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Just got my copy of the new George Khoury book
The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore published by TwoMorrows
ISBN= 1-893905-24-1
221 pgs.
Immediate reaction
A great companion to AM Portrait of an Extraordinary
Gentleman
Contents are 8 Chapters of a very lengthy interview with Mr. Moore
detailing his life from birth to the imminent demise of the ABC
universe.
Headings are
Once Upon A Time
A Funny Wonder
The Rising
Swamp Daze
Watchmania
MIRACLEMAN INTERLUDE
The Auteur
Back to the Frontline
New Beginnings
Introduction by daughter Leah nice photo of her onstage with her dad
(she's the one with the guitar)
"Whatever happens I can't wait for his introduction to my fiftieth
birthday book"
That should be in 2028
:-)
Afterword by second daughter Amber
"I'll never forget the first father-to-daughter words of wisdom he
imparted to me. I was five and it was my first day of school. Instead
of disappearing into his study first thing as usual, he stopped me on
the way out the door, knelt down on one knee and told me he had some
very important advice that would help me through this terrifying day.
He looked down on me, my big blue eues staring back at him through
the platinum ringleTs that framed my little round face. He said
"Now remember this: don't say 'Yes, Miss'...say 'Jammit Bitch!" and
then stood up and went to the kitchen to make a cup of tea chuckling
to himself as he went...."
How did little Amber's first day of school turn out. Buy a copy and
see for yourself
:-)
Tributes from other artists mostly in drawings and text are from
Neil Gaiman & Mark Buckingham
Rick Veitch
David Lloyd
John Totleben
Dave Gibbons
Brian Bolland
JH Williams III
Ian Gibson
Garry leach
Hilary Barta
Chris Sprouse
Scott Dunbier & Sam Keith
Todd Klein
Kevin O'Neill ( a great funny 2 page piece)
Original stories and scripts by Moore are
Shrine of the Lizard
Old Gangsters Never Die
Judge Dredd
Lust
In Pictopia (very sad poignant piece reminiscent of Who Framed Roger
Rabbit)
Belly of Cloud (to be adapted by Jose Villarubia sometime in the near
future)
I can Hear the Grass Grow
Bibliography at the end inlcudes
alphabetical list of all publications according to publisher which
runs to 12 pgs of small print
Digging up Moore's underground article by Greg Strokecker
Alan Moore in Sounds Magazine by David Hume ( hey isn't he the one
that could outconsume Schopenhauer and Hegel) ;-) & GS
Discography by Ditto
Videography same and finally Miscellaneous Moore Bibliographical
Information by the same duo
Talking about Promethea on pg 188
"I wanted to be able to do an occult comic that didn't portray the
occult as a dark, scary place, because theat's not my experience of
it. I don't thinks it's the experience of many occultists. Why would
we want to be occultists if that meant that we had to spend our lives
in a dark, scary place? Utilizing my occult experiences, I could see
a way that it would be possible to do a new kind of occult comic,
that was more psychedelic, that was more sophisticated, more
experimental, more ecstatic and exuberant. In Jim and Mick and Jeremy
I've obviously found people who were exactly right for the book..."
Also some great family snapshots of the young Alan with his younger
brother and family on the seafront at Great Yarmouth (Reminds of a
Bojjefries Saga episode) and even a rare early passport photo of a
very long haired 18 or 19 yr old
"..they led to some hash-eating, surrender-monkey, Dutch Customs
official saying that I looked like a girl, which is probably why I
grew the beard, thinking about it"
I've only properly read the first chapter so far but it gives some
great biographical information and shows Alan as a real human being
instead of just the mad creepy scary magus he's usually portrayed as in most
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