Kevin O'Neill, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, delves into the representation of death across culture. His academic journey led him to explore diverse aspects such as post-mortem photography, cemetery design, spiritualism, and the modern concept of the internet afterlife. O'Neill investigates how various cultures and individuals engage with themes of mortality and what follows. His work offers a profound and unique perspective on a fundamental human experience.
In "Cinema Purgatorio" erkunden Alan Moore und Kevin O’Neill die dunklen Seiten des Kinos und hinterfragen dessen Rolle als Unterhaltung oder Prüfung für Sünder. Sie beleuchten Hollywoods skandalöse Geschichte und die Klischees des Erzählkinos, während die Grenze zwischen Leinwand und Zuschauer verschwimmt.
Máte rádi viktoriánskou žánrovou literaturu? Máte rádi komiks? Pokud jste si na obě otázky odpověděli ANO, pak vám nesmí uniknout poslední dílko Alana Moora a jeho dvorního malíře Kevina O’Neilla, pokračování Ligy výjimečných, trilogie NEMO. Píše se rok 1925 a patnáct let po smrti kapitána Nema plánuje jeho dcera Janni Dakkarová v Ledovém srdci nebezpečnou expedici do Antarktidy, která končí konfrontací pod Horami šílenství, v neprobádané mezeře v mapě, kde se realita naší hrdinky zbortí. V Berlínských růžích se zase utká s mechanickými metropolitními monstrozitami a v Řece duchů bojuje se zvrhlými tropickými tyrany. České vydání jako první na světě vychází v jednom svazku.
It is the early years of a new and unfamiliar century, and forces are emerging that appear to promise ruin for the Murray group, the nation and indeed the world, even were it to take a hundred years for this apocalyptic threat to come to its disastrous fruition. From the crime-haunted wharfs of 1910, through the criminal, mystical underworlds of 1969 to the desolated streets of 2009, the remnants of Miss Murray and her League must combat not only the hidden hand of their undying adversary, but also the ethical and psychological collapse accompanying the new era.
Continuing in the adventurous tradition of their self-contained thriller Heart of Ice, Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill present a blazing narrative that rampages through twentieth century culture and portrays the volatile convergence or four startling and striking women in a place of long totalitarian shadows.
Chapter Two takes place in the psychedelic daze of Swinging London during 1969, a place where Tadukic Acid Diethylamide 26 is the drug of choice, and where different underworlds are starting to overlap dangerously to an accompaniment of sit-ins and sitars
From Knockabout Comics. Dodgem Logic is committed to alleviating the attendant sense of anguish and despair by brightening the world with the astonishing cartoon-work of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen's sublime Kevin O'Neill or that of underground legend Savage Pencil; the musings of Father Ted, The IT Crowd and Black Book's own Graham Linehan or of the nation's sweetheart, the implacably positive Josie Long; even a delirious commemoration of the lunar landing's anniversary by the masterful Steve Aylett. In addition to a variously-hosted women's column launched by Lost Girls co-creator and erstwhile underground cartoon artist Melinda Gebbie, Mr. Moore will himself be contributing a lead feature on the history of underground subversive publishing from its origins in the 13th century, along with various illustrations and words of advice. All these and many other sterling features, Including a free CD of Alan Moore-approved music.
Century: 1910
The new volume detailing the exploits of Miss Wilhelmina Murray and her extraordinary colleagues spans almost 100 years.
In an alternate England in 1958, Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain seek the Black Dossier, which contains the history of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen through the centuries, while fleeing from deadly secret agents.
When the far-future evil human empire of Termight begins experimenting with time travel, it unleashes a force that could destroy the entire universe! But Nemesis the Warlock, Deadlocks fellow khaos-worshipper and enemy of Termight, has a plan: the Warriors must travel through the Time Wastes to the central planet of Termight and destroy its technologyand fast! Too bad that Termights legions know the Warriors are coming and have sent an elite force to stop them!
It's one month after the events in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 1, and the skies over England are filled with flaming rockets as Mars launches the first salvo of an invasion. Only our stalwart adventurers - Allan Quatermain, Mina Harker, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin, and Mr Edward Hyde - can save mother England and the Earth itself.
In the future, wars will no longer be fought by men of flesh and blood. Instead, robots march forth into battle, to finish a job left half-done. It is not their war, not their cause, and yet they fight and die for the cause, heroes one and all. Hammerstein: the leader. Joe Pineapples: the ultimate assassin. Blackblood: the traitor. Mongrol: the killer machine. Deadlock: the crazed priest of Khaos. Mek-Quake: the coward. Ro-Jaws: the garbage eater. They are the Mek-Nificent Seven, they are the A.B.C Warriors - atomic, bacterial and chemical war robots, programmed for destruction - and this is their story.
Recruited by the enigmatic Campion Bond, under orders from the mysterious 'M' --the six adventurers in this League are pressed into service by the British Empire in its time of need
