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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969 Paperback – 27 July 2011
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- Print length80 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherKnockabout
- Publication date27 July 2011
- Dimensions25.8 x 0.9 x 16.8 cm
- ISBN-100861661621
- ISBN-13978-0861661626
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- Publisher : Knockabout; 1st edition (27 July 2011)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 80 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0861661621
- ISBN-13 : 978-0861661626
- Dimensions : 25.8 x 0.9 x 16.8 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 306,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 25,172 in Comics & Graphic Novels (Books)
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About the author
Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.
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Customers find the art quality fantastic and vibrant. They also appreciate the pop culture references. However, some customers feel the story lacks interest and is dull with no meaningful conclusion. There are differing opinions on whether it's worth having for a complete collection or not.
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Customers enjoy the art quality. They find the artwork fantastic, vibrant, and good to look at.
"...enjoyable, the characters are likable and funny when needed, the art is fantastic, it’s good to look at...." Read more
"...and the story of the antichrist's forthcoming birth is etched in vibrant colour and pop culture references...." Read more
"...But worth having for the sake of a complete collection. Great art though just a shame the story falls short." Read more
"...The comic has a very solid story that is told well, and the artwork is, as usual, superb...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the book's value for money. Some find it worthwhile for a complete collection, with superb artwork and delightful fiction. Others feel the book is clichéd, lackluster, and pointless.
"This book is definitely worth a try, the storyline is great, very enjoyable, the characters are likable and funny when needed, the art is fantastic,..." Read more
"...complex plots that moore is capable of developing, this has been very poor so far. my biggest criticism is reserved for the characterisation...." Read more
"...Not as good as the others by a long way. But worth having for the sake of a complete collection. Great art though just a shame the story falls short." Read more
"Very good product. Delivery without any problems. Can't ask for more." Read more
Customers find the story dull and uninteresting. They say it lacks a meaningful conclusion and is disappointing.
"...has a complete absence of drama or tension, and just seems weak and pointless." Read more
"...Great art though just a shame the story falls short." Read more
"This is perhaps the lesser one of the trilogy, maybe because I'm not that keen on the 60's iconogaphy (sorry), or perhaps because the first volume..." Read more
"...in a stereotyped 60's environment, has a dull story, with no meaningful conclusion, and poor artwork. The only interest was spotting the references." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2013This book is definitely worth a try, the storyline is great, very enjoyable, the characters are likable and funny when needed, the art is fantastic, it’s good to look at. I recommend this book to anyone who loves comics or just interested in getting to know the genre.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2011An interesting review from Mr Veidt & I understand what he means, but the 1960s is to a large extent considered to be the decade when Victorian morality eventually snapped - everything Mina was familiar with (which must have determined her character) was breaking down. I thought that was mirrored as she struggled to remain modern with her language, she was, for the first time, unsure of herself and maybe the scene of abuse in the park was meant as a visual of the excesses of the 1960s abusing the remnants of Victorian morality?
The psychic battle did visually seem a bit cartoonish (who knows what psychic battles look like though?) but could perhaps be seen as tapping the battle for minds in 1960s, stereotypically done through the use of hallucinogenic drugs & related imagery. But then the theme of O.H. possessing different bodies gives the suggestion of how some ideas survive being passed from one generation to another (not literal possession but possession by an idea?). The punk song at the end I suppose could have a few interpretations, one of which could be liberation, in Victorian times they were not much more than property working for the glory of the Empire?
I don't think this is the best of the series, which is a pretty high standard to be measured against, but it's still head and shoulders above what most comic books offer. Whatever Mr Moore does, he offers you the opportunity to think.
"Since 1980 Alan Moore has been subverting and expanding the traditional role of comics." (from the Guardian newspaper)... well, let's be thankful he's done that, eh?
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2014Groovy baby - Alan Moore's universe expands into the late half of the 20th century, and the story of the antichrist's forthcoming birth is etched in vibrant colour and pop culture references. If you love, like or are even just curious about the League of Extrodinary Gentlemen, then this is a must buy...
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2016i have one more book in the century trilogy to go - 2009 - and on the basis of the last two i have lowered my expectations to rock bottom. compared to the complex plots that moore is capable of developing, this has been very poor so far. my biggest criticism is reserved for the characterisation. mina was such an impressive woman in the first two league books. calm, clever, fearless and resourceful. now she takes an unknown hallucinogen at a critical moment in her investigative work. she's a shallow, foolish, neurotic woman, and quatermain is a spineless junkie. there are no superpowered people either, something sorely needed when going up against dangerous adversaries, so not surprisingly the league get their butts handed to them. this work has a complete absence of drama or tension, and just seems weak and pointless.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2012It's OK. I know that sounds like damning with faint praise but it's just OK. Not as good as the others by a long way. But worth having for the sake of a complete collection. Great art though just a shame the story falls short.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2014Very good product. Delivery without any problems. Can't ask for more.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 February 2014The second part of Century puts the sexy immortal trio of Allan Quatermain, Mina Murray and Orlando into the late swinging sixties, once again on their hunt for the Moonchild and Oliver Haddo, meeting up with a legion of literary characters from the 1960s, as well as analogues of popular British Invasion musicians. The comic has a very solid story that is told well, and the artwork is, as usual, superb. There is a particularly strong theme of sex which could be very distracting, but in a mature comic book I suppose there's no reason to complain, and Mr. Moore has said before that sex is an under-appreciated element in literature. The crossing over with other fiction is delightful and ingenious, as you can expect with the talented creative team of Moore and O'Neill.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2017excellent
Top reviews from other countries
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Andrea MichielanReviewed in Italy on 14 December 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo
L'albo è in lingua originale, la qualità di stampa è ottima ed è economico. Consigliato agli appassionati di fumetti d'autore
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RacunicaReviewed in France on 5 November 2013
3.0 out of 5 stars swinging london
J'aime beaucoup la League des Gentlemen, mais voilà sans doute le récit que j'ai le moins aimé. Autant dans Century 1910, l'épisode précédent, j'étais à fond dans l'évocation des opéras de Kurt Weil, et le jeu sur Mack the Knife et Jack l'Eventreur, autant ici, le trip sixties, sex and drugs et brit pop me laisse de marbre et rend l'ensemble assez indigeste (bon, je connais des gens pour qui c'est tout l'inverse, qui n'ont pas aimé 1910, et qui se retrouvent à fond dans 1969) (comme quoi, de gustibus non dispendabur est et tout ce qui s'ensuit).
Mais bien entendu, ça reste de très bonne tenue.