Smax [Hardcover]

Alan Moore (Author), Zander Cannon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004

Jeff Smax, a major character in Alan Moores enthralling TOP 10 series, must return to his homeworld after many years on Earth. Accompanied by his fellow Neopolis Precinct Ten police officer Robin Toybox Slinger, he must face a myriad of challenges ranging from cutting through mountainous red tape to go on a quest, doing battle with the most monstrous of all dragons and adapting to a world where the laws of physics are not only unheard of, they just plain dont work. And then theres Jeffs sister

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Grade 7 Up–Jeff Smax and his partner, Toybox, characters from Moores police series Top 10, spin off and journey to Jeffs home world. Its here that many of the questions that readers have had about Jeff are finally answered. Science and technology dont exist and myth and magic rule, however bureaucratically. There are dragons to slay and quotas to fill, and who better than Jaafs the dragonslayer? Jeff is not that happy about the possibility of getting sucked back into a world that he has happily left behind but the results are fun and enjoyable. Those who have not read Top 10 should be able to pick up this title with little problem. Its perfect for fans of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series (HarperCollins). The cartoon art fits the story well and will appeal to a wide audience.–Melissa T. Jenvey, New York Public Library
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Dreamwatch UK, Issue 123, 2004 review by Martin Eden, : " Sumptuous..you can tell Moore had fun writing this, and you'll have fun reading it too." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: WildStorm (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401203256
• ISBN-13: 978-1401203252
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SMAX goes back, October 3, 2004

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illpilgrim (Cin city) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smax (Hardcover)

In case you missed Top Ten (I'd recommend you go pick uop the Trade Paper Back) Smax was a blue skinned cop who had a habit of talking to his closet. In his own series we get to find out why.(along with the name confusion in Top Ten) Alan Moore and Zander Cannon(who finally gets some credit)

shine in this tale. Just as in Top Ten both Moore and Cannon let the in-jokes fly and have a romp through the magic kingdom.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lord of the Rings meets Discworld, September 15, 2005

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Alexandre Cherman (Rio de Janeiro) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smax (Hardcover)

What could I say about Alan Moore that hasn't been said yet? After a 12-issue run of Top Ten, Moore takes us to Smax's homeworld, a place where technology doesn't exist and there are dragons to be killed. Smax takes his partner, ToyBox, with him and we get to learn more than we could have hoped for about the previous life of Jeff Smax, or Jaafs Smackson, the dragonslayer. It is funny (there is a bureau that oversees all kinds of quests; quotas must be met, so Smax has to take with him some dwarfs, elves and sorcerers!), it is smart, it is Alan Moore! The art is cartoony, but it works.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alan Moore doing Terry Pratchett...more or less., October 3, 2004

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Michael 'De Smurführer' Thomsen (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smax (Hardcover)

I was never that much of a fan of the original Top Ten series. But I really enjoyed this fun and engaging spin off. In this series we follow Top Ten character Smax back to the "Sword and Sorcery" style parallel universe where he grew up. This book is fairly different from Top Ten - this is pretty much Alan Moore doing humorous fantasy in the style of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels - although Moore can be a little bit more dark and nasty than Pratchett. Readers who haven't read Top Ten should be able to pick this one up and enjoy it, although they may be slightly confused the first five or ten pages. But after that this is completely its own story. And it's all very enjoyable.