Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End Of The World (The Department of Truth)

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In the BBC comedy television series Room 101, celebrities are invited to discuss their pet hates and persuade the host to consign them to oblivion, as metaphorically represented by the idea of Room 101. [10] [11] Straight Gay: Neither Cole Turner, nor his husband Matty have any of the campier stereotypes of their sexuality on display. As well as administering "truth", the ministry spreads a new language amongst the populace called Newspeak, in which, for example, "truth" is understood to mean statements like 2 + 2 = 5 when the situation warrants. In keeping with the concept of doublethink, the ministry is thus aptly named in that it creates/manufactures "truth" in the Newspeak sense of the word. The book describes the doctoring of historical records to show a government-approved version of events. Tames, Richard (2006). London. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-19-530953-7. Couch, Aaron (November 14, 2022). "James Tynion IV Launches Dark Horse Comic Book Line (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 5, 2023 . Retrieved November 5, 2023.

The Department of Truth, vol 2: The City Upon a Hill - Collects #8-13. "Cole Turner thought he'd joined the right side in the war for the Truth. But the more he learns about Lee Harvey Oswald's tenure leading the Department, the less sure he is. And as Tulpas start to gain a stronger foothold in the real world, Cole's time to decide where he stands is running out." - AUG210159 - WorldCat - ISBN 9781534319219 - KindleThe first thing to note is that the artwork is very unconventional. Martin Simmonds does an excellent job, with his unique artistic style, of making you feel a bit like your in a dream. Perhaps just like our leading man feels. Clap Your Hands If You Believe: The central premise of the series is that shared, collective belief in things has the power to directly alter reality to various extents. Depending on the internal consistency, fervor and number of adherents pertaining these beliefs, the effect can range from briefly willing a being into existence (such as the Bigfoot) to completely changing our reality as we know it (such as The Catholic Church successfully creating an entire century through shared belief). The Star-Faced Man is a Tulpa manifestation of the Satanic Panic of the 70s and 80s, later reemerging with the rise of Pizza-Gate and QAnon. He appears in the nightmares of children as an inhuman entity with a pentagram over his face eating a baby, and his presence is nothing short of traumatizing for his victims. It was him who inspired Cole Turner to become a government investigator, having encountered him in his youth, and it's when he's offered to hunt down the Star-Faced Man does he agree to join the Department. Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Apart from the aforementioned presence of Lee Harvey Oswald, a number of other historical figures feature in the comic: Our Cryptids Are More Mysterious: There is an entire cryptozoology wing of the Department of Truth dedicated to finds and hunting down cryptids, or "wild fictions". They are placed into three categories: Class One ("Hauntings"; ghosts and demonic possessions), Class Two ("Close-Encounters"; aliens and angel sightings) and Class Three ("Critters"; monsters like Bigfoot and Chupacabra). Their level of danger goes up with their numbers, Hauntings being nothing more substantial than sights and sounds, Close Encounters disappearing as soon as they manifest, and Critters acting and behaving (and therefor being as dangerous as) real-life animals.

In these first five issues Tynion involves what feels like every popular modern conspiracy theory (JFK, reptilians, QAnon, Sandy Hook false flaggers, satanic panic, Clinton murders, Epstein, 9/11, Flat Earthers, Obama birthers, fake moon landing) but only at a very surface level that offers nothing new if you also already have a superficial familiarity with them. More frustratingly, he writes in a ton of monologue that reads like his own self-righteous editorializing on the topic rather than the characters’ voices, and that might be okay if he had any interesting insight into these theories or the people who believe them, but instead it’s all laymen psychoanalysis like “conspiracy theories give people a false sense of superiority and control in their life that they don’t feel otherwise” plus a little bit of petty political snobbishness. And I don’t disagree with much of what he’s saying, but it’s just all stuff that was already in my own head before I opened this book, and it seems to think it’s much smarter or more daring than it is. En El Departamento de la Verdad, Tynion IV (mola mucho decirlo así, parece uno de los señores de Roca Casterly o algo así), sigue los pasos de Cole Porter, un agente del FBI especializado en seguir los pasos de los grupos de extrema derecha que se esconden tras ciertos foros de la conspiración de Estados Unidos, pero después de un hecho traumático, Cole es fichado por lo que parece ser una agencia gubernamental, el Departamento de la Verdad, que al parecer lucha contra las desviaciones de la realidad. Y esto es tal que así. Al parecer toda la realidad es un inmenso "tulpa", en el que las creencias de la mayoría dan forma a la verdad absoluta, de modo que basta con que suficiente gente crea que la Tierra es plana para que lo sea... y de hecho, para que el cambio sea retroactivo, es decir, para que siempre lo haya sido. Y con este concepto en mente, Tynion IV nos echa en cara paletadas y paletadas de mierda psicológica, de conspiraciones y temas que en los últimos meses (y más cuando salió, con Trump aferrándose a la presidencia y llamando a sus fieles a tomar el Capitolio... sí, ¿recordáis al hombre jabalí?) han sido noticias en muchos momentos, pero que en un giro que me recuerda muchísimo al juego de rol de Esoterroristas... Quizá el Departamento de la Verdad no sean exactamente los héroes de esta historia. But overall the entire book is pretty damn good with the exception of the art, didn't love it. Hard to tell what happens sometimes. I think it fits somehow, and I got used to it but took me a while. Adams, Tim (2020-07-30). "James Tynion IV Announces Digital Horror Anthology, Razorblades - And You Choose Your Price". CBR . Retrieved 2022-07-13.Meyers, Jeffery. Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation. W. W. Norton. 2000. ISBN 0-393-32263-7, p. 214. The End of the Word se mi jakožto učebnicový příklad úvodu do většího příběhu líbil moc. Bohužel mi ze zdejších připomínek přijde, že mnozí recenzenti nerozumí struktuře vyprávění přesahující jeden book. In Terry Gilliam’s 1985 film, Brazil, the alternate dystopian world in which the film is set bears immense similarities to that of Nineteen Eighty-Four, including following an anxious bureaucrat who works at a governmental establishment called the Ministry of Information. The Department of Truth is a 2020 New Weird Horror- Conspiracy Thriller written by James Tynion IV and illustrated by Martin Simmonds. To date, 22 issues (and a Wild Fictions Special one shot issue) have been published, the last being released in November, 2022. Since then, the book has apparently been on hiatus.