILLWORLD, an inexperienced Hal Jordan must undergo a surreal right of passage in order to fully understand and master his power ring. Waking up on a strange hallucinatory world with no recollection of making a journey, Green Lantern attempts to decipher the insanity around him while instilling justice in a mad existence. Dealing with a senseless reality, Hal is forced to learn how to focus his will, thus accessing the true, unbridled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563897822
• ISBN13: 9781563897825
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: DC Comics
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Comic

Let me start by saying I don't read many superhero titles. I picked this book up because I liked the author and loved the artist. I don't have a previous relationship with Green Lantern. At times this confused me but it also seems as though it made me more open minded to DeMatteis's bizarre treatment of this character. This book is a wonderfully surreal story. Green Lantern forgetting who he is, what world he lives in, and what powers he might have lends to a clever and lighthearted story of the discovery of a bizarre world and personal identity. The artwork is absolutely gorgeous. Seth Fisher did an amazing job some of his absolute best work. Perfect artist for this story. Fisher made this story all the more bizarre and surreal. I was extremely happy with this book and recommend it for anyone who likes comics, good storytelling, or good artwork. The artwork alone makes this a good buy, the story is a wonderful bonus.

Breathtaking World Class Seth Fisher Pencils

Now if you're looking for a comic that's worth ... dollars, then I highly recommend picking up the Green Lantern graphic novel Will World.The story involves a spectacularly surreal rite of passage that Green Lanterns (Hal Jordan here) have to go through in order to more effectively wield the power of the ring. He also recites the Alfred Bester penned Green Lantern oath at least once or twice. But the star of this show isn't the story but the incredible pencils of Seth Fisher. The only thing I might compare it to is that New York gallery level Dr. Strange annual that P. Craig Russell drew those many years ago. There are out and out homages/thefts of Man Ray, Escher, Magritte and Dali that burst from the page, not to mention the continuous suggestive ooze of Bill Plympton's animated mutations. It features a squealing zoo of bizarre images, such as: Giant Floating Heads, tiny people, people with six arms, flying carpets, flying saucers, architecture gone mad (Indian palaces mixed in with future organic skyscrapers mixed with Chinese houses standing beside a rundown tenement building, etc.) pipe smoking gorillas, zeppelins and of course Alien Grays. It has just a small touch of Moebius dappled with the sensibility of the Beatles Yellow Submarine Cartoon. It's the kind of thing that would make Windsor McKay fume with jealous anger. And that's just the first splash spread on pages 8 and 9 of this 96 page epic.Stunning stuff. Not unlike walking through a living, acid tinged dream. I mean, I don't do drugs, but there are times when you're reading or listening to something where you get the faint sense that you're missing out by not being under the influence of, well, something. Every panel screams jarring and disorienting: a floating pixie here, giant levitating heads, a Joker card that features the Joker, towering 20 story clowns with lamprey-like arms, not to mention Green Lantern's head occasionally exploding into figures of people or a great twisted swirling cacophony of alien faces and organic vinelike strands..Highly recommended. In fact, when computer pundit Robert Cringley's predicted cheap foldable plastic displays are a reality, this is the kind of art that I'd like to upload on my walls.Philip Shropshire..

A highly enjoyable ride!!!

DC presents a totally fresh view of a popular character, Hal Jordan. It opens with Hal in middle of nowhere, and totally takes you places you never have been before. You will be with Hal when you meet creatures you have never, never seen before, worlds where anything and everything is possible, and ANYTHING goes!! The art is breathtaking, colors so beautiful ... the book is worth your time!!!!!