Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths
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Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths is a collection of some of Alan Moore's previously unpublished work, as well as adaptations of his performance work by Antony Johnston. It was released in three parts by Avatar Press.
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[edit] Publication
It was published in 3 issues and collected as a trade paperback.
[edit] Comics
The collection was originally published as a 3-part black and white monthly comic:
[edit] Issue #1. Published September 2003
- "Zaman's Hill" (with Juan Jose Ryp, an adaptation of part of a lost novel (see below), Yuggoth Cultures, which gave this series its name).
- "Nightjar" (with Bryan Talbot, scheduled to appear in Warrior)
- Nighjar script and development letter by Alan Moore and article by Bryan Talbot
[edit] Issue #2. Published October 2003
- "Litvinoff's Book" (with Mike Wolfer, a song adaptation)
- "Cold Snap" (with Bryan Talbot, a short story previously published in the benefit comic Food for Thought)
- "Itchy Peterson" (with Val Semeiks, previously published in a Chaos! Comics anthology)
- "Nativity on Ice" (with Bryan Talbot, a short story)
- "Recognition" (with Jacen Burrows, another adaptation from Yuggoth Cultures)
[edit] Issue #3. Published November 2003
- "Leviticus" (with Hunt Emerson, a short story previously published in Outrageous Tales from the Old Testament)
- "I Keep Coming Back" (with Oscar Zarate, described as a coda to From Hell, previously published in It's Dark in London)
- "Me and Dorothy Parker" (by Antony Johnston and drawn by Marat Mychaels, a song adaptation)
- An interview with Alan Moore about the series.
Alan Moore's The Courtyard was originally scheduled for appearances in this collection but was turned into its own separate series.
[edit] Trade paperback
The issues were collected into a trade paperback: Yuggoth Cultures (Avatar, 196 pages, 2006 paperback ISBN 1-59291-026-2, hardback ISBN 1-59291-027-0)
[edit] Novel
The pages of the lost novel were left on the seat of a cab as Moore says "Unfortunately, when the texts were about half completed, I left the only copy of three or four of them in a London taxi cab. Since it was impossible to reconstruct, the work went on hold, remaining incomplete." [1] The unpublished novel appears on a number of listings including Yuggoth Cultures (Creation Books, 256 pages, 1997 ISBN 1-871592-31-3).
[edit] Nightjar
The Nightjar story was spun off into a four-part mini-series written by Johnston with art by Max Fiumara. The basis was the story as seen in Yuggoth Cultures #1 with some additional notes from Bryan Talbot, but the bulk of the story was created by Johnston.[2] [3]
[edit] Yuggoth Creatures
Johnston would later produce more work in the Cthulhu Mythos, for Avatar, under the title Yuggoth Creatures.[4] [5] [6]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Yuggoth Culture at Avatar
- ^ Opening up a jar of horror: Antony Johnston talks 'Nightjar', Comic Book Resources, January 14, 2004
- ^ Following in Moore's footsteps: Antony Johnston on Nightjar, Newsarama, February 11, 2004
- ^ Yuggoth Creatures at Avatar
- ^ Embracing Lovecraftian Monsters in Johnston's "Yuggoth Creatures", Comic Book Resources, April 22, 2004
- ^ Johnston and the Yuggoth, Newsarama, May 5, 2004
[edit] References
- Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths at the Comic Book DB
- Nightjar at the Comic Book DB
- Yuggoth Creatures at the Comic Book DB
[edit] External links
- Avatar Press' page on the series
- The seminal Alan Moore comic that never was, about Nightjar, from Bryan Talbot's official fanpage
[edit] Reviews
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