tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484290599070777481.post1798230101349768785..comments2024-02-02T09:26:58.195-05:00Comments on Alan Moore's Forgotten Awesome: In PictopiaMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16178357044890445249noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484290599070777481.post-8229888961411056732019-12-18T08:24:59.884-05:002019-12-18T08:24:59.884-05:00To be fair, that Mr. Monster story is amazing, too...To be fair, that Mr. Monster story is amazing, too, but in a much sillier way.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178357044890445249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484290599070777481.post-50759374376708765372019-11-26T04:51:00.784-05:002019-11-26T04:51:00.784-05:00Correct, when Khoury made EXTRAORDINARY WORKS it h...Correct, when Khoury made EXTRAORDINARY WORKS it had IN PICTOPIA [new coloring]; perhaps 2008.<br /><br />The Indispensable EXTRAORDINARY WORKS was expanded and PICTOPIA dropped and had: MR MONSTER Riddle of the recalcitrant refuse...SWB - ajenodelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484290599070777481.post-776233442981182412018-04-01T05:41:52.426-04:002018-04-01T05:41:52.426-04:00Ha, I just assumed they had scanned it out of the ...Ha, I just assumed they had scanned it out of the comic.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178357044890445249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484290599070777481.post-89351935839022480412018-04-01T03:24:13.356-04:002018-04-01T03:24:13.356-04:00It looks *terrible* in "Brighter Than You Thi...It looks *terrible* in "Brighter Than You Think". The story "Tapestries" looks slightly worse than the original, but "In Pictopia" just looks awful. It would look better if they had just used a scanner on an old comic book than whatever they did.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484290599070777481.post-65150577253075687142017-10-11T10:42:34.103-04:002017-10-11T10:42:34.103-04:00It was included in the mostly excellent Brighter T...It was included in the mostly excellent Brighter Than You Think collection of Moore short stories, though some of the scans aren't the best. Unfortunately, some of Moore's best shorter works have gone almost completely unread because they were printed in such small publications. If you ever get a chance, I love his story from The Puma Blues. (I haven't found a reason to work it into ForgottenAwesome yet.)<br /><br />Yeah, In Pictopia is a wonderful little piece. I've always enjoyed it as a comics-version, more serious Who Framed Roger Rabbit? But it definitely feels like Moore in his angry old man mode (though he wasn't old then). That's why I like comparing it to Judgment Day because the stories have the same basic idea and message but Judgment Day offers an optimistic message that things can get better if creators try to make comics that are better.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178357044890445249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484290599070777481.post-4599284566414577032017-10-11T10:33:14.492-04:002017-10-11T10:33:14.492-04:00In Pictopia should be at the top of the list of le...In Pictopia should be at the top of the list of less-easy-to-find Moore works for any interested reader. It's really a great piece of work.<br /><br />This was re-colored (by Jose Villarubia who worked with Moore on some of the ABC books) and re-printed in the original version of The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore. If I remember correctly, Simpson didn't like the recoloring. The revised version of the Moore bio had something else. I like both versions, personally.Icehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984428560699482556noreply@blogger.com