Fashion Beast - Softcover

McLaren, Malcolm; Moore, Alan; Johnston, Antony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592912117 ISBN 13: 9781592912117

Publisher: Avatar Press, 2013

Synopsis

A LOST MASTERPIECE FROM THE CREATOR OF WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, AND FROM HELL Alan Moore's lost masterpiece comes to life as an incredible comic book series almost three decades later! The mid-80's were a stunning period of brilliance for Alan Moore, seeing him create true masterpieces including Miracleman, Watchmen--and Fashion Beast! Working with Malcom McLaren (Sex Pist A LOST MASTERPIECE FROM THE CREATOR OF WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, AND FROM HELL Alan Moore's lost masterpiece comes to life as an incredible comic book series almost three decades later! The mid-80's were a stunning period of brilliance for Alan Moore, seeing him create true masterpieces including Miracleman, Watchmen--and Fashion Beast! Working with Malcom McLaren (Sex Pistols), Moore turned his attention to a classic re-telling of a Beauty and the Beast through his unyielding and imaginative vision. At long last, Fashion Beast is presented in deluxe trade paperback and hardcover collections of the complete ten issue Fashion Beast series. Doll was unfulfilled in her life as a coat checker of a trendy club. But when she is fired from the job and auditions to become a "mannequin" for a reclusive designer, the life of glamour she always imagined is opened before her. She soon discovers that the house of Celestine is as dysfunctional as the clothing that define the classes of this dystopian world.

About this title

Product Description

In the 80s Alan Moore wrote the most acclaimed graphic novel of all time - Watchmen. His next project, working with Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, was for a screenplay ultimately never produced. Now that screenplay comes to life as an incredible comic book series - a classic re-telling of the fable Beauty and the Beast set in a dystopian future city!

Review

"The art is superb, deep rich colours paint the late twentieth-century cold-war dystopian-future/past beautifully... It s all very dark." --Novel Heights

"An engrossing narrative that highlights Moore's talent for shaping worlds and characters quickly and economically, perfectly visualised in a style that combines the realistic and grotesque in equal measure." --The Skinny

"A beauty-and-the-beast story, with sexually ambiguous characters caught up in a fashion house in an almost cyberpunk dystopia. Moore s script was adapted by Antony Johnston and gorgeously illustrated by Facundo Percio." --Fortean Times

"Fashion Beast is an excellent book, witty, sexy, thoughtful and innovative,in short: very Alan Moore...Ten issues is a lot of space, but the pace is perfect, gentle, talkative and balanced. What may have proven a frustrating read over the space of nearly a year proves a rich and satisfying read in one sitting." ----Guy Adams

Edition details

• Publisher: Avatar Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1592912117
• ISBN 13: 9781592912117
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256