12.27.2004
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume II
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, 224 pgs, hardcover
Amazon site
Overall Grade: A-
Series: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Egads, I guess this is really a graphic novel instead of a book because it's basically a bunch of comic books stuck together, but still stupendous. I think I find this series so enjoyable because it has literary allusions all over the place. Though I do have to admit that this one was disturbingly graphic in other ways that it need not have been since it made no difference to the plot. But the premise, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in its current form is a group of five characters assembled from Victorian literature by the British government to stop bad things from happening to England. This time the bad thing is the Martians from 'The War of the Worlds'. Its quite ingenious how Moore & O'Neill coordinate so much literature into how their stories unfold. Plus, the 'New Traveler's Almanac' in the back is amusing to no end. I mean really, how can a work that references 'The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek' not be on my A-list?
Amazon site
Overall Grade: A-
Series: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Egads, I guess this is really a graphic novel instead of a book because it's basically a bunch of comic books stuck together, but still stupendous. I think I find this series so enjoyable because it has literary allusions all over the place. Though I do have to admit that this one was disturbingly graphic in other ways that it need not have been since it made no difference to the plot. But the premise, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in its current form is a group of five characters assembled from Victorian literature by the British government to stop bad things from happening to England. This time the bad thing is the Martians from 'The War of the Worlds'. Its quite ingenious how Moore & O'Neill coordinate so much literature into how their stories unfold. Plus, the 'New Traveler's Almanac' in the back is amusing to no end. I mean really, how can a work that references 'The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek' not be on my A-list?
Labels: genre: fiction, genre: graphic novel, genre: historical, media: book, series: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
