Skizz (2000 AD Presents 9) [Paperback]

While Alan Moore's warped brain comes up with a mighty fine plot it is Jim Baike's art that, as always, shines through.

When a spacecraft from Tau Ceti crashlands just outside Birmingham, its sole occupant - Interpreter Zhcchz - is left alone and incapable of escape, in a world he can't begin to comprehend. Terrified, hungry and disorientated, the alien finally finds warmth in a dark shed...Luckily for the unfortunate alien, he is befriended by a Brummie schoolgirl, Roxy, who stumbles upon him by accident. But Skizz (as Roxy names him) becomes the object of a government search, led by the crazed alien-hunter Van Owen, after the object of a government search, led by the crazed alien-hunter Van Owen, after the wreckage of his ship is found. With Skizz still desperately trying to adjust to Earth, and only Roxy to protect him, will either of them survive, let alone cope with the strangest days of either of their lives?

Alan Moore is perhaps best known for the groundbreaking Watchmen series. He is currently working on the ABC line of comics, which include Tom Strong, Promethea, Top Ten and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen(all published by Titan). Jim Baikie is currently pencilling The First American in Alan Moore's Tomorrow Stories.