"The prize of the book (and really, worth the price all by itself) is the short story "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss", by the Rt. Hon. Bertram Wooster, in which Bertie Wooster manages to be the protagonist of a Lovecraftian horror story while having not the slightest idea what is going on."
Agreed!
"The production values are excellent for the price"
Perhaps, but still not as good as envisioned. For those (like me) who read every Alan Moore interview we can get our hands on, there are a number of deficiencies apparent. The 'Fanny Hill' section was supposed to have uncut pages (as clearly indicated in the text). The 1984 Tijuana Bible was supposed to be loose, not bound in. And, worst of all, the flexi-disc of two rock songs that Alan recorded to go with the beat-era section failed entirely to be included (though rumor has it that it will make it into the Absolute edition).
"some of the best red-and-green 3D work I've ever seen"
Indeed, though there's even a story about that. When he turned in the book, Alan told DC to give that section to Ray Zone, longtime 3-D comics expert, as no one else was likely to be up to the job. They said (approx.) "No, no, our in-house production department is certainly capable of handling it." After some weeks of effort, they admitted, with some chagrin, that they were not. Ray Zone did do it in the end. (This wrong turn may have contributed some to the substantial production delays the book suffered.)
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Date: 2008-06-16 08:38 pm (UTC)Jess Nevins has your back.
"The prize of the book (and really, worth the price all by itself) is the short story "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss", by the Rt. Hon. Bertram Wooster, in which Bertie Wooster manages to be the protagonist of a Lovecraftian horror story while having not the slightest idea what is going on."
Agreed!
"The production values are excellent for the price"
Perhaps, but still not as good as envisioned. For those (like me) who read every Alan Moore interview we can get our hands on, there are a number of deficiencies apparent. The 'Fanny Hill' section was supposed to have uncut pages (as clearly indicated in the text). The 1984 Tijuana Bible was supposed to be loose, not bound in. And, worst of all, the flexi-disc of two rock songs that Alan recorded to go with the beat-era section failed entirely to be included (though rumor has it that it will make it into the Absolute edition).
"some of the best red-and-green 3D work I've ever seen"
Indeed, though there's even a story about that. When he turned in the book, Alan told DC to give that section to Ray Zone, longtime 3-D comics expert, as no one else was likely to be up to the job. They said (approx.) "No, no, our in-house production department is certainly capable of handling it." After some weeks of effort, they admitted, with some chagrin, that they were not. Ray Zone did do it in the end. (This wrong turn may have contributed some to the substantial production delays the book suffered.)