Feb
1
2009

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. III announced!

posted by Matt Knicl at 11:11 pm.

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Once again, the Roman snake god Glycon graces us with its presence! Top Shelf released a PR Friday stating that the fourth installment to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, following The Black Dossier, would be released tentatively in April.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. III

courtesy Top Shelf

    “At last! The League returns, better than ever! It’s a new age,
    a new publisher, and an all-new adventure, packed with even
    more metafictional fisticuffs and diachronic derring-do!

    Top Shelf is proud to announce the all-new chapter in the
    breathtaking series by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill.
    In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III):
    Century #1 (”1910″)    , our familiar cast of Victorian literary
    characters (or what’s left of them) enters the brave new world
    of the 20th century!

    The present installment is set against a backdrop of London,
    1910, twelve years after the failed Martian invasion and nine
    years since England put a man upon the moon. In the bowels of
    the British Museum, Carnacki the ghost-finder is plagued by
    visions of a shadowy occult order who are attempting to create
    something called a Moonchild, while on London’s dockside the
    most notorious serial murderer of the previous century has
    returned to carry on his grisly trade. Working for Mycroft
    Holmes’ British Intelligence alongside a rejuvenated Allan
    Quatermain, the reformed thief Anthony Raffles and the eternal
    warrior Orlando, Miss Murray is drawn into a vile opera acted
    out upon the waterfront by players that include the furiously
    angry Pirate Jenny and the charismatic butcher known as Mac the
    Knife. Sounds like a ripping good tale, eh?

    This book will be the first of three deluxe, 80-page,
    full-color, perfect-bound graphic novellas, by the original
    League of Extraordinary Creators: Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neill,
    Ben Dimagmaliw (colors), and Todd Klein (lettering). Each
    self-contained narrative takes place in three distinct eras,
    building to an apocalyptic conclusion occurring in our own
    twenty-first century!”

Start catching up on your early 20th century occult fiction! I know I am.

Matt Knicl: My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.

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