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ALICE COOPER: The Last Temptation COMIC BOOK
by Neil Gaiman (Author), Michael Zulli (Author)
Featuring a great cover by DAVE MCKEAN (Sandman Cover Artist and Mirrormask director)
THIS VERSION IS OUT OF PRINT.
What is notable about this version is that it was printed in COLOR! Collected Editions of this story are in Black and White.
HARD TO FIND COLLECTOR'S ITEM BY NEIL GAIMAN AND MICHAEL ZULLI WHO ARE BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR WORK ON THE ACCLAIMED GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES SANDMAN.
Published by MARVEL COMICS in 1994.
This is the hard to find first printing of the ALICE COOPER'S LAST TEMPTATION with lavish FULL COLOR illustrations by artist Michael Zulli.
This is the RARE original published version of Gaiman's LAST TEMPTATION, and was never sold in any mass market retail outlets. It was only available to purchase through comic book specialty shops.
Written by NEIL GAIMAN (Sandman, Coraline, Neverwhere, American Gods, Books of Magic, Black Orchid, Miracleman).
Art by MICHAEL ZULLI (Sandman).
Featuring ALICE COOPER!
Steven is afraid of many things, so when the mysterious Showman of the Theatre of the Real offers to take away his fear in exchange for living forever in a otherworldy realm of spirits and wraiths, Steven considers the offer.
A boy plagued by seemingly insurmountable fears may have found the answer to his troubles in the guise of a very strange (and very persuasive) theatre dweller. This graphic novel is a collaboration between Gaiman and Zulli, both of whom have worked extensively on the popular Sandman comics (among others), and rock star Cooper.
Steven is afraid. Afraid of ghost stories, afraid of growing up ... just afraid. That is, until he meets the mysterious Showman and his Theatre of the Real. Steven takes a ticket and watches the show on a dare, but getting out of the performance will be harder than he ever imagined. And Steven learns what it is to be truly afraid. Neil Gaiman, internationally acclaimed writer of both prose fiction (Neverwhere, Stardust) and graphic novels (The Sandman, Signal to Noise) and artist Michael Zulli (The Sandman, The Dreaming) team up to create this dark and brooding morality tale. Published as part of the short-lived Marvel Music line of the early `90s, this stunning comic book showcases the lush beauty of Zulli`s artwork.
A spooky collaboration between novelist and comics writer Gaiman (Sandman; and see review of American Gods, above) and creepy shock rocker Cooper, this is the story of Steven, a boy with many fears: girls, ghost stories and growing up among them. On a dare, he steps into an odd theater and meets a mysterious, top-hatted showman, an Alice Cooper-like figure (complete with dark eye-circles) who offers him a way to avoid his fears by simply giving up his "potential" and staying forever in a dreamy netherworld of spirits and wraiths. And after encountering Mercy, a beautiful ticket-taker in the ghostly theater, Steven gives the offer serious consideration. Cooper is the inspiration for the Grand Guignol of this demonic theater, a chilling metaphor for the seductive allure of complacency and indolence. Gaiman's story is a whimsical horror tale about confronting the fears within, and Zulli's illustrations have a dark, emotive line, presented in a brownish, bloodlike hue that makes even a mundane, autumnal street scene seem eerie and foreboding.
About the Author
Neil Gaiman wrote the award-winning graphic novel series The Sandman, and with Terry Pratchett, the award-winning novel Good Omens. His first book for children, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, illustrated by Dave McKean, hasn't yet won any awards, but was one of Newsweek's Best Children's Books of 1997. Angels & Visitations, a small press story collection, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award and won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Collection, despite not having any horror in it. Well, hardly any.Born in England, he now makes his home in America, in a big dark house of uncertain location where he grows exotic pumpkins and accumulates computers and cats. He is currently at work turning his first novel Neverwhere into a film for Jim Henson films.
The Chicago Tribune
"A twisting, wonderous tale full of magic."
-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"His finest work yet...Sometimes sparse, sometimes witty, often lyrical...prose as smooth as 12-year-old scotch."
Dayton Daily News
"A charming comic romance...Gaiman is a storytelling titan whose range, like his imagination, knows no bounds."
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