The Extraordinary Works Of Alan Moore: Indispensable Edition - Softcover

Khoury, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605490091 ISBN 13: 9781605490090

Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Rare book

About this title

About the Author

George Khoury wrote and edited the Eisner-nominated Kimota and The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore. He was a senior editor for the award-winning magazine Comic Book Artist; he was also a regular contributor to the popular Modern Masters series. He contributed many articles to a variety of magazines, newspapers, and websites. He was born and raised in New Jersey. His latest book is called Comic Book Fever.

Review

"The name of Alan Moore immediately sparks to mind some of the greatest comics of the modern era. The Extraordinary Works by George Khoury covers Moore's career from his early works up through the success of America's Best Comics." Cliff Biggers, Comic Shop News

"Extraordinary Works is a labor of love. It's a biography, a panegyric, a birthday card, and a retrospective. This is the end of Moore's career (he's retiring on his fiftieth birthday, though we haven't seen the last of him yet), and the beginning of a new period in his life. He's been writing for comics for twenty-five years. It's a pretty good way to mark the occasion." Rebecca Scott, The Green Man Review

"For anyone who has ever read and enjoyed any of Alan Moore's amazing comic books, I cannot recommend this publication highly enough.  I thought that the early chapters, dealing with Moore's youth and childhood, would be boring -- but Mr. Moore's wit brought great humor to those stories of his 'early days.'  And once the story moves to his break-though stint writing Swamp Thing, the narrative really kicks into high gear.  The book is filled with behind-the-scenes stories of Moore's time working on all of his seminal works.  I've read a good deal over the years, for example, about his run on Swamp Thing and the making of Watchmen, V For Vendetta, etc., but the stories found here quickly move beyond the familiar "legends" connected with those projects.  It's endlessly fascinating to hear Moore's thoughts on the development of those works, as well as his opinions about them now, looking back.  (I was quite interested to read about the reasons for his dislike, for example, of The Killing Joke, which -- despite his feelings -- I continue to regard as one of the definitive Batman stories.)  I was also pleased that the book spends a significant amount of time discussing some of Moore's less well-known works, from the tantalizingly unfinished Big Numbers, to his time writing for Jim Lee's Wildstorm and Rob Liefeld's Awesome Comics universes, to his well-regarded but all-too-brief (to me, at least) development of his very own comic book "universe,"America's Best Comics." - Josh Edelglass, Motion Picture Comics

"You don't need me to extol the virtues of Alan Moore. I've done it countless times in far too many reviews in the past. Besides, there are better people than I who are qualified to do it. I can think of none fitting that description better than George Khoury, whose Moore fandom has led to a series of writings that define the man better than anyone else has." - Augie De Blieck Jr., Comic Book Resources

"George Khoury compiled The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore, interweaving an extensive interview with rarities like unused scripts and short but revealing strips about the writer from the likes of Gibbons, Bolland and Gaiman and Buckingham." - Paul Gravett, Comics International

Edition details

• Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1605490091
• ISBN 13: 9781605490090
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240