Avatar Press July 21, 2010

Alan Moore's Neonomicon #1

Alan Moore's Neonomicon #2
◄ Alan Moore's Neonomicon #1
Series
7.2

Critic Rating

4 Reviews
7.3

User Rating

3 Reviews
Writer Alan Moore
Artist Jacen Burrows

The all-new, all Alan Moore, horror series spoken of only in hushed whispers for years is finally here! From the award-winning master of comics, Alan Moore, comes a brand new tale of Lovecraftian horror that will leave you too afraid to close your eyes, but more afraid to open them! NEONOMICON, the sequel to THE COURTYARD Graphic Novel, is slithering its way onto tablets and readers to take its place as a Great Old One of comics terror! Illustrated by Moore's favorite demented artist, Jacen Burrows, NEONOMICON pulls no punches as every full-colored page is covered in nightmares brought to gruesome life! The story begins some years after the more

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  • 9.0

    Comics Bulletin - Ross Haralson

    Jul 25, 2010

    * In the world of Hellboy, for instance, Mike Mignolas title character has often suggested that Lovecraft based his writing on personal experiences and knowledge. Similarly, 2009s The Strange Adventures of H.P Lovecraft saw the authors nightmares given life at the earliest stages of his career. Read Full Review

  • 7.0

    Comics Bulletin - Dave Wallace

    Jul 25, 2010

    If anything, the issue feels like a good pilot episode of an American supernatural-thriller TV show, built around some compelling Lovecraftian lore. However, since Im not the biggest Lovecraft fan in the world (Im not intimately familiar with the Cthulhu mythos, and Ive also never read Moores The Courtyard, to which Neonomicon is apparently a sequel), I wonder if Im getting as much out of the book as other readers might. As Agent Brears rather clunkily remarks, Its almost like some big literary in-joke--and I wonder if I would enjoy it more if I was better acquainted with the source material that Moore is working from. Read Full Review

  • 7.0

    Weekly Comic Book Review - Dean Stell

    Jul 26, 2010

    If you contain your expectations, this is a very good horror/crime comic. Just cover up the place where it says Alan Moore on the cover and you'll probably have lower expectations and enjoy it more. Read Full Review

  • 6.0

    Comics Bulletin - Thom Young

    Jul 25, 2010

    However, Lovecraft didnt develop his Greek etymology correctly, and other subsequent nomicons have merely continued Lovecrafts error--such as the currently popular vegan cookbook titled The Veganomicon (the image of the law of the vegan?). Thus, Moores Neonomicon continues the error as it supposedly means the image of the law of the new. Read Full Review

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