146 | Comics | We3 (Vertigo Comics)

Morrison and Quitely's take on Homeward Bound by way of Xbox (with extra entrails)

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Timestamps

• 00:24 - A quickish story that isn't as simple as it seems - genetically modified animal killers


• 05:44 - Cool science fiction, Morrison's interpretation of animals


• 07:58 - Frank Quitely - master of sequential storytelling


• 12:49 - Dogs with surface to air missiles; severe loss of life


• 18:01 - Felt good at the end of the story?  Making this into a movie?


• 21:45 - The way other media handles animals vs. Morrison's approach


• 24:40 - There either should have been more, or less humans in the story - questions raised that never pay off

References

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  We3 is published by Vertigo Comics and is also available from ComiXology
  
  
  
  • Written by: Grant Morrison
  
  
  • Art by: Frank Quitely
  
  
  
  

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