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Abiogenesis
Press has announced the upcoming publication of Alan Moore: Portrait
of an Extraordinary Gentleman this May – a 272-page trade
paperback with over 100 comics creators paying tribute with both
art and word as Moore celebrates his 50th birthday.
The contributors to the volume read like a who’s who of the
comics industry, new and old, and include specially created comic
strips, illustrations, essays, anecdotes, stories, poetry and personal
recollections from:
Michael
Moorcock, Iain Sinclair, Darren Shan,
Brad
Meltzer, JohnCoulthart,
Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Bryan Talbot, David Lloyd, J H Williams
III, Kevin O'Neill, Will Eisner, Howard Cruse, James Kochalka ,
Adam Hughes, Peter Kuper, Jose Villarubia, Jimmy Palmiotti, Rick
Veitch, Michael T. Gilbert, Steve Parkhouse, Nabiel Kanan, Bill
Koeb, Rich Koslowski, Trina Robbins, Michael Avon Oeming, Sean Phillips,
Jeff Smith, Sergio Toppi, Stefano Raffaele, Giorgio Cavazzano, Claudio
Villa, Daniel Acuna, Willy Linthout, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Eduardo
Risso, Dave Sim, Ben Templesmith, and Dylan Horrocks among others.
Apropos
of such a tribute book, all of the publisher’s net profits
and creator’s royalties from the book are being donated to
ADI - Alzheimer's
Disease International, AIMA
- the Italian Association for Alzheimer's disease. |