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The Morningstar

Date

2/20/2007 11:06:00 PM [permalink]

Author

yahooza

Entry

I finished 11 volumes of Mike Carey's Lucifer, a spin-off character from Neil Gaiman's Sandman.

The author does not portray Lucifer as purely evil, but rather an honest, scrupulous soul .... in a his own selfish and very manipulative way =) He doesn't lie or cheat to gain advantage and honors his promises. He may be a dick but he sure ain't an asshole. I do admire the character.

One of the most interesting subplots involves a character who obtains power to create her own universe, thus playing God, the Yahweh dance. Her minions worship her through sacrifice, waging wars on one another, committing mass suicides, etc. During the course of this universe's evolution (think fast forward storytelling), she intervenes multiple times to end the carnage and disorder. Between each of her interventions, mankind discovers and commits more absurd acts to her disgust. In the end, she is exhausted by her creation's lunacy.

Later, God asks her, "the hardest part of it all? .... Yes, to do nothing."

Hiroshima. The Holocaust. Genocide. All the big bads.

Has God given up on his creation? Maybe. And maybe mankind should realize that it's not a matter of his supreme-being-ness, but rather how bad we've fucked things up.

It is human nature to deflect fault at externalities, even God, than to admit to ourselves the truth. Err, or however that goes; much like booze, drugs, shopping and other addictions =)

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Anyways, there's more to the comic. Take a read. The story is amazingly rich w/ bizaare creatures and freakish fantasy worlds. Thanks Mike Carey.

Labels: life, lucifer, mikecarey, morningstar, philosophy

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