Following on the heels of the well-received HEROES & MONSTERS and A BLAZING WORLD, this new companion is the invaluable book length analysis of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: BLACK DOSSIER, containing panel-by-panel annotations, as well as exclusive interview and commentary with award-winning creators Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill.
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Continuing the series of excellent companions to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,
By Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Impossible Territories: An Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Paperback)
If you're on this page, it's most likely that you're a fan of Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. If so, and especially if you're a fan of the details, then these guidebooks are a godsend. I've been waiting for this one for quite some time, and it just arrived a few days ago. Been reading it with the Black Dossier in hand. Just brilliant in my opinion.
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This review is from: Impossible Territories: An Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Paperback)
With his third book of annotations on Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series, Jess Nevins continues to prove what an amazing researcher he is. The Black Dossier in some ways is the most ambitious of the "League" volumes to date, because it is something of a sourcebook to the long history of the League and its world. As ambitious as the original work is, Nevins goes above and beyond, finding source referents for not only almost every character squeezed into the background by artist O'Neill, but also every space ship in the scenes that take place in a space-port in England.
The book features an introduction by Alan Moore, who is a huge supporter of Nevins' work on these "unofficial companion volumes." And the book ends with yet another interview with Moore conducted by Nevins for the book. Of course, the topic of Moore's aggravation with the American comic book publishing industry comes up; while many people enjoy Moore's take on the subject, I felt it took up a bit too much of the interview. I would rather have been reading more about how Moore chose to include certain characters or moments. But that's just me. What really matters here is Nevins' scholarship which deserves a ton of credit and a wide readership. Nevins is also the author of the very hard to find, out of print Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana. It seems to command high prices on the used books side of Amazon, and I'd love to read it. (It is almost poetic that I'm writing this review on my last night in Orlando, FL, while one of the main characters in The Black Dossier is the immortal Orlando.)
2 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Volume Three is NOT the Charm,
By Parsons 210 (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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It's kind of a bummer because I enjoyed the first two books so much but this one doesn't cut it. First off, the author makes a lot of mistakes in the notes, and you have to pay attention because after telling you that the story means one thing, the artist shows up and tells you that that is not what it meant. Then to make matters worse the artist refers to obscure comics that no one has seen in 50 years to cite his visual references. Finally the book ends with a twenty five page interview with a completely drugged out Alan Moore wherein he has an ax to grind with everyone he ever met. It seems he has become convinced that mushrooms can cure cancer and that the world is out to get him.
The Black Dossier was okay, a mediocre story with great art. This book is less than okay with no art. A skipper really.
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