Aunque tuviera entre sus manos los materiales más excelsos para construir una maravillosa historia (que tampoco, no hay en uno sólo de estos relatos rastro de belleza o verdad, salvo cierto ingenio y todo lo que deriva de éste, artificio, ironía y superficialidad) la jodería con la prosa más sobreescrita, insufrible y pagada de sí misma que he leído en años.

In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover - and in some cases even make and unmake - the various uncharted parts of existence. Non voglio parlarvi dei racconti nello specifico, se vi ho instillato un briciolo di curiosità preferisco che siate voi a esplorarli, a scoprirli, a viverli. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. Diria que o tom do conto é Moore a purgar as suas frustrações e a vingar-se, com imenso bom humor, sobre o comercialismo da indústria.The rest lean more towards psychological horror: an autopsy of the failed experiment of human existence. In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover--and in some cases even make and unmake--the various uncharted parts of existence. But Moore, from the depths of the English working class, has always aimed his ambition at the attainment of high culture.

Moore’s writing is as brilliant as ever—from dizzying wordplay in scene-setting detail to cuttingly succinct summaries. And yes, much of the history of comics is ugly, not least the way early creators were swindled out of their creations.This definitely also had Moore’s feelings towards movies never being able to live up to the comic books they try to recreate expressed, which was cool to see. The title story has a similar sort of engine but to very different effect, a melancholy sort of ghost story in which a man hoping against hope to recapture the happiness he felt on childhood holidays learns that you can never go back, even when it turns out that you can. Overall, I feel I would have enjoyed this better if I had any idea who these people were supposed to represent or knew more about the comic book industry itself, but it was still a fun, easy read.