The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1

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  Alan Moore is a big name in the world of comics, and deservedly so, having written Swamp Thing, Miracleman, and the classic Watchman. He also wrote the acclaimed From Hell, though I found Moore's annotations more compelling than the story itself. But ... (read full critics)

  blogcritics published on Thu, 20 Jan 2005

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  Don't let the awful movie adaptation scare you off from this book. If anything, the movie wasn't crazy enough. This is a fantastically fun read.

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  TFox said on Aug 5, 2007 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

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  After seeing the movie, I discovered that the story was actually a graphic novel. I finally got my hands on a copy. As usual, I liked the original material much better. I really enjoyed the novel and thought the story was very interesting. I also like the concept of different literary figures coming ... (continue)

  After seeing the movie, I discovered that the story was actually a graphic novel. I finally got my hands on a copy. As usual, I liked the original material much better. I really enjoyed the novel and thought the story was very interesting. I also like the concept of different literary figures coming together to help solve a mystery. This is an adult novel, with adult concepts, so I would not recommend it to younger readers. If the story sounds interesting and you definitely should pick up a copy.

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  cjspock said on Jul 28, 2007 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

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  A New World by Alan Moore

  Reading this graphic novel was not at all easy for me, because of the language (English is not my native language) and the enormous amount of which is peppered with literary quotes. In fact, every character is ahero the nineteenth-century literature, and the great merit of Alan Moore is to have them ... (continue)

  Reading this graphic novel was not at all easy for me, because of the language (English is not my native language) and the enormous amount of which is peppered with literary quotes. In fact, every character is ahero the nineteenth-century literature, and the great merit of Alan Moore is to have them gathered together , creating a parallel world and a meaningful story , and so captivating and compelling , that does not end here , but will reserve further developments ...

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  Cloto said on May 22, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I've been meaning to read this for awhile now and seeing Alan Moore the other week reminded me it was time. While I didn't think it was as good as my favourites of his I did enjoy it more than his superhero books. I loved loved loved all the literary references. The Magic Faraway Tree references wer ... (continue)

  I've been meaning to read this for awhile now and seeing Alan Moore the other week reminded me it was time. While I didn't think it was as good as my favourites of his I did enjoy it more than his superhero books. I loved loved loved all the literary references. The Magic Faraway Tree references were always my favourite part of V (ok 2nd favourite after the lesbian's letter) and to have a whole book on this theme was great. I think Pollyanna was definitely the funniest. I felt bad that I knew there were some I missed in the middle, particularly in the Chinese issue. But I was able to read all the Chinese and that made me very happy. I enjoyed the characterisation the story and the artwork. I think the artwork was some of the nicest I've seen in awhile. Normally when I read comics I don't pay as much attention to the artwork as I should, skipping it for the dialogue and the story but I wasn't doing that with this book.

  Having said that though without a doubt my favourite thing was the short story at the end. It was simply AMAZING! I think having read all the books the characters were based on definitely helped. It was AU crossover fic at it's highest. The writing style was pure genius. While mockingly done it was still perfectly beautiful Victorian/Edwardian style prose that I absoultely love. (Sarah Waters could learn a thing or two about style from that). I enjoyed the pseudo-lovecraftian-ness. I loved that John Carter and Randolph Carter was related and John kept being disappointed in his nephew. I thought the whole thing was beautiful and priceless and would have been worth buying the book for even if it hadn't come with a graphic novel.

  In fact all the little extras were just beautiful and wonderful. I've already ordered the next two, part II and the Black Dahlia (which sounds amazing) and am really looking forward to reading them. I really just need to get my hands on everything Alan Moore's done.

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  Robot-mel said on Apr 16, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  A 19th century story, as Alan Moore wanted it. With all the flaws of the literature of that time - obvious characters, a repetitive storyline and very predictable "surprises". Fascinating and well written, but a heavy read.

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  Marco Piva said on Feb 9, 2010 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

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  The only flaw in this comic might be the Chinese translation. According to the credit, the Chinese (and Arab, though I can't read any) translation are done by Bromley Language Center. O.K., they are certainly not so good at their job, as far as I know.

  First, let's ignore the little printed wo ... (continue)

  The only flaw in this comic might be the Chinese translation. According to the credit, the Chinese (and Arab, though I can't read any) translation are done by Bromley Language Center. O.K., they are certainly not so good at their job, as far as I know.

  First, let's ignore the little printed words on those flags ("医生" " 书" XD). Why would such literate person as evil genius Fu Manchu write in Simplified Chinese?
  Also, we all know he was writing a poem...but, free-form poetry? I don't know a Ching remains likes the experimental Renaissance poetry.

  But after all, the little flaw doesn't prevent this work from being one of the Classic Graphic Novel.
  Long live Her Majesty!

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  八足 said on Feb 21, 2008 about the Softcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 416 Pages
• Edition: Slipcase
• ISBN-10: 1401200524
• ISBN-13: 9781401200527
• Publisher: Wildstorm
• Pub date: Jul 01, 2003
• Dimensions: 2065 mm x 1419 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback and Softcover
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Libros en Español, Livros em Português, Libri Italiani

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