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4.25 stars. I had had read these first 5 issues as the singles were coming out. Liked it so much I grabbed the trade for this and volume 2. Been awhile so I figured I’d reread vol 1 in preparation for vol 2. Story was still as good as I remembered it. Our main character, Cole is recruited by this Department of Truth. They snuff out big conspiracies before they get out and become real in the public’s psyche. Very intriguing, dark, creepy and the rough looking art fits it all perfectly. See the si...
Although I think no one should believe deeply in conspiracy theories, they are continuously fascinating through the fictional tales that sprung from films and movies, not matter how fun or outlandish they are. At the very least, when you think of The X-Files or The Matrix, they can make you think, but first and foremost, they should entertain. Going into The Department of Truth, which makes the Image debut of writer James Tynion IV, he is about applying the horror twist to the whole idea of cons...
This was quite ambitious in scope and execution and turned out to be exactly what I was hoping it would turn out to be. Conspiracies and secret organizations working in the shadow to hide a mind-boggling truth? Count me in. The abstract and blurry artwork work perfectly with the cryptic reality-bending narrative. There's a lot of pieces that needed to be set before getting to the juicy part but the following volume will surely have the task to push this world's axis to unexpected frontiers.Yours...
BRILLIANT The premise of this book is wild.It directly incorporates qanon, flat earth, birthers, alex jones, and spins a wild metaphysical story about dark forces spreading lies, and how sometimes when enough people believe lies, they start to become true.But then, there’s this curveball where some of the “truths” that currently exist started off as lies, and it’s like... so smart, because this book is about our worldIt’s one of the craziest and most ambitious stories I’ve read in a while
This book is dangerous: like Fight Club dangerous.It's dangerous because, while I think I have a handle on Tynion's opinions and goals with the story, it is very ripe for misinterpretation. Anything that is delving into the philosophies of truth and perception has to walk a fine line to make sure its point is made without detouring readers into dangerous territory. And I don't think Tynion has quite managed that balance in this first volume.The book is basically Neil Gaiman's 'The Dream of 10,00...
We’ve all heard the conspiracy theories: who was really behind the JFK assassation, the moon landings were faked, Flat Earth theory, crisis actors and false flag events, and the Illuminati - the secret group controlling the governments of the world. But what if they were all true? Cole Turner is head-hunted by the secret Department of Truth and enters the shadow war that’s been going on for decades between the Department and another clandestine group called Black Hat - a group whose members incl...
Oh, who doesn't love a good conspiracy? Half the country at this point believes stupid ass ones that make them look like fucking idiots and when you give them factual information they instead claim "Fake News" like fucking morons. Anyway, personal rant aside, this was pretty good. We have a guy just minding his own business...well kind of. He gets involved in a group that believes the earth is flat and goes to one of their meetings but it turns out there might be some TRUTH to their conspiracies...
Really cool introduction to an interesting concept. Can’t wait to see what happens next.
Stunning to look at and chilling to read, The Department of Truth is Tynion's second big success of 2020 (the first one being the excellent anthology Razorblades, seek it out if you haven't.) It's ostensibly set in the "real" world that we live in, except there people can bring anything into life by simply believing it. The reptilian overlords, the flat earth, you name it. This is both a very interesting hook for a thriller and a reasonably timely take on the modern society, what with "fake news...
I own this book. Cole's whole life has been defined by conspiracy theories; as a kid he was part of the Satanic Panic movement in the 1980s, he studied conspiracies from Bush did 9/11 to flat earth and he taught them at the FBI. Attending a flat earth convention to learn more, he discovers an impossible truth, a truth that gets him taken by the Department of Truth where he learns that all the conspiracies he's dismissed as ravings are true. All of them. Lee Harvey Oswald told him so. But this
Some good ideas here, but I just can't take the longwinded and heavy-handed treatment.
The Department of Truth Vol. 1 The End of the World collects issues 1-5 of the Image Comics series written by James Tynion IV with art by Martin Simmonds. Cole Turner is an FBI agent who studies right wing extremists on the internet when he decides to go under cover during a Flat Earth convention. He stumbles upon a whole new world where conspiracy theories can become the real life fact if enough people believe in them. He is whisked away to join the Department of Truth, a government organizatio...
