The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Difference between revisions

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Writer [[Alan Moore]] and artist Kevin O'Neill's vision of a [[Superhero]] team, like the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] or the [[Justice League of America]], set in the world of Victorian English penny-dreadful adventure stories. Moore combined [[Public Domain Character|public domain characters]] from the period, hundreds in total, into a coherent whole. The first volume of the series was published from March, 1999 to September, 2000.

 

The sheer number of sly references to Victoriana that are found in the pages of ''League'''s first two volumes astound many scholars; each page includes subtle and overt [[Continuity Nod|Continuity Nods]] to British literary tradition and culture, everything from [[Rupert Bear]] and other classic [[Talking Animal]] characters as Moreau's hybrid monsters, to a Cottingley Fairy in a jar of alcohol at the British Museum. On the other hand, they usually take these references in so horrifying a direction that it's sometimes more insulting if you recognize them. The trend continues with more contemporary fiction in the later volumes, often with clever [[Writing Around Trademarks]], as these works aren't public domain.

 

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