Tag: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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Alan Moore’s Relationship With DC Comics Is More Complicated Than You Think
Few comic book writers have received as much praise as Alan Moore, and even fewer have enjoyed such a contentious relationship with the entire industry. His work on such graphic novels as Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Batman: The Killing Joke has seen Moore being listed as the greatest writer…
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The Gates review – retrofuturist tale of serial killer’s spirit on the rampage
Horror-thriller is a confusing mashup of science, religion and spiritualism, cursed with a sloppy script and bad actingThis horror-thriller occupies the same Victorian shadowlands as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Penny Dreadful; a not-quite-modern epoch, with its zesty mashup of science, religion and spiritualism, retrofuturist tech and plain retro beliefs. It makes an invigorating…