I try to be open-minded about people, giving them the benefit of the doubt until they no longer deserve it, regardless of background. But I have to admit that there really is some satisfying violence done to disgusting 1%ers in this issue.
I'm not sure what kind of conclusion this series is drawing to, but it's going to happen tomorrow. As you can see from the cover, there's some Adam and Eve stuff going on in the series, with Damien seen as some kind of a new beginning for the remaining Un-Men.
I've been talking about the queerness of early Vertigo comics quite a bit lately. This comic certainly fits the bill, though tackles queerness slightly, but only slightly, more metaphorically than other Vertigo series. There's definitely an aspect of body-positivity to the series, of accepting the beauty within rather than concerning oneself overmuch with appearance without. More than that, it's acceptance of aspects of ourselves over which we have no control. None of the Un-Men in the series have any control over their appearance, their origin - all they want is to cease being persecuted.
Okay, so the metaphor's not so subtle, but it's also unfocussed. The metaphoric representation allows us to layer multiple meanings on Un-Men, who could represent anything from actual physical deformity to hair colour. Any instance of a person being disparaged or oppressed due to an uncontrollable physical aspect can be read in this tale of Damien Kane.
"For an instant I thought of not landing at all, but pulling up into the jet stream and staying there forever."
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