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A1 #1
A1 Book One
A1 Book One (A1, #1)
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Published January 1, 1989
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Alan Moore
1,578 books21.7k followersAlan 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.
As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sinclair; New Wave science fiction writers such as Michael Moorcock; horror writers such as Clive Barker; to the cinematic–filmmakers such as Nicolas Roeg. Influences within comics include Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby and Bryan Talbot.
As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sinclair; New Wave science fiction writers such as Michael Moorcock; horror writers such as Clive Barker; to the cinematic–filmmakers such as Nicolas Roeg. Influences within comics include Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby and Bryan Talbot.
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October 5, 2012
Okay, just to make it clear, Alan W. Moore is nowhere in this anthology comic from Atomeka Press. Alan Moore, however, makes two contributions, one featuring the Warpsmiths of Marvelman fame and illustrated by Garry Leach, the other a chapter in his Bojeffries saga with Steve Parkhouse drawing.
A1 was an independent attempt to give some of the top (mainly British) creators a forum in which to create their own work, free from constrictive regular deadlines. It pretty much works that way. In addition to Moore and his workmates, this all black-and-white volume of the 6-issue series includes Dave Gibbons, Brian Bolland, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, John Bolton and Eddie Campbell, to name just a few.
The work is of a very high standard, the only really noticeably weak point the silly furry-animal story 'Wayfarer: A Taste of Gold' from Paul Behrer and Una Fricker; the illustration in it is solid, but it's just kind of a one-off lame gag strip (featuring some sort of warrior rat) that takes pages to come off, when it could've done it in one. My favourite piece is probably 'Bad Bread,' from Graham Marks and Bolton; it's a short but handsome story of Pieter Breughel eating some bad food and hallucinating the creations we know him for.
A1 came out at a good time for comic anthologies, and was echoed by the same title for a short run stateside. This was a promising start, and a good miscellany for fans of the medium.
A1 was an independent attempt to give some of the top (mainly British) creators a forum in which to create their own work, free from constrictive regular deadlines. It pretty much works that way. In addition to Moore and his workmates, this all black-and-white volume of the 6-issue series includes Dave Gibbons, Brian Bolland, Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, John Bolton and Eddie Campbell, to name just a few.
The work is of a very high standard, the only really noticeably weak point the silly furry-animal story 'Wayfarer: A Taste of Gold' from Paul Behrer and Una Fricker; the illustration in it is solid, but it's just kind of a one-off lame gag strip (featuring some sort of warrior rat) that takes pages to come off, when it could've done it in one. My favourite piece is probably 'Bad Bread,' from Graham Marks and Bolton; it's a short but handsome story of Pieter Breughel eating some bad food and hallucinating the creations we know him for.
A1 came out at a good time for comic anthologies, and was echoed by the same title for a short run stateside. This was a promising start, and a good miscellany for fans of the medium.
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