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Providence Act 1 Final Printing HC Hardcover – March 28, 2017

by Alan Moore (Author), William Christensen (Editor), Jacen Burrows (Artist)

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Due to overwhelming demand, we offer one final printing of the Providence Act 1 Hardcover! Alan Moore’s quintessential horror series has set the standard for a terrifying reinvention of the works of H.P. Lovecraft. It is being universally hailed as one of Moore’s most realized works in which the master scribe has controlled every iota of the story, art, and presentation. The result has been a masterpiece like no other and a true must-have addition to his essential works in the field. We present a collected Providence Act 1 Hard Cover edition that contains Providence issues #1-4, and all the back matter, in this one-time printing of the edition. There will be Act 2 and Act 3 Hardcovers in the coming months, also limited to single production runs. This will not be kept in print any further and this is the final opportunity to get a hardcover edition of the first chapter of Alan Moore’s horror masterpiece .

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March 28, 2017
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6.6 x 0.5 x 10.3 inches
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1592912915
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avatar Press (March 28, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592912915
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592912919
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.19 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.6 x 0.5 x 10.3 inches

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Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.

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Nick

Can't go wrong with Alan Moore

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2017

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This book is exactly what it says it is - HP Lovecraft by way of Alan Moore! Can't go wrong there. I've always liked the ideas and concepts in Lovecraft's horror to be more interesting than his actual writing - secret occult societies, horrible truths too insane to believe, the notion that reality is much more than what we can see. These were central themes in Alan Moore's From Hell, which I think is my favorite book ever, so there is a natural synergy between author and source inspiration here.

If this is indeed the final printing for this volume you have to get it. A great addition to any collection at a low price.

EDIT - After reading through this volume my 5 star review stands, but with the recommendation that you find a blog or something that elaborates on all the connections between what's happening here and in other Lovecraft stories. You really need a PhD in all things Lovecraft to understand this, it seems. Some connections are more like references or riffs - for example chapter 3 is similar to Shadow Over Innsmouth but not literally the same - while others appear to involve real characters and plot points from other stories that, unless you know those stories really well, you'd completely miss. For example - chapter 4 is apparently a prologue to the Dunwich Horror. I admit that I don't have nearly the level of Lovecraft knowledge to catch these on my own, but it only adds to my appreciation for Moore's work to see more clearly just how complex this project was.

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Providence proves to be the best Lovecraftian graphic novel series since Fatale and Alan Moore's best work in ages!

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2016

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I can confidentially say that this is Alan Moore's most polished, entertaining, and meticulously planned book since From Hell. I was wary of this series at first because the last few attempts that Moore has made at the Lovecraftian tale (The Courtyard, Yuggoth Cultures, Neonomicon) were all very disappointing to me. I felt the ideas in these works were either cliche or very UnLovecraftian; for example, in Neonomicon there are graphic scenes of Lovecraft's Deep Ones committing repeated acts of over the top sexual violence. I think if Lovecraft were alive today to see his creations debased to this, he would be pretty disappointed. Although, Providence has proven to be the next Lovecraft inspired masterpiece that all Lovecraft enthusiasts (like myself), horror fans, or graphic novel fans will enjoy. The amount of research Moore put into the ideas behind this book are evident by the history that is expounded within the texts. The descriptive dialogues between the characters reference everything from the dark underbellies of early 20th century American society, ancient alchemical texts, existential philosophers, archaic religions, scientists, and Freudian/Jungian psychology: all of which are prevalent among Lovecraft's themes of cosmic horror. The wonderful writing is supported with Jacen Burrows' amazing pen stroke and precise digital colorations. Burrows is a perfect choice to help narrate this type of book. Overall, I say this series definitely deserves 5 stars so far, and I hope it will only get better. Providence is the best Lovecraft inspired graphic novel series since Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' acclaimed Fatale and will surely go down in history as one of the best of its kind.

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Alan Moore in Lovecraft Country

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2017

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In 1919, Robert Black, a young journalist who wants to be a writer, decides to investigate the “concealed country” inside, or, to use the book’s metaphor, underneath the USA. He gathers material by gathering information on an occult society called the Stella Sapinete and the alchemical text, called in English “The Book of the Wisdom of the Stars.” His journey takes him from New York City to the docks of Salem to an isolated farm in north central Massachusetts.
This is a graphic novel and most of it is told in paneled drawings. But the reader is also favored with the contents of Robert Black’s commonplace book: his musings on what he (and the reader) experienced, his feelings, bisexual and otherwise, his dreams, documents he picks up on the way, the most memorable being the parish newsletter of the Church of St. Jude.

And, as you must have been waiting for, he includes his ideas for novels and stories. Like so many of us, he has no trouble thinking of great ideas, he just can’t figure how to provide the flesh and bone. He has the most success with an idea about a doughty young investigator following a trail of clues until he uncovers a horror that devours him. He shakes his head in his notes. Of course, the writer and the reader would want the character to continue to the end, but any believable character would turn tail and run the moment he realized where he was headed. The only reason he wouldn’t would be if he was in denial about the weird stuff he was seeing and if he became too invested in solving the mystery to quit. Yes, Robert Black thinks, that would solve his problem.
At which point, like most of my fellow readers, I hooted and sneered. Poor little character, who has read Guillot and Robert Chambers but never heard of H.P. Lovecraft. By the time this collection has ended, our hero has encountered one of the master’s few heroes and nine of his vilest villains. He has been in a super-cooled apartment and an underground lair complete with altar and demon and a waterfront full of people who look like fish and a deranged inbred family who talk to an invisible son and nothing has clicked.
Robert Black is not a very admirable young man so I have no reservations about watching him stick his head in the mouths of fiends. I do like how the great Alan Moore is making Lovecraft’s universe his own and I do like how he and artist Jacen Burrows are reimagining his people(s).

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Erinnert an den Zauberberg/Ein weites Feld

Reviewed in Germany on May 5, 2022

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Dieses Werk erinnert an Thomas Manns "Der Zauberberg" und Günther Grass' "Ein weites Feld". Es ist eine künstlerische Durchdringung der Zeit und des Werkes von H. P. Lovecraft. Um es vollends verstehen und genießen zu können müsste man das Gesamtwerk Lovecrafts, einschließlich seiner Briefe, dessen Biographie und am besten noch die Werke Robert W. Chambers Buch "The King in Yellow" und das Werk von C. G. Jung kennen. Und das sind nur die Referenzen, die mir aufgefallen sind. Man wünschte sich eine kritische Gesamtausgabe, die in einem Appendix all die Anspielungen und Verweise aufarbeiten würde.
Vom Storytelling ist es die Geschichte des Reporter Robert Black, der im Rahmen seiner Recherchen auf zahlreiche Figuren aus Lovecrafts Geschichten zu Interviews trifft, deren Namen zum Teil abgeändert sind (aus "Dr. West" wurde z. B. "Dr. North", aus dem Maler "Pickman" "Mr. Pitman") und deren Hintergrundgeschichte er nicht kennt; im Lauf der Recherche wird der Reporter mehr und mehr in den Cthulhu-Mythos hineingezogen.
Ich fand das Buch großartig, bin mir aber bewusst, dass ich es bei weitem nicht voll verstanden habe. Dafür fehlt mir der kulturgeschichtliche und psychologische Unterbau.

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Obra maestra parcial

Reviewed in Mexico on April 14, 2017

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Que se puede decir de una historia escrita por Alan Moore, el mejor escritor de cómics sin lugar a dudas. Aunque se nota que fue concebida como un gran arco de 12 números, se siente el corton en la historia, a esperar el volumen 2 y 3. El cómic no viene retractilado así que se puede rayar la portada que es brillante con algún otro producto cuidado con eso.

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DJ

Great service

Reviewed in Australia on August 5, 2019

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Excellent service. product was delivered as described, on time and safely. Recommended.

Francis Lucifuge

Alan Moore at his best!

Reviewed in Canada on September 11, 2016

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Moore meets Lovecraft on a highly researched book set in the heart of the Prohibition and the women's voting rights. Very dense, mixed with personal journals, excerps from cult pamphlets and The King In Yellow. Also, great art by Jacen Burrows. It's a book that is hard to put down and although it is a very pleasant read, one need to take his/her time to digest it and think it over. It is much more reminiscent of the european comic book than the standard american comic magazine. The presentation reminded me of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but the story is much more creepy, almost disturbing.

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Jane Aland

Moore meets Lovecraft

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2016

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'Providence' sees Alan Moore offering a new interpretation of the work of H.P Lovecraft, with the central conceit being that Lovecraft's stories were themselves fictionalised versions of 'real' events. The story follows a journalist called Robert Black - in essence an analogue for Lovecraft himself - as he travels around seeking inspiration for a novel he plans to write concerning a hidden side to America, along the way encountering characters who will be familiar to Lovecraft fans (the four issues collected here riff off the stories 'Cool Air', 'The Horror at Red Hook', 'The Shadow over Innsmouth', and 'The Dunwich Horror'). As such, whilst I'm sure it will still work as a pleasantly creepy horror story without any background knowledge, to really get the most out of this series and pick up all the allusions, I would strongly recommend readers are familiar with Lovecraft's work before they tackle this (there's also an excellent annotations site to pick up on all the detail at [...] ) Moore has done a great job re-stitching Lovecraft's varied stories into a connected whole, and he tackles Lovecraft's fears of race and sex head-on, by making Robert a closet Jewish homosexual. Beautifully crafted stuff, as you'd expect, with Moore showing he is still a master of the comic form, rich in allusions and packed with detail - whilst the strip is expanded by the addition of prose pages featuring Black's journal, exposing him as wilfully ignorant of his own slide into horror. Be aware that this is only the first third of the story, so don't expect anything in the way of a conclusion, but this is a cracking start. It's also been touted as a prequel to 'Neonomicon', and there are some subtle throwbacks to that story, but they are slight enough that it's not required reading to enjoy this.

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