DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore- Alan Moore

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 - Alan Moore

have travelled from the planet Mars! Once again a call goes out through the channels of British Military Intelligence to an improbable group of champions: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Alan Quatermein, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin, Dr Henry Jekyll, Mr Edward Hyde and Miss Mina Murray are those champions, and they must rise to the occasion of their country s dire need, risking life and limb and disregarding all sense of personal propriety. But will even their best efforts be enough against a threat so horrific that it nearly defies description?" Alan Moore s eccentric Victorian superhero team is back in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II, a ...

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 - Alan Moore

have travelled from the planet Mars! Once again a call goes out through the channels of British Military Intelligence to an improbable group of champions: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Alan Quatermein, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin, Dr Henry Jekyll, Mr Edward Hyde and Miss Mina Murray are those champions, and they must rise to the occasion of their country s dire need, risking life and limb and disregarding all sense of personal propriety. But will even their best efforts be enough against a threat so horrific that it nearly defies description?" Alan Moore s eccentric Victorian superhero team is back in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II, a ...

The Ballad of Halo Jones Book 2 - Alan Moore

those who found the first story alienating or dull, and were awaiting Halo’s transformation into Judy Dredd: Space Warrior Whore or something similarly backwards-looking. Fortunately we’re dealing with Alan Moore, a follower of Glycon the hairy snake god glove puppet; a writer who is renowned for sticking to his strong principles even when they fly headlong into the face of public opinion. He admits without shame in his introduction that he was happy to go along with IPC Magazine’s demands of more action and less futuristic newspeak, but only because these could be fit nicely into the story he and artist Ian Gibson had already outlined. Consequently, Book 2 of Halo ...

The Ballad of Halo Jones Book 2 - Alan Moore

those who found the first story alienating or dull, and were awaiting Halo’s transformation into Judy Dredd: Space Warrior Whore or something similarly backwards-looking. Fortunately we’re dealing with Alan Moore, a follower of Glycon the hairy snake god glove puppet; a writer who is renowned for sticking to his strong principles even when they fly headlong into the face of public opinion. He admits without shame in his introduction that he was happy to go along with IPC Magazine’s demands of more action and less futuristic newspeak, but only because these could be fit nicely into the story he and artist Ian Gibson had already outlined. Consequently, Book 2 of Halo ...

The Ballad of Halo Jones Book 1 - Alan Moore

for that focus on everyday life rather than adventure. I’ll get back to you on that in a couple of weeks. As with all my favourite work from Alan Moore, the depressing situation of the slums for the unemployed is balanced out by a large smattering of ironic humour, leading to an alternative, propagandised description of the Hoop as a haven for ‘increased leisure citizens,’ whose generously provided habitat seems to double up as a convenient collector of tidal energy that’s not so convenient for the Hoop dwellers themselves. Moore uses the futuristic setting to comment on present-day concerns like all good sci-fi, with plenty of digs at unreasonable concerns over ...

The Ballad of Halo Jones Book 1 - Alan Moore

for that focus on everyday life rather than adventure. I’ll get back to you on that in a couple of weeks. As with all my favourite work from Alan Moore, the depressing situation of the slums for the unemployed is balanced out by a large smattering of ironic humour, leading to an alternative, propagandised description of the Hoop as a haven for ‘increased leisure citizens,’ whose generously provided habitat seems to double up as a convenient collector of tidal energy that’s not so convenient for the Hoop dwellers themselves. Moore uses the futuristic setting to comment on present-day concerns like all good sci-fi, with plenty of digs at unreasonable concerns over ...