The League of Extraordinary Gentleman

Format:

Book

Title:

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman

Other title(s):

Mr. Alan Moore & Mr. Kevin O'Neill present The league of extraordinary gentleman

Author:

Moore, Alan, 1953- author.

ISBN:

9781563898587

9781401201173

9781563896651

9781930652088

9780613912945

9781401201180

9781603094375

Publication:

La Jolla, CA : America's Best Comics, LLC, 1999-

Physical Description:

volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents:

Volume 1. Issue 1. Empire dreams -- Issue 2. Ghosts & miracles -- Issue 3. Mysteries of the East -- Issue 4. Gods of annihilation -- Issue 5. "Some deep, organizing power ..." -- Issue 6. The day of be-with-us -- Volume 2. Issue 1. Phases of Deimos -- Issue 2. People of other lands -- Issue 3. And the dawn comes up like thunder -- Issue 4. All creatures great and small -- Issue 5. Red in tooth and claw -- Issue 6. "You should see me dance the polka ..."

Summary:

Features the Victorian era adventures of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, comprised of Captain Nemo, Allan Quartermain, the Invisible Man, Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray, Detective Thomas Sawyer, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Subject(s):

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Fictitious characters) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Heroes -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Heroes -- Cartoons and comics

Genre:

Horror comic books, strips, etc.

Steampunk comic books, strips, etc.

artists' books (books)

horror comics.

Artists' books.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Science fiction comics.

Steampunk comics.

Added Author:

O'Neill, Kevin, 1953-2022,

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Moore, A. v.1	Searching... Unknown
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Moore, A. v.2	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Newberg Public Library	GRAPHIC MOORE v.1	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Newberg Public Library	GRAPHIC MOORE v.2	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

"A sharp-witted gloss on the scientific and sexual obsessions of Victorian society."--TIME"Moore has combined his love of 19th-century adventure literature with an imaginative mastery of its 20th-century corollary, the superhero comic book."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Swashbuckling, wry humor."--SPINLondon, 1898. The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time of great change and an age of stagnation, a period of chaste order and ignoble chaos. It is an era in need of champions.In this amazingly imaginative tale, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to face any and all threats to Britain. Allan Quatermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, form a remarkable legion of intellectual aptitude and physical prowess: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Author Notes

Alan Moore is perhaps the most acclaimed writer in the graphic story medium, having garnered countless awards for works such as Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing and Miracleman . He is also the mastermind behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has created (along with many talented illustrators) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Tom Strong, Tomorrow Stories and Top Ten .

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Probably the best-known work of modern steampunk, Moore and O'Neill's graphic novel captures the movement's aesthetic, both visually and textually. The story is set in a world in which all of the Victorian era's novels actually happened, and a group of the literature's heroes work together, as the titular league, to fight against the villains from those books. The story and the artwork are stunning. Nearly every panel is rife with inside jokes and obscure references to Victorian literature. Moore does his usual amazing work of turning things upside down and inside out and then changing things once more when the reader gets comfortable.-John Klima, Bettendorf P.L., IA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.