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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier

 
  

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grant
17:45 / 09.11.07
Moore explains the holdups with characteristic humility.

Out Nov. 14th, BTW
 
 
Mark Parsons
23:01 / 09.11.07
I love how he speaks in fully realized narrative paragraphs! I'm looking FWD to next week, with Black Dossier AND Jack Kirby's Forth World v3 (and a Sgt Rock Showcase) coming out.
 
 
FinderWolf
03:57 / 10.11.07
wow - thanks for the link. QUITE an interview. SO bizarre that it still won't be published in Britain. And sucks about the lack of the vinyl song recording in the first non-Absolute edition.
 
 
Mistoffelees
06:32 / 10.11.07
SO bizarre that it still won't be published in Britain.

Did you ask your local comic shop dealer? Mine told me, there are channels and hinted that there was a pretty good chance, I will get my copy.
 
 
DavidXBrunt
09:52 / 10.11.07
Aye. Mine said they'll be stocking it, eventually, even if they have to order copies from Amazon.com. Bearing in mind the price there it might be as easy to order one yourself. They shipped Lost Girls, after all.
 
 
CameronStewart
12:05 / 10.11.07
>>>And sucks about the lack of the vinyl song recording in the first non-Absolute edition. <<<

On principle it does, yes, but I have to admit that I do not own a turntable nor have casual access to one, so I'd more than likely be looking for an mp3 of it to hit the net anyway.
 
 
FinderWolf
14:39 / 10.11.07
NYCers who'd like to meet Mr. O'Neill, take note:

>> JIM HANLEY'S UNIVERSE WELCOMES KEVIN O’NEILL TO THE US
Artist Begins Eight Day US Tour in NY Store for Release of New Graphic Novel

(November 9, 2007) New York, NY - Jim Hanley's Universe, one of the country’s biggest and most progressive comic book retailers, is proud to welcome artist Kevin O’Neill to their store for the release of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: BLACK DOSSIER. Mr. O’Neill will be embarking on an eight-day/nine city US Tour in promotion of BLACK DOSSIER. This will be his only appearance on the East Coast. Fans of Mr. O’Neill can meet him at the Jim Hanley’s Universe in Manhattan on Wednesday, November 14 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. This will be his first appearance at Jim Hanley’s Universe.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
17:33 / 10.11.07
And sucks about the lack of the vinyl song recording in the first non-Absolute edition.

I don't know if you've ever tried to play the 'V For Vendetta' song on the piano, but it's an easier piece than the Jaws theme tune, shall we say. It goes 'dum, dum, dum, dum,' etc; the reader's invited to mumble threateningly over the top. Arguably, it isn't something the flamboyant, Motown-loving V would listen to in the first place, never mind compose.

As I'm sure he'd be the first to admit, Alan Moore isn't really one of God's musicians. So perhaps not to worry about the single too much - nice to hear it once for the horror buzz, I suppose, but there's every chance it'll sound like the work of a time-traveled Hells Angel, naked drunk and alone in a dark room with a skiffle band that doesn't understand him, at all. And not in a good way, either. A nervous, tin-eared Charles Manson meeting the Quarrymen, that sort of thing.
 
 
lord nuneaton savage
18:45 / 10.11.07
You missed out on 'March of the Sinister Ducks' then?
 
 
Alex's Grandma
19:36 / 10.11.07
No.

I specifically didn't mention that because I still have all these, y'know, bad dreams about it.

I imagine I'll be having one of them tonight.
 
 
Spaniel
12:01 / 11.11.07
My wunnerful wife ordered mine from Amazon.com as a birthday present. I understand that it will arrive Friday or Saturday.

Come the hour I shall be shutting the bedroom door. Firmly. Even the plaintive screams of my child will fail to rouse me from my SEXY DANCE of READING.
 
 
Dan Fish - @Fish1k
18:55 / 11.11.07
Moore-collaborator David J (of Bauhaus fame) did a version of Vicious Cabaret, and its not too bad.

Youtube:


Amazon:
 
 
FinderWolf
02:44 / 12.11.07
weird. thanks, Dan, for the link. I guess that's the best "The Vicious Cabaret" could sound.
 
 
Spaniel
10:37 / 12.11.07
So, anyone else climbing the walls waiting for this, then?
 
 
The Natural Way
14:38 / 12.11.07
ASS will tide me over till I get my mitts on it. Quick personal aside, Boboss: how are we to obtain ours? I'm thinking about actually hoofing it across Sussex this saturday.......
 
 
Spaniel
14:46 / 12.11.07
Oh shit, I forgot about that!

Errrr... will need to communicate with Mother this evening. Handily she's got The Mr today, so that will be easily doable. I'm thinking I might be able to alter the delivery address.
 
 
Spaniel
17:25 / 12.11.07
Happy resolution. They're Brighton bound.
 
 
_Boboss
17:40 / 12.11.07
what, you got your mum to get them for you? what a pair of tarts.
 
 
Spaniel
17:49 / 12.11.07
No, Bobosso got my Mum to get mine for me.

Not sure why. I think she doesn't like to get near The Comics.
 
 
Digital Hermes
18:46 / 12.11.07
I heard a rumor that The Black Dossier isn't coming up to Canada, but I can't find any verification. Rumor or truth, anyone know?
 
 
The Natural Way
09:20 / 13.11.07
They're birthday presents - that's why the Mum, Thor.
 
 
CameronStewart
10:54 / 13.11.07
>>>I heard a rumor that The Black Dossier isn't coming up to Canada, but I can't find any verification. Rumor or truth, anyone know?<<<

Canada will not be receiving official shipments of the book. You'll have to either order it online or find a store that is importing copies.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
11:05 / 13.11.07
So, it's out in the US?
 
 
Gary Lactus
11:42 / 13.11.07
I'd just like to add that my girlfriend also ordered my copy for me but all on her own like a grown up. There were no Mums involved and so my copy shall be delivered to my door. LIKE A GROWN UP!

Really looking forward to this, particularly the 3D section.
 
 
CameronStewart
12:08 / 13.11.07
>>>So, it's out in the US?<<<

This Wednesday, I believe.[
 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
16:35 / 14.11.07
Spoke to the guys at Gosh and they are of the opinion that they won't actually be able to get hold of the Black Dossier at all, whatever trick it was they used to get hold of Lost Girls isn't working for them this time. I'm going to try and take advantage of the fact that the dollar is worth less than toilet paper and see if I can order it from Amazon.com.
 
 
Loud Detective
22:15 / 14.11.07
I've just finished reading this, and it has delivered on all expectations. I need time to digest it, and then probably a re-read or two. But I must say, it does not disappoint, and the 3D parts at the end... wow! Good stuff.
 
 
DaveBCooper
13:36 / 15.11.07
I heard that from Gosh as well, and went online to order it. The dollar being as mighty as it is right now, it came in at about £3 less (including postage) to order it that way. I'm assuming it'll probably arrive okay, my copy of Lost Girls did.
The few reviews I've seen so far (Savage Critic, for example) seem to like it...
 
 
doctorbeck
14:14 / 15.11.07
the comic shop in hebden bridge, west yorks (pop. 8000) is getting them the weekend after next they reckon. the question is can i keep away from this thread until then and enjoy it spoiler free? probably not.
 
 
Spaniel
14:35 / 15.11.07
Noble of you to support your local comic shop.

Mine does very good business so fuck 'em.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
15:02 / 15.11.07
Hebden Bridge? Really? That brings back memories.

As a younger old lady, age eighteen, I had my little heart torn into a thousand pieces (ze was there with some guy who didn't understand hir, and so on) at a party there back in the last century. Later, I fell into the swimming pool, fully-clothed. I feel a little sad just thinking about it, even now.

Anyway, I'm amazed that it's got a comic shop. Bogshed, the Eighties, Hebden Bridge indie band once did what might be described as a fairly knowing cover of Benny Hill's 'Gathering Mushrooms' for a John Peel session, so would the presence of the comic shop have something to do with that, do you think?
 
 
FinderWolf
03:07 / 16.11.07
wow. very good, and so DENSE with stuff (particularly lots of pages with Very Small Text) that it's going to take some time to really work through it all.
 
 
doctorbeck
07:22 / 16.11.07
the comic shop is great too, and next door to a psychedelic / folk music shop. although the only other commercial activity in town these days appears to be organic shops and cafes.

i wish i had more money to spend on comics just so i could support the shop more. and read more comics.
 
 
Spaniel
09:48 / 16.11.07
Fuckbums, my order still hasn't bastard shipped.

Current delivery estimate is Tuesday
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
09:50 / 16.11.07
Fuckbums

There's a lot of that kind of thing in it, apparently.
 
  

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