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baileeparkes's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
christianholub's review against another edition
2.0
Disappointing. It's full of loose ends, possesses an anticlimactic ending, and is hard to understand if you haven't read Bertolt Brecht's "Threepenny Opera." If you're a fan of League, you should probably just wait for all of Century to come out.
timgrubbs's review against another edition
5.0
A century long epic that is just as messy as its source material…
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill is the third true volume of the long running series. The black dossier was more of an anthology.
Featuring dozens of characters and hundreds of cultural references, the story follows a century long effort to summon the antichrist…or essentially a British occult antichrist…
This series is much harder to get into if you have only read the first two. It’s dependent on you knowing the deeper lore that can be discovered in the backmatter of the first two volumes and the black dossier, as characters that were previously only footnotes in prose travel guides become vital leads without warning.
I loved it, and I imagine Alan Moore fans would enjoy the deep crazy references, but or a casual reader or someone who only read the main comics, it’s probably pretty confusing.
The narrative hops across 3 main time periods from the shaky origins of the Moonchipd conspiracy to the final evolution of the grim project of madmen and their followers.
You even get a cameo of God…or at least the British literary God as envisioned by Alan Moore (and the character makes sense at least to me).
Even though it’s messy, it’s still fun to take a dip into this world regardless as each volume also contains fake ads, back matter, and pop art related to the period.
And if a reference turns you on to reading some new story or whatever, then that’s even better…
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill is the third true volume of the long running series. The black dossier was more of an anthology.
Featuring dozens of characters and hundreds of cultural references, the story follows a century long effort to summon the antichrist…or essentially a British occult antichrist…
This series is much harder to get into if you have only read the first two. It’s dependent on you knowing the deeper lore that can be discovered in the backmatter of the first two volumes and the black dossier, as characters that were previously only footnotes in prose travel guides become vital leads without warning.
I loved it, and I imagine Alan Moore fans would enjoy the deep crazy references, but or a casual reader or someone who only read the main comics, it’s probably pretty confusing.
The narrative hops across 3 main time periods from the shaky origins of the Moonchipd conspiracy to the final evolution of the grim project of madmen and their followers.
You even get a cameo of God…or at least the British literary God as envisioned by Alan Moore (and the character makes sense at least to me).
Even though it’s messy, it’s still fun to take a dip into this world regardless as each volume also contains fake ads, back matter, and pop art related to the period.
And if a reference turns you on to reading some new story or whatever, then that’s even better…
blairmahoney's review against another edition
4.0
A bit slighter in terms of plot than the original League of Extraordinary Gentlemen volumes, but just as entertaining. Interesting use of song lyrics as a storytelling mechanism.
offworldcolony's review against another edition
4.0
I am here again for Kevin O'Neill's artwork, and the Century concept is neat. But the lack of a clear and potent singular villain/villainous entity feels a little meandering. While LXG Vol. 1 & 2 leaned into the pulp penny dreadful vibes and had fast paced political thriller plots with fantastical characters and elements, Century 1910 is un-focused and un-engaging. But still good of course. This is Alan Moore after all.
posies23's review against another edition
4.0
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen return in a VERY dense tale that follows Captain Nemo's daughter into the beginnings of the 20th century. There is a LOT going on here: social commentary, songs (!), and, as usual, more literary and cultural references than any normal human could understand.
This is the first volume of the CENTURY trilogy, and it sets the stage for the conflict that continues into 1969, and 2009. As such, it's a bit heavy on the exposition, but I thought it felt more cohesive than the second two in the series.
This is the first volume of the CENTURY trilogy, and it sets the stage for the conflict that continues into 1969, and 2009. As such, it's a bit heavy on the exposition, but I thought it felt more cohesive than the second two in the series.
stevenyenzer's review against another edition
1.0
Awful follow-up to the originals. A series of literary allusions connected by a paper-thin characters. Couldn't wait to finish this and I am not interested in the rest of the series.
mehitabels's review against another edition
2.0
So mixed on this series. the art is soooo good. the story so blasphemous. the characters so wonderfully diverse.
but I am slightly oily after reading a Moore . . .
but I am slightly oily after reading a Moore . . .