Book Review-League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

I am a fan of Alan Moore.  Haven’t heard of him?  He has influenced our culture in more ways than you can imagine.  He is the author of such graphic novels as From Hell, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen, just to name a few.  These titles have been turned into multi-million dollar movies.  His runs on Swamp Thing, Batman, and WildC.A.T.S. are cornerstones of the comic book genre.

According to WikiPedia,

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O’Neill. The series was launched in 1999 as part of the America’s Best Comics imprint of Wildstorm Comics. The series spans two six-issue limited series and a hardcover graphic novel, with a third miniseries due to be published by Top Shelf Productions. According to Moore, the initial concept behind the series was initially a “Justice League of Victorian England” but quickly grew into an opportunity to merge all works of fiction into one world. Says Moore: “The planet of the imagination is as old as we are. It has been humanity’s constant companion with all of its fictional locations, like Mount Olympus and the gods, and since we first came down from the trees, basically. It seems very important, otherwise, we wouldn’t have it.” Moore and O’Neill have revealed that they plan to map out many different eras in the League series with Allan Quatermain and Mina Murray (of Bram Stoker’s Dracula) being the two constants.

I LOVED these books.  Also being a fan of C.S. Lewis, I have an affinity towards English authors (meaning FROM England).  If you are a fan of classical liturature, comic books, high intrigue, or biting social commentary, I cannot recommend The League of Extraodinary Gentleman, Vol. 1 & 2 enough!