Matt Kindt Rides "Frankenstein" Into "Rotworld"

**CBR News** · 10-08-2012, 01:58 PM

Acclaimed cartoonist Matt Kindt is making his way into his first crossover as "Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E." cuts its way into "Rotworld" for an arc of Kirby-inspired mayhem, and the writer discusses learning the superhero ropes.

Full article here.

**DebkoX** · 10-08-2012, 02:05 PM

I might buy this simply because I'm following the rot.

**jgarrick** · 10-08-2012, 03:27 PM

I wasn't crazy about his first two issues, but the last two were outstanding. Frank is in good hands.

**Mr. Holmes** · 10-08-2012, 03:42 PM

This book is so underrated, especially considering all the ballyhooing Animal Man and Swamp Thing get. Hopefully Kindt can salvage Rotworld, with the crazy sci-fi direction.

**Desaad** · 10-08-2012, 03:56 PM

This book has really hit its stride under Kindt, IMHO. His first few issues had a few executional issues, but the ideas were there, and I think as of last issue we're really at a great spot.

**InformationGeek** · 10-08-2012, 04:19 PM

I'm jumping aboard for this mini-arc and then jumping off. I picked up the first trade this past summer and as good as it was, I cannot afford to keep adding any more titles, especially with the fact that I am adding 3 Marvels titles next month and 3 additional DC titles as well. Yes I know didn't do the writing for the first 9 issues, but still. Can't afford it.

**Johnny P. Sartre** · 10-08-2012, 04:24 PM

I'm really happy that Kindt is on this book and that it's getting him attention as a creator too.

Kindt, like Chris Ware, are always pushing the boundaries of comics; how we perceive the physical material (paper, book, what the comic is draw/written on) interacting with the comic medium, their eye for graphic design and always never settling for anything less than perfection.

**Mr. Holmes** · 10-08-2012, 04:25 PM

I need to start reading Mind MGMT but I've already started so many different books now, and my budget is reaching its capacity.

**vicvega** · 10-08-2012, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Holmes

I need to start reading Mind MGMT but I've already started so many different books now, and my budget is reaching its capacity.

Is there a book you can drop on your pull list? Mind MGMT is worth collecting the individual issues because it has stuff the trades won't have

**Eric Chang** · 10-08-2012, 06:56 PM

Loved the origin of the sleeveless shirt.

**Desaad** · 10-08-2012, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Johnny P. Sartre

I'm really happy that Kindt is on this book and that it's getting him attention as a creator too.

Kindt, like Chris Ware, are always pushing the boundaries of comics; how we perceive the physical material (paper, book, what the comic is draw/written on) interacting with the comic medium, their eye for graphic design and always never settling for anything less than perfection.

Indeed, the work he's doing on Mind MGMT is legitimately IMPORTANT for the medium, and his design adds such meaning and density to the work. It's leagues ahead of anything being produced, just in terms of innovation, by anyone else right now.

You can see a little of that graphic influence in his Frankenstein work, in the way he's using panels and flashbacks and the like but it's quite dulled, and it's obvious he's not putting nearly as much of himself into this book. Still, it's wild, it's fun, it's extremely creative, and it's got a lot more thought put behind it than most books out of the big 2.

My sincere hope is that, if Frankenstein is canceled as rumored, he gets put on something else ASAP, as there are a lot of titles that could benefit from his influence.

It's been very interested to see Lemire and Kindt work within the DCU, as their voices are a HUGE departure from anything else we've been getting in mainstream comics. Picking up indie writers from various publishers, notably image, has been common practice for a while now, but they tend to be genre fiction writers of a much more straightforward kind. Looking at Aaron and Hickman and Snyder you can see clear forebears, and telltale signs that their work would 'fit' in the DCU/MU. Their independent work was a combination of soap opera and action, often sci fi.

But Lemire and Kindt are of an entirely DIFFERENT school, writing deep character studies. The narratives are idiosyncratic, personal, extremely...offbeat.

I'm really quite happy to have their ilk in the mainstream, if only for the diversity.

**mmehshow** · 10-08-2012, 08:18 PM

This book better not get cancelled! C'mon peeps...read it!

**Johnny P. Sartre** · 10-08-2012, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by Desaad

Indeed, the work he's doing on Mind MGMT is legitimately IMPORTANT for the medium, and his design adds such meaning and density to the work. It's leagues ahead of anything being produced, just in terms of innovation, by anyone else right now.

You can see a little of that graphic influence in his Frankenstein work, in the way he's using panels and flashbacks and the like but it's quite dulled, and it's obvious he's not putting nearly as much of himself into this book. Still, it's wild, it's fun, it's extremely creative, and it's got a lot more thought put behind it than most books out of the big 2.

My sincere hope is that, if Frankenstein is canceled as rumored, he gets put on something else ASAP, as there are a lot of titles that could benefit from his influence.

It's been very interested to see Lemire and Kindt work within the DCU, as their voices are a HUGE departure from anything else we've been getting in mainstream comics. Picking up indie writers from various publishers, notably image, has been common practice for a while now, but they tend to be genre fiction writers of a much more straightforward kind. Looking at Aaron and Hickman and Snyder you can see clear forebears, and telltale signs that their work would 'fit' in the DCU/MU. Their independent work was a combination of soap opera and action, often sci fi.

But Lemire and Kindt are of an entirely DIFFERENT school, writing deep character studies. The narratives are idiosyncratic, personal, extremely...offbeat.

I'm really quite happy to have their ilk in the mainstream, if only for the diversity.

It's definitely ahead and interested in advancing the comic medium. I don't know you seen Ware's new work but it's definitely pushing the medium and how we perceive how comics are being told, http://www.amazon.com/Building-Stori...uckduckgo-d-20. It's definitely worth your time an money.

It's great seeing indie creators being put out in the mainstream eye. Not only do they get the benefit of getting more people interested in them, it also provides a new direction and new view on stories and characters we never thought could be possible. From Kindt's eye for graphics and interaction with the physical medium with the reader to Lemire's deep character driven (as strong as Milligan and Campbell's characterizations) stories to Mieville's uncanny ability to mash multiple genres together and do it in a seamless and thoughtful way. It's great seeing these creators work their magic and further showing that we have so much ground to cover still in the comic medium.

To quote the late and great Harvey Pekar, "Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures" and we're starting to see creators, mainstream and independent, taking that quote and taking comics to a whole new level.

God, that was hard to type out. wee drunk right now