- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Abiogenesis; illustrated edition edition (29 Dec 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 094679006X
- ISBN-13: 978-0946790067
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 16.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 575,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman contains comicstrips, illustrations, essays, articles, anecdotes and other pieces contributedby top American, English, and international comics creators paying tribute tothe master of comic book writing, Alan Moore (creator of Watchmen andFrom Hell), as he celebrates his 50th year.Over a hundred contributors include Neil Gaiman, Will Eisner, BillSienkiewicz, Dave Gibbons, Denis Kitchen, David Lloyd, Jim Valentino, SergioToppi, Bryan Talbot, Steve Parkhouse, Mark Millar, Howard Cruse, James Kochalka,José Villarrubia, Sam Kieth, Dave Sim, Oscar Zarate, DJ Paul Gambaccini,and novelist Darren Shan, to name just a few. The book jacket will feature a newphotgraph by Piet Corr and other features will include interviews, biographies,and new and rare photographs.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
The Magician's House Party,
This review is from: Alan Moore: Portrait Of An Extraordinary Gentleman (Paperback)
A comics website made the wry comment in previewing this book that it contained lots of well-disguised adverts for other people's books. I would revise that to say it contained lots of BADLY-disguised adverts for others' works. In fact, some aren't disguised atall. Dave Sim, I'm looking at you.Yes, this is a 'tribute' work. The best material in it are conversations/prose correspondance with Moore himself, in which he expounds (at length and very very entertainingly) about his interests in such concepts as magic, storytelling, the comics industry, meme theory and his research for From Hell). However, the rest is of varied qulaity and sit unsure next to each other - comic strip biographies next to silly but fun cartoons next to academic reviews next to personal reminisces (some of which are deadly dull and revolve around what a nice man Mr Moore is to share a drink with, one of which comes scarily near to shattering all your preconceptions of the man as nice gent)next to bizaree short stories obsessed with referencing every single Moore comic. Hardly an essential item by any means, it does provide a good read and some nice new artwork of Moore charcaters... but don't expect anything comprehensive or definitive.
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Happy birthday Mr. Moore,
By Stefano Bardi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Alan Moore: Portrait Of An Extraordinary Gentleman (Paperback)
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the funniest and most beautiful tribute ever made to an author! I have never seen anything like this in centuries! I think that the basic idea of the whole project is strongly related with being an Alan Moore fan, which is a thing that a lot of the autohrs involved in the book share. But there's more to it: that means that even though every contribution is not perfect, neat and amazing, love, respect and passion are always granted in every inch of this work. Every artist/writer that has participated has done its best, even in a simple way, to say: Happy birthday Mr. Moore.If you're expecting me to cite my favourite contributions you are wrong: too many and too beautiful, and right now I can only remeber one of those that Moore will appreciate more: Will Eisner's one! In a few words: a must-read for all Moore's fan over the globe, buy it and you won't be disappointed. P.S.: I was almost forgetting to say that in the end of the volume there is a complete bibliography, which can be considered a stand-alone motivation to buy it. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A fair tribute, worth it for some...,
By Rob O "destruktolux" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Alan Moore: Portrait Of An Extraordinary Gentleman (Paperback)
...but not for others. I do feel that the book was a little too long--a few too many single page tributes that just seemed the same ("I first read Alan Moore when I...;" "Alan Moore changed the way I...;" etc., etc.). I feel like this book would have been a better service if the articles had been kept down to people with some legitimate statement on Moore's work or their personal involvement. An excellent example of this is Steve Bissette's essay in which he outlines his dealings with Moore from the Swamp Thing run, on through Taboo, into their falling out over a hornets' nest of problems in the early nineties. The article is not entirely "in tribute," but it does good service to the fans by being informative on a subject frought with rumor and speculation. I'm sure Moore was probably surprised, if not chagrined, to read it.The Dave Sim article is excellent (I'm working on reading that right now as a matter of fact). It's daunting but highly rewarding: Sim is easily the most undervalued comics interviewer, for a multiplicity of reasons that aren't worth going into here. The more scholastic articles by Jose Alaniz, in my book you can take them or leave them. There doesn't seem to be much appreciable about what he's written about that a cursory reading of the same texts (especially the "Best of all Tailors" chapter of From Hell) couldn't provide. I'm sure they're of some value to someone, but that doesn't really include me. Also, the book is co-produced by Italian, English and American people/companies, hence the inclusion of a lot of nameless Italian artists (and a couple of writers). I'm sure that's of massive significance to the Italian comics community, but it's pretty far removed from everywhere else. Still, it doesn't muddle up the book too much...and the pictures are nice... Altogether, I would neither characterize the book as entirely without merit, save the interviews, nor would I characterize it as a 100% tour de force production. It's a good book for hardcore Moore fans (or wanna-be hardcore fans, with a decent but incomplete bibliography in the back). My advice, if you don't have a copy of Watchmen (which you SHOULD), From Hell, V for Vendetta, and a good Swamp Thing or two, buy those first and then enjoy this book.
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One of the Greatest Geniuses of our time...,
By Thomas S. Ingle "Tom the Magnificent" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Alan Moore: Portrait Of An Extraordinary Gentleman (Paperback)
Alan Moore is one of the greatest writers of our time. With Comic book titles, graphic novels, book titles and movies under his belt, it can easily be said that he will go down in history as one of the greats. Now, inside this volume, Alan Moore's friends, co-workers, associates and confidants give their side of what they feel Alan Moore represents to them. How many people have been inspired to create their life's work because of him? How has he influenced other outstanding authors? What kind of person is he and does he realy practice magick? All of these questions and more are addressed in this excellently penned and highly Visual edition of "Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman" by Spencer Millidge. This one is definately a keeper!!!
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