Grant More-Eternity
This may be the oldest twisted story I can recall, where Grant Morrison is in full form. He presents the world in ways we don't see it and this series, originally released in 1991, shows how a man like Grant Morrison tip-toes between genius and madness.
To some this story up, it is a modern retelling of Dante's Divine Comedy with Grant Morrison's Chaos-mage view. If you are not familiar with his Chaos-mage ways and things like the Tarot are alien to you, this book may loose you along the trip to hell and back. It is not just a twisted Inferno story, it looks like it was crafted by Clive Barker, making the Hellish world more tantalizingly horrific.
Pros: Duncan Fegredo's art works very well with this story. The story has some panels in a nice orderly manner and some pages will have sheer chaos on the page, but a choas that still brings a twisted order to it, and this play with panel is almost a metaphor of one of the themes Grant Morrison presents in this book.
The Book reads well both in this single format and the three prestige printings. The story is really broken into six Chapters or what Grant Morrison cleverly calls Cantos, two Cantos per-prestige.
The story is presented in as way you don't have to know the Divine Comedy to understand. It is a nice horror tale on its own merit.
Cons: Knowing the Divine Comedy makes this story more enjoyable and knowing a bit of basic occult, such as Chaos and Order, with a very small bit of Tarot (The Wheel of Fortune).
Verdict: 4/5. This is classic Grant Morrison, you either get it and are amazed or you don't get it and you stick to Spiderman (just joking). But really, Grant Morrison's work is a must for a fan of his, but no fans beware.