Grant Morrison's THE INVISIBLES (what is it?)

[@logos728]

I've read The Invisibles end to end five times every time I get something different from it. The last time all I could see was the repeating patterns. This book does stuff to you on a subatomic level. It's a master class in comic reading for sure.

[@leemullen433]

I re-read the whole thing every year, just magic.

[@ImperiusRex]

YES!

[@holograMMarXIV]

17:39 Dhat BOLLAИD kover mʌst hav byn “after” æ pajntiŋg by Henry Fuseli kalled “Dhe Nightmaяe” (1781), æ favoяite ov H∵F∵ Lovekraft's. Dhe pikture'z kompozition iz sertainly yn keepiŋg widh Misteя Kwimper'z lovekraftian natuяe.

[@Odd_Combo]

Mike Colbert The beauty of Chaos Magick!

[@stevegoodson9022]

First read it years ago while I was hunting for comics which weren't just superheros in lycra wih soap opera plots. Had my TPBs stolen so I bought the same collected edition in the video, shortly after that I had a massive stroke which left me comatose for a month and took out half my visual field. After a lot of rehab and a few years of neuroplasticity I'm close to the point where I feel like I can read it again, not going to let myself die till I've read the whole thing at least once more. Best work of fiction I've ever read, comic or otherwise, it's impossible to convey the depth, complexity and emotional resonance, it's like watching a game of 18-dimensional chess where the pieces keep changing colours and morphing into each other. Would love to see the people who made the 'Legion' TV series take a crack at adapting it.

[@deadlegs187]

It starts at the old flats down my road. I thought when I was younger that it was made for me to help me see past what was infont of me ( poverty and crime ) I'll never forget Grant for reaching me when I was in a bad place.

[@ImperiusRex]

Awesome to hear! (no the poverty and crime of course) But the overcoming these hardships and being inspired to become a better person through a work of literature!

[@BaronUnderbite]

The Invisibles directly influenced The Matrix as well as Stranger Things. Stranger Things even includes a whole episode homage to The Invisibles (those that know, know exactly which episode i am talking about).

[@ImperiusRex]

Yep. The one everyone hated. But I loved the call outs to Barbolith and Tom o’Bedlam and King Mob.

[@blairhaffly1777]

Thanks for the review. I've been rereading this book since the 90s. I still haven't convinced anyone else to read it.

[@hermanessences]

I just love The Invisibles, I've read it probably 4-5 times. ^^

[@stephanie2120]

The correlations to what is actually happening in the world are overwhelming.

[@ImperiusRex]

Baby Doll agreed. Watchmen has the same chilling comparisons today as well.

[@calumfoster-bayliss7122]

my favorite comic. an initiation. after reading it ...it plays on in your mind and changes you on a subconscious level. It connects with the reader on such a deep level. This is the only comic that has fundamentally changed me as an adult.

[@myconiusmaximus1022]

this was such an excellent video of the Invisibles. i'd started watching it about 2 or so weeks ago, but stopped a quarter the way in. read the Invisibles and now came back and watched the entire video. it's made me appreciate what i just read all the more. definitely going to re-read this series again some time. not TOO too soon. need to let my brain cool off first.

[@ImperiusRex]

Myconius Maximus nice work Maximus!

[@myconiusmaximus1022]

Thank you! shared the video with some friends as well. this is one of my new favorite channels on youtube! definitely keep the Morrison content coming! :D

[@megamob5834]

The book was designed as a “super sigil”. It seems to affect reality in strange synchronistic ways every time I read it. I’ve leant the first volume to a couple friends, neither of whom could bring themselves to read on after having these strange, far too specific coincidences while reading. But I love that stuff. Clearly I’m a fan 😜 Edit: also, great overview. I appreciate that you “did your homework” while reading it. I had a similar approach on my first read. Took me months to finish and lead me down some very strange and wonderful rabbit holes.

[@haggridhinglehorn]

Haha you're here too! I just finished the series today, finally! Took me over a year... But I'm starting over tomorrow. Cheers

[@megamob5834]

@@haggridhinglehorn LOL another one of those synchronicities my friend! 😜

[@dimifisher]

Wow, i wrote a review on Amazon saying that i believe there is key hidden in the series!

[@ChessMastery]

Great video, just what I was looking for! Deserves a lot more than 400 views.

[@ImperiusRex]

Chess Mastery thanks for the cheers Chess!

[@deckarde4919]

This is a new comment on an old video but from what I've glanced of this, the beginning at least, is very much taken from Michael Moorcocks Jerry Cornelius stories. The first Cornelius story begins very similarly to this.

[@ImperiusRex]

It's never to late to start again! ;) Keep an eye out- we have plans for more Invisibles coverage later this year...

[@abrahanrodriguez9003]

Okay I’ll read it

[@psybranet]

The internet reigns supreme

[@catfancy1708]

just found this video, the shaman king must have been the inspiration for the one in American horror story , I never knew about the link to the matrix , so thanks :)

[@JusTin-me3gm]

How many comics are in this series and where do you buy all of them

[@ImperiusRex]

I think there are about 60-70 issues. All part of one on-going story. I have the omnibus, which would be the easiest way to buy them: www.amazon.com/Invisibles-Various/dp/1401234593/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+invisibles+grant+morrison&qid=1552668132&s=gateway&sr=8-2 They also released them in 4-smaller chunks for easier reading.

[@ImperiusRex]

Just realized the omni is super expensive right now... best bet would be to get the 4-trades, starting here: www.amazon.com/Invisibles-Book-One-Grant-Morrison/dp/1401267955/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+invisibles+grant+morrison&qid=1552668227&s=gateway&sr=8-1

[@klab2021]

order them from your local comic book shop.

[@gustavogarcia9713]

What a great video! I love invisibles so much more now. Thanks!

[@marianesingson1333]

Definitely an underappreciated title. It's also sad that it's difficult to come by where I'm from. It took me 4 years to finally find ONE stock of volume 2 on the shelves. Literally only one for every volume I find. I only need the 3rd one now so i can finally comprehend the 4th one on my 3rd read through. 😂 I never get tired of re-reading them though and I found a few original prints from the 90s by dust diving in an old antique shop.

[@ImperiusRex]

Mariane Peanutbutter where are you from? Have you tried online? I know DC reprinted them recently.

[@marianesingson1333]

@@ImperiusRex Oh that's probably how I got a hold of one book recently haha. I'm from the PH. The shipping fees are ridiculous but even if I ask my local bookstore to order it, It still usually doesn't happen 😂

[@ImperiusRex]

@@marianesingson1333 I cannot even begin to comprehend how you could read this out of order... it's enough of a mindtrip in chronological order.

[@marianesingson1333]

@@ImperiusRex Taking the plot aside there's still A LOT that can be taken from each individual dialogue and stories. I guess that's what I love about it. It's like a new experience everytime I read again. 😂

[@ImperiusRex]

@@marianesingson1333 Absolutely. Every read is different. You're making me want to read it again...

[@fad23]

Since you've got the omnibus behind you, I hope you found the invisible content on the cover! I read the book many times as it was released. The letter column was a cool place to hang out. You can find a PDF of the whole thing out there. Lots of references in the whole book. I'm not sure the Wachowskis owe anything more to Invisibles as Invisibles owes to its references. Of course Matrix had millions.

[@chatur_boy]

Great video guys!

[@ImperiusRex]

Thanks! Glad to see our Invisibles vid is garnering some views! This is a favorite series of mine that doesn't get enough recognition!

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

También fui al consulado de Korea, ese día creo que cerraron temprano, pero por telepatía me dijeron que si me acogeriian por un tiempo hasta ver la situación, y cierto compromiso compromiso con satán. Pero juzgue que abría reticencia para los otros tres boletos que les pediría.

[@bassgod47]

Just picked up the omnibus off Kijiji for $20. Pretty sure the guy had no idea what he was selling. Popped in here to get your thoughts on whether I should sell it or not

[@ImperiusRex]

Treasure it. Read it. Re-read it. And love it forever.

[@bassgod47]

@@ImperiusRex *Sigh* okay fine I guess so

[@gocpng4699]

8:37 Sound Familiar?

[@jaredbaldon852]

has tony read this yet and if so what did he think?

[@ImperiusRex]

Hmmm... I'll have to ask him. First off- who's Tony? Second... I'm sure A Tony has read it.

[@jaredbaldon852]

@@ImperiusRex so apparently Tony and Troy look kind of similar on my phone screen. Should have gone with my first impulse which was to write "So the has the guy who doesn't like to wear a dress...."

[@ImperiusRex]

jared baldon “... on camera.”

[@holograMMarXIV]

"Dhey/re grrrreat!" - Tony dhe Tiger

[@terrancem7804]

I enjoyed your video so much. I am subscribing to your awesomeness

[@ImperiusRex]

Thanks Terrance! Glad to have you!

[@OggyisCool]

The last volume drove me fucking mad

[@mikepratt6481]

I definitely need to reread this a lot more often. It's been way too long! I reread DOOM PATROL every year so I may be overdue for a little INVISIBLES injection!

[@ImperiusRex]

"And in the end, we begin again..."

[@ronaldraygun8007]

not too mention the entire plot of matrix was stolen from a scientist's theory. not that it's a big deal, just a point. great films.

[@ImperiusRex]

Oh for sure. Matrix rocks. It's just a shame that Morrison feels burned about not getting credit.

[@joshuaa7223]

An amazing book

[@skankmcgank]

I was trying to explain it in a nutshell to a coworker in an attempt to convince him to read it. Failed.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Les decía.. el día ese de la bolsa de carne, fui a pedir asilo, al consulado honorario de Rusia, por cierto ese día se quedó algo que amó, y merece estar conmigo.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Tengo la foto del libro que firme al entrar al fraccionamiento.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Había una camioneta de PET Co, fuera los trabajadores son testigos.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

A los mismo que ustedes me iban a entregar si no hubiera llegado Superman jejeje

[@lohankarachay476]

13:26 / enters add ... Whatever it is, I am buying! Ps: I've watched this video like 5 or 7 times, and read the comics 3 or 4 times... Weird not seen my comment here.

[@effrin999]

So, hey. 1 or both of you guys were behind the channel on JustinDOTtv back in the day? Weird to SEE any of you but good. Weird and good. lol

[@ImperiusRex]

As far as we know, neither of us were associated with JustinDOTtv, either back in the day, or any day. To the best of our knowledge. Perhaps one of us is living a secret life.

[@effrin999]

Imperius Rex i stand corrected

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Ese día le conté que yo ya me había inmunizado del ricino, de la bella higuera.

[@dimifisher]

Invisibles Transmetropolitan Planetary Watchmen Slaine the Horned god Savage sword of conan (best comics in the history of comics)

[@0oidiedinatimemachineo024]

Transmetropolitan is so fucking good!

[@manarayofhope2374]

i read the book dave in 2014 what a ride and as we all knew THE RIDE NEVER ENDS

[@ImperiusRex]

manarayofhope23 got that right. If I could convince Troy to read it for the show I’d read it a third time no questions asked.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Say you want a revolution¡

[@Camel76]

Review Flex Mentallo

[@ImperiusRex]

Camel76 I’ve been wanting to for some time. Hopefully this year!

[@Camel76]

mindlessones.com/2012/04/10/whatever-happened-to-the-mentallium-man-of-tomorrow/

[@ImperiusRex]

I remember reading this article years ago. Flex is a great book. Def a lot to chew on for an episode.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Con la foto de entrada , no les abrían creído nada.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Ya duerme Toñito.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Así que estoy a mano con Superman.

[@Airdathegamer]

I swear on whatever you find holy: 9:17 when you’re talking about magic and your cat comes in my cat walked in on me watching this. I fucking swear. I know Morrison’s ideas on magic are more symbolic than “real” but so many weird things happen around his work. WTF man!

[@ImperiusRex]

Did we just create a sigil?

[@dimifisher]

@@ImperiusRex sigil is an abstract symbol that combines the words of a thought or a wish that you want to manifest in your reality, you charge it with your energy and then let it go and never bother with it again

[@thirdratecontent585]

I loved the invisibles.. tho I never understood why naughty by nature were the rap crew mentioned over and over again? The Wu tang clan were the ones who should have been used. In some ways Grant Morrison had no clue.. thanks.. also one of my favourite authors Micheal Morecock hates his guts😂

[@ImperiusRex]

Yeah- Morrison is divisive, but he offers so much weirdness, how can you not just accept it and buckle in for the ride of your life?

[@thirdratecontent585]

Imperius Rex Like I said I love the invisibles and have read it about 4 times. I just meant the Wu Tang Clan perfectly match the weirdness of the invisibles (liquid swords and bobby digital in particular) check out the tracks unspoken word or 4th chamber and you’ll see what I mean. I shouldn’t really have said G Morrison has no clue(because he clearly does)👍

[@ImperiusRex]

No worries- I'm the one who has no clue when it comes to Wu Tang Clan. I'll need to dig into their tracks it if they've got some Morrison-type references! Thanks for the heads up!

[@thirdratecontent585]

Imperius Rex kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX20kqt9edNrf5Y check this out for starters 👍

[@ImperiusRex]

Great suggestion! Thanks!

[@holograMMarXIV]

17:39 Dhat BOLLAИD kover mʌst hav byn “after” æ pajntiŋg by Henry Fuseli kalled “Dhe Nightmaяe” (1781), æ favoяite ov H∵F∵ Lovekraft's. Dhe pikture'z kompozition iz sertainly yn keepiŋg widh Misteя Kwimper'z lovekraftian natuяe.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Por cierto me fue negado el asilo al igual que el de Japón.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

En escalera de lealdades fui primero a España, luego Japón (el vulgo no lo entiende Madona) y ideológicamente y con fuerza suficiente Rusia, no quería que se dijese que no era yo congruente con la s valores.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Y eso que mi título de médico ya había sido homologado en la madre patria .

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

I made a comment yesterday and it was deleted today, I think it will not be long before they take this channel away from me again, it is a monserga at least they have not hit me anymore, whatever I comment was that there is a similar of the antagonists of these "antiheroes" such as what they call hunting, and as in practice they send hounds, and then surround the prey and then kill it at close range and display it as a trophy.

[@mannyramirez5630]

Idk why you'd spoil something, I hope it's not a big deal :(

[@ImperiusRex]

Manny Ramirez the whole video is a spoiler.

[@mannyramirez5630]

@@ImperiusRex I stopped watching after the first spoiler, I was looking for reviews or a basic plot intro to see if it was good, came across this video and the idea of recommending something to a friend seems like it should be spoiler free

[@ImperiusRex]

@@mannyramirez5630 Yeah, you'd think so... but we tend to spoil everything we talk about on the show, in order to get a deeper conversation going. Apologies. It's worth a read though if you are interested

[@markbyers9762]

Dave, you need to read the proof first. Or lower the key cards

[@ImperiusRex]

Just because I wrote the proof, doesn't mean I have to read it.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

PD la leakdad de Korea fue porque se que les iba a ser útil yo.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Todavía no tenía la "hada reconstituida" ni me había percatado de que nuestras bombas son muy parecidas.

[@abrahanrodriguez9003]

¿Que?

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Si al principio hubiera ido con los gringos me hubiesen ayudado o no, solo por pasar a su embajada la mitad de sus estados estarían fritos, pues habrían tenido éxito en incriminarlos.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Eran Los siguientes en la escala de lealdades, porque algunos de mis allegados tienen tal nacionalidad.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

5:39 WTF?

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Se insemino su esposa en una clínica aquí en Guadalajara .

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Y el de España.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Y como ya les dije en lo que a mí respecta 💰habla.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Jiote también el avatar de los blatidos, creo que el operabs a todos desde ese de agujero, yo investigaría si el semen con que se insemino aquí era de el, ya que en ese tiempo anduve con Gl0ri@ y todo el tiempo use barrera, y de r0bles el de las varas.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

Pero quiero decirles que ahora me importa una 💩 sí alguien paga mi lealdades ahí me largo ipso Facto.

[@aurayahu9826]

Intros should be banned from KZbin.

[@dr.fabriciogerardoacevespl5390]

:P

[@BrettOG]

The Matrix was first pitched in 1994.........

[@ImperiusRex]

Which is when Invisibles launched. I'm sure it isn't the sole inspiration behind the movie, but I think there are quite a few visual elements that line up...

[@cristianfabian3432]

subtitles in spanish plisss!!! u.u