Thursday, August 4, 2011

Review: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen





Prestation: Do you like vampires ? do you like monsters? do you like badass rifle wielding beard rocking old guys? if your answer is Yes, Well you will totally love this comic book series.



Story: The comic strip takes in humorous way the principle of a serial novel contrasting unconventional characters that are particularly dark. To defend England against the most extraordinary threat, a secret agent named Campion Bond, acting on behalf of a mysterious Mister M, gives Miss Wilhelmina Murray (one of the characters of Dracula) the task to recruit individuals with special talents:
          -Allan Quatermain, King Solomon's Mines by Henry Rider Haggard.

                -Dr. Henry Jekyll and his alter ego, Mr. Hyde, from the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

-Captain Nemo from Jules Verne's, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

-Hawley Griffin , The Invisible ManNote that Alan Moore gave him the name of the killer Hawley Crippen.

Drawing: The drawing is a bit odd. It is not bad, but it's not something i have seen before . The characters have their own unique styles and they are not forgettable. Knowing that the characters are mainly from books they did a pretty awesome job.



Verdict : It is an amazing series but it may not appeal to many guys (and girls) but if you watched the movie and liked it , you will love this. I give it [7.5/10].

22 comments:

SuperGeek said...

Great idea for a blog +followed

Lexsa said...

are you okay?

Anonymous said...

Nice blog, I love it!
+Follow!

Unknown said...

Prestation: YES to everything. Going to check it out, great review.

TheNomGames said...

Nice blog! i do love League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!
+fol
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GMSoccerPicks said...

I like vampires rifles and monsters, this looks like my kind of thing then :D

Shaw said...

Looks like I'll have to read it too

Bersercules said...

I read this years ago then sold my copy to a comic book store to make money and then the movie got made and the comic store sold the copy I had for way more then they could have before!

Heaven. said...

Hmm, sounds like I should give it a try.

Poetry of the Day said...

i loved the movie
Dantes Inferno

Clotifoth said...

Great review comrade. +follow

Health Install said...

yea the movie was amazing , ill give it a read to i suppose

Ralph Davis said...

Sadly, I have only watched the movie. I definitely need to check this out

fatbloodyfinger said...

One day I'll get around to this.

Lance said...

Q: do you like badass rifle wielding beard rocking old guys?
A: YES!
Excellent blog, followed.

Koilusaia said...

Excellent. This is excellent.

DWei said...

Hm, I'll see if I can find it when I have a bit of spare time.

Shockgrubz said...

Im in it for the unconventional characters. Nice review!

Khorne said...

I only watched the movie but the comic book looks great. Maybe I should read it.

GMSoccerPicks said...

Mind is i ask whats coming next? :) Give us a hint

Comic Book Club said...

@GMsoccerpicks: It's one of the biggest and badest marvel events ever!

Failpailirl said...

great idea, i like the story. Followed.

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