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Pros & Cons
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Moore is a phenomenal writer--one of only a few that superbly combines heroics/action and complex myth-building. Williams' colorful, psychedelic art makes every page stand on its own. This is moore at his post-modern best, as the very nature of this c... Read More
The story comes down to mis-understood good vs. Good. The wolf is super terrifying, but isn't this a story angela carter did already like, a zillion times, not to mention the stephen sondheim of into the woods?
Book 1 of promethea collects the first six issues from america's best comics. It is easy to read moore's prologue in book 1 and buy it hook, line, and sinker. It takes a few issues to begin to delve deeply into its material.
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Quality
This is where the series slips into the next gear and exhibits the most promise.
There is a promethean movement, which is "dedicated to advancing human life through self-expression, augmented by authentic fre... Read More
They are so pervasive that i find they lose meaning, becoming background decoration rather than signs with real significance.
The artwork in this book is very competent, and supports the story well.
Price
I initially bought this book because it was cheap and it was by alan moore.
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- This product had a total of 400 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 17 2024.
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Alan moore once more begins a ground breaking series in a new direction
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The story is set in a modernday yet futuristic new york where a coed gets more than she bargains for when she researches a literary heroine
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This comic is unrated graphic violence adult language adult situations
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Im up to promethea part iv by now so i should back up and rein in my thoughts on volume 1 which collects the first 6 comics from back in 1999 it looks like
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Anyway hats off to alan moore for serving up another variation on his 34superwoman34 ideal as if mina harker from lxg wasnt enough
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Well she isnt enough of course
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Promethea wouldnt be as interesting as it is and in fact its captivated me for the past three days without its back story new york in the last days of the last century but a different new york with far more elaborate architecture and a set of new technologies that makes it seem like something hg wells prophesized
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On top of this strange baroque background seeing stacia and sophie act like regular coeds at a place like nyu is what gives it its special endearing brand of gotcha
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