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Alan Moore Stephen Bissette & John Totleben Alan Moore Stephen Bissette & John Totleben 1 Saga o čudovištu iz močvare www.fibra.hr | www.stripovi.com SwampThing_Knjiga_1_KB.indd 1 18.01.13. 10:15:55 ČUDOVIŠTE IZ MOČVARE knjiga prva SAGA O ČUDOVIŠTU IZ MOČVARE Piše Alan Moore | Crtaju Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Dan Day, Rick Veitch | Boja Tatjana Wood | Kaligrafija John Constanza, Todd Klein | Naslovnice izvorne serije Tom Yeates, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben | Bojila naslovnice izvorne serije Tatjana Wood | Čudovište iz močvare stvorili su Len Wein i Berni Wrightson. Izdavač Naklada Fibra d.o.o. | Glavni urednik Marko Šunjić | Prijevod i redaktura Darko Macan | dizajn i prilagodba dizajna Melina Mikulić, Plavi dabar | Prijelom i priprema za tisak Marko Šunjić ISBN 978-953-321-104-6 Published under License from DC Comics SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING BOOK ONE Published by DC Comics. Foreword Copyright © 1987 Ramsey Campbell. All Rights Reserved. Cover, introduction and compilation Copyright © 2009 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved. Originally published as THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING 20-27. Copyright © 1983, 1984 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved. Zagreb, veljača 2013. SwampThing_Knjiga_1_KB.indd 2 18.01.13. 10:15:55 SADRŽAJ Uvod Lena Weina 4 Predgovor Ramseyja Campbella 7 uvod alana moorea 10 Prvo poglavlje Nezavršene priče 15 Iz The Saga of the Swamp Thing #20, siječanj 1984. Priča Alan Moore | Crtež Dan Day Tuš John Totleben | Naslovnica Tom Yeates Drugo poglavlje Sat anatomije 41 Iz The Saga of the Swamp Thing #21, veljača 1984. Priča Alan Moore | Crtež Stephen Bissette i Rick Veitch Tuš John Totleben | Naslovnica Tom Yeates Treće poglavlje Preplavljeni 67 Iz The Saga of the Swamp Thing #22, ožujak 1984. Priča Alan Moore | Crtež Stephen Bissette Tuš John Totleben | Naslovnica Tom Yeates Četvrto poglavlje Novi zeleni svijet 91 Iz The Saga of the Swamp Thing #23, travanj 1984. Priča Alan Moore | Crtež Stephen Bissette Tuš John Totleben | Naslovnica Tom Yeates Peto poglavlje Korijeni 117 Iz The Saga of the Swamp Thing #24, svibanj 1984. Priča Alan Moore | Crtež Stephen Bissette | Tuš John Totleben Crtež naslovnice Stephen Bissette | Tuš naslovnice Tom Yeates Šesto poglavlje San razuma ... 143 Iz The Saga of the Swamp Thing #25, lipanj 1984. Priča Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette i John Totleben Crtež Stephen Bissette | Tuš John Totleben Crtež naslovnice Stephen Bissette | Tuš naslovnice John Totleben Sedmo poglavlje ... vrijeme bijega ... 169 Iz The Saga of the Swamp Thing #26, srpanj 1984. Priča Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette i John Totleben Crtež Stephen Bissette i Rick Veitch | Tuš John Totleben Crtež naslovnice Stephen Bissette | Tuš naslovnice John Totleben Osmo poglavlje ... demonom gonjena! 195 Iz The Saga of the Swamp Thing #27, kolovoz 1984. Priča Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette i John Totleben Crtež Stephen Bissette i Rick Veitch | Tuš John Totleben Crtež naslovnice Stephen Bissette | Tuš naslovnice John Totleben Biografije 222 SwampThing_Knjiga_1_KB.indd 3 18.01.13. 10:15:58 EVO ME DOMA Svojevrstan uvod roslavljeni američki pisac romana i drama Thomas Wolfe jednom Pje napisao čuveni naslov "Nema povratka domu". Odat ću vam jednu malu tajnu. Gospodin Wolfe se tu, da istinu kažem, prilično izbrabonjao. U "Smrti najamnog radnika" legendarni je dobitnik Pulitzerove nagrade, pjesnik Robert Frost napisao "Dom je mjesto gdje te, kada dođeš, moraju primiti". Vjerujte mi kad vam kažem da je to puno bliže istini. Ali dajte i da vam protumačim. U jesen 1970. živio sam u Levittownu, savezna država New York, i pisao kratke zagonetne priče za uvijek ugodnoga Joea Orlanda, urednika takvih jezovitih naslova kao što su Kuća zagonetki i Kuća tajni. Vozio sam se podzemnom, na putu za jedan od mojih tadašnjih tjednih sastanaka s Joeom, kad li sam shvatio da mu nemam što predložiti. Nijedne zamisli za priču. Ništa. Kao svaki pravi očajni profesionalac, do trenutka kad sam ušao u ured skockao sam priču iz bliske prošlosti, pripovijest o znanstveniku koje- ga je ubio ljubomorni najbolji prijatelj, a oživjela močvara u kojoj mu je tijelo ostavljeno da trune, kako bi mogao poći po osvetu. Do dana današnjeg, čak i kad bi mi život ovisio od toga da se sjetim odakle se u tako kratkom roku rodila ta zamisao, ne bi vam preostalo ništa do da me postavite uza zid i pružite mi povez za oči. No, Joe je vrlo rado kupio zamisao i ja sam se hitro dao na posao. Priču sam spominjao kao "to čudovište iz močvare na kojem radim" i kad je kucnuo čas da se smisli naslov, ime je ostalo. Čudovište iz močvare. Na nekoj zabavi toga mjeseca upitao sam moga staroga druga (i crtač- ku zvijezdu u nastajanju) Bernija Wrightsona bi li bio voljan nacrtati tu priču i bilo mi je drago kad je na to pristao. Bili smo na dobru putu. Kad se 92. broj Kuće tajni u travnju 1971. pojavio na kioscima, postao je najprodavaniji DC-jev strip toga mjeseca, nadišavši čak i takve face kao što su Superman, Batman ili Wonder Woman. Kao oštrouman poslovni čovjek tadašnji je DC-jev direktor, sjajni crtač Carmine Infantino, smjesta predložio Berniju i meni da kratku priču pretvori- mo u stalnu seriju. No, kako smo bili mladi, iznimno blesavi i prilično puni sebe, Berni i ja smo odbili. Baš ta nam je kratka priča obojici bila prirasla srcu iz osobnih razloga i nismo to htjeli umanjiti komercija- liziravši je. (Znam, znam. Čujte, pa rekao sam vam da smo bili mladi i blesavi.) Srećom, nakon godinu dana sam iznenada shvatio da ne moramo nastavljati izvornu priču, već možemo početi isponova, pa smo Berni, Joe i ja to i učinili. Prvi broj Čudovišta iz močvare pojavio se na kioscima u kolovozu 1972. i postigao trenutačan uspjeh pa smo se nekoliko idućih godina Berni i ja sjajno zabavljali. Napučili smo svijet Aleca Hollanda takvim 4 ∙ čudovište iz močvare SwampThing_Knjiga_1_KB.indd 4 18.01.13. 10:15:59 sjajnim sporednim likovima kao što su nenadmašni ludi znanstvenik Anton Arcane, njegova prelijepa nećakinja Abigail, okorjeli savezni agent Matt Cable, te asortimanom najgnusobnijih, najgrotesknijih i jednostavno najveličanstvenijih nemani koje uopće možete zamisliti. Nakon deset spektakularnih brojeva, Berni je odlučio otići sa stripa. Ja sam ustrajao još tri broja, radeći s iznimnim filipinskim crtačem Ne st o- rom Redondom, dok nisam shvatio da se bez Bernija ni ja ne za bav­­ljam, pa sam i sâm napustio naslov. Vrijedni DC-jevci su pokušali održati strip na životu, prvo uz pomoć scenarista Davida Michelinija, a onda moga staroga cimera i prijatelja Gerryja Conwaya, ali zakon pada jućih prinosa je prevagnuo i, nakon još otprilike desetak bro je va, Čudovište iz močvare je milosrdno poslano u veliku nebesku antikvarnicu. Gdje je moglo i ostati da scenarist/redatelj Wes Craven - koji se pro- slavio Posljednjom kućom nalijevo te Stravom u Ulici brijestova – nije od- lučio Čudovište iz močvare pretvoriti u dugometražni film. Bilo je to 1982., a ja sam se – nakon nekoliko godina prevedenih u Marvelu (gdje sam, između ostalih, stvorio onoga kanadskog mutan- ta s kandžama od adamantija) –vratio u DC gdje sam pisao nekoliko naslova i uređivao niz drugih. Kad sam čuo za Wesov plan, pošao sam do tadašnje DC-jeve direktorice Jenette Kahn, kako bih joj predložio da bi uz film o Čudovištu iz močvare vjerojatno, kao potpora, trebao postojati i strip o Čudovištu iz močvare. Iako nisam bio voljan novu inkarnacaiju pisati sam, Jenette je pristala, a ja sam se dao u potragu za kreativnom momčadi. Za pisca sam cimnuo moga dobrog prijatelja Martina Paska (koji će mi uslugu poslije uzvratiti odvukavši me, dok sam se ja batrgao i urlao, u pisanje scenarija za crtane serije tako što mi je dodijelio moju prvu epizodu Batmana: Animirane serije, dobitnice nagrade Emmy). Za crtača sam izabrao jednog od prominentnijih diplomaca Joe Kubertove Škole za strip i ilustraciju, nadarenoga Toma Yeatesa. Momčad je bila oku- pljena i bili smo spremni, štono kažu, zaružiti. Vješto vođena Martyjevim i Tomovim rukama (uz dva broja koja je napisao Dan Mishkin), Saga o Čudovištu iz močvare je kroz devetnaest brojeva povela Močvarka na posve novu hrpu pustolovina, uvevši nove sporedne likove kao što su Dennis Barclay i Liz Tremayne, kao i nove neprijatelje, naročito generala Averyja Carltona Sunderlanda, čiji će napori u razotkrivanju tajne Čudovišta iz močvare na koncu dovesti do preporoda te svima omiljene i blatom skorene karikature čovjeka. Kad je Marty nakon devetnaestoga broja odlučio otići, bio sam na sto muka, trseći se naći jednako dobroga pisca koji bi ga zamijenio. Iscrpivši sve dostupne mogućnosti (a nije ih, iskreno, baš ni bilo puno) s ove strane Atlantika, bacio sam pogled preko bare u Veliku Britaniju, gdje sam naročito pratio rad mla- dog pisca čiji su radovi u britanskim tjednicima kao što su 2000 AD i Warrior, činilo mi se, nadvisivali sve druge. Taj se momak zvao Alan Moore. 5 SwampThing_Knjiga_1_KB.indd 5 18.01.13. 10:15:59 Ne sjećam se više kako sam došao do Alanova telefonskoga broja, ali zvrcnuo sam ga (kako to oni ondje kažu) i predstavio se. Alan je istoga časa poklopio slušalicu. Ponovo sam ga nazvao i nekoliko iscrpljuju- ćih minuta ga uvjeravao da zaista jesam onaj koji kažem da jesam, a ne neki njegov frend koji ga je odlučio okrutno zeznuti. Kad me Alan najposlije prihvatio za stvarnog, ponudio sam mu Čudovište iz močvare. Rekao je da će razmisliti i nazvati me. Nekoliko dana poslije, Alan me nazvao kako bi mi rekao o čemu je razmišljao. Pitao me slažem li se, i kao urednik i kao tvorac lika, da on unese neke izmjene u staroga Močvarka. Kad sam čuo što kani, svesrdno sam prihvatio, a tebe, sretni čitatelju, na idućim stranicama, čekaju prvi dozreli plodovi sjemenja koje je Alan tad posadio. Do toga je trenutka, također treba spomenuti, nadareni Tom Yeates prepustio mjesto dvojici svojih asistenata, Steveu Bissetteu i Johnu Totlebenu.
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