Lost Girls : Book one [Paperback]

Melinda Gebbie (Author), Alan Moore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1995

Magazine, stapled wraps.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press; First edition (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878164065
• ISBN-13: 978-0878164066
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Literary/Fantasy/Erotica/Classic, June 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost Girls : Book one (Paperback)

How often do you get to combine those words when attempting to describe the genre of a comic? Alan Moore is in top form here doing for sex what he did with violence in FROM HELL (its companion piece in TABOO)--i.e., takes you to realms where you never thought you'd go.

The Lost Girls is the story of three women, (grown up versions of heroines you already know) who have come to an expensive mountain resort hotel on the eve of WWI. In Book One (the collected chapters 1-3 from TABOO), each has a specific sexual "encounter" that relates to her individual childhood fantasy world. Being more specific would give away the game.

The writing is the usual complex, layered, rich style you've come to expect of Moore, but with the added fun of lots of sex. Melinda Gebbie's illustrations are intense and often unsettling in their choice of color and the juxtaposition of her personal style with the art deco ornamentation, but always highly expressive, beautiful and, amazingly, both erotic and non-idealistic (i.e., no balloon breasts. REAL anatomy!)

This book, however, isn't for everyone. It probably isn't for you if you're unfamiliar with some Edwardian children's book classics, and/or literary erotica (E.g., Beardsley, Cleland and the like), because the allusions are the heart (or, I suppose, in this case, genitals) of the matter. Also, this is blue fiction, not yellow. Stick with LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN if you need the pulp/sensationalist element. And, oh yeah, if you're offended by sexually explicit pictures you probably shouldn't buy it either. :-)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars erotic genuis, February 24, 2000

By 

john knight (oberlin ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Girls : Book one (Paperback)

Way back in the early 90's, Moore was set to change the comics industry with three innovative, ground-breaking titles - From Hell, Big Numbers, and Lost Girls. In my opinion, these three projects represent Moore at his crative prime, better than anything before or since. Unfortunetly, of the three, only From Hell has been completed. Big numbers and lost girls are stuck in perpetual limbo, although I've read interviews in which Moore claims he and M.G. (the artist) have completed a total of seven issues of Lost Girls, and are just waiting for a better publisher. Let's hope to see the rest of this comic sometime this decade! THis, the first issue of Lost Girls, introduces the three main characters - all women from fairly tales who happen to find themselves in the same Art Deco hotel. The artwork by M.G. is beautiful, and the dialogue is great, but after the end of the issue you are definitely wanting more.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WARNING!!!, November 29, 2001

By 

Jonathan Schaper (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Lost Girls : Book one (Paperback)

The bad news it that this book is part of a series that was not completed before the publisher went bankrupt. However, Top Shelf is planning on publishing (finally after over 10 years of waiting) the full series in three hardcover collections and will make a slipcase available as well to store them in. It is my belief that this volume here only constitutes part of one of the planned Top Shelf collections, so buying this older softcover version will not likely save you any money. However, if the few chapters that have already been serialized in the now defunt Taboo anthology are any indication, this is some of Moore's best work.