Alan Moore, like Neil Gaiman, constantly flirts with thetoo-smart-for-his-own-good aesthetic without alienating his readers.Promethea weaves Moore's trademark scholarly mysticism with wild, fun swipes at post-everything culture in a complex tale based on the importance of story. Following a teenage girl, whose interest in an obscure and possibly real heroine leads to her assumption of the heroine's role, Promethea draws on a century of comics art to express themes of history and fiction.Action, intimacy, fantasy, and ennui all find their place, and when it's over, the reader will hunger for the next collection. --Rob Lightner
Alan Moore, like Neil Gaiman, constantly flirts with the too-smart-for-his-own-good aesthetic without alienating his readers. Promethea weaves Moore's trademark scholarly mysticism with wild, fun swipes at post-everything culture in a complex tale based on the importance of story. Following a teenage girl, whose interest in an obscure and possibly real heroine leads to her assumption of the heroine's role, Promethea draws on a century of comics art to express themes of history and fiction. Action, intimacy, fantasy, and ennui all find their place, and when it's over, the reader will hunger for the next collection. --Rob Lightner
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
A comic book magick primer? YUP!:
I can't possibly give this series enough praise. Quite simply it is an easy to read primer on modern Hermetic magick in the form of top rate sequential art. Whenever I meet someone not familiar with ceremonial magick, the occult or the Kabbalah I recommend Promethea. This isn't just a pretty book that portrays magick's philosophy with great insight and a surprising level of subtlety, it really uses the medium itself to its own advantage. The scene with the pair of Promethea's walking around the moebius... more info
Words Made Flesh:
Alan Moore teams up with J.H. Williams III and Mick Gray to create this graphic novel series. The story is set in a modern-day, yet futuristic, New York, where a coed gets more than she bargains for when she researches a literary heroine. While Moore stays on his A game for this one, Williams' colorful, psychedelic art makes every page stand on its own. It seems that once again, Moore combines a weird premise with an alluring style and fantastic illustrations. Volume I features a two-page written excerpt of... more info
Not what I expected... surpassed my expectations!:
I bought this book after reading a few teaser pages in this free CD I got from DC Comics which had a few teaser pages each for a wide variety of their comics. it left me intrigued, so I decided to try this book. I was NOT disappointed. This book was fantastic. I learned quite a few new things, and the art and the writing go hand in hand beautifully. At the end of this book, I did not hesitate to order the second book. Bravo to Alan Moore for this beautiful story!
Trust the Snakes:
I'm up to Promethea Part IV by now so I should back up and rein in my thoughts on Volume 1 (which collects the first 6 comics from back in 1999 it looks like). Anyway hats off to Alan Moore for serving up another variation on his "superwoman" ideal, as if Mina Harker from LXG wasn't enough. Well she isn't enough of course. PROMETHEA wouldn't be as interesting as it is (and in fact it's captivated me for the past three days) without its back story, New York in the last days of the last century, but a... more info
